Tortoise Media
Why ‘new’ Observer keeps Tortoise audio focus
Following the UK-based Tortoise Media’s purchase of the world’s oldest Sunday newspaper, The Observer, the publisher is rebranding…
Can Observer be a model weekend paper?
Tortoise Media, the UK-based, seven-year-old "slow news" startup - which has morphed into a lively podcast producer -…
The Guardian in a spin
The Guardian is in a spin. It made losses of £37mn in the year ended 31 March 2024…
How Tortoise is getting up to speed
Tortoise Media, the five-year-old, UK-based slow news startup founded by ex-BBC News boss James Harding, former US diplomat…
Can the Tortoise win?
Two weeks ago, the UK's 'partygate' scandal raged and the news media raced to out-hot-take itself on government…
The rise of journo influencers
The media industry’s new year got off to a buzzy start when Ben Smith (former Editor-in-chief of Buzzfeed…
Tortoise raises £10m
The UK-based Tortoise Media “slow news” startup has attracted £10m of funding in its series A round. Lansdowne…
Can Tortoise startup compete in UK news race?
What’s the future of the news business? As if the continuous bleeding of daily newspapers was not enough, the…
Is this the last chance for (some) daily newspapers?
Two optimistic new media fund-raisings last week are a warning that daily newspapers must abandon their go-slow digital…