The Independent has made its first profit in 23 years after abandoning print and focusing 100% on digital channels. The Independent’s owner, Evgeny Lebedeb told journalists: “By going online-only we freed ourselves from the unwieldy infrastructure ...

ITV is looking to make £25 million in savings next year to counterbalance a decline in advertising revenues which the broadcaster is blaming on “political and economic uncertainty”. According to media reports, TV advertising is ...

Design, engineering and project management consultancy Atkins hosted an Intelligent Mobility summit this week, which brought together the biggest industry names to discuss the future of transport design and delivery. Speakers discussed everything from decreasing ...

Trinity Mirror has announced it will close three local freesheets in Milton Keynes, Luton and Northampton in what is being described as an ongoing purge of Local World titles.  According to the National Union of Journalists, ...

British Supermarket Tesco earned more than a few PR points in their battle with Unilever and their proposed post-Brexit price increases. By standing their ground, Tesco took on the “greedy” multi-national organisation and won the ...

Trinity Mirror has announced it will close three local freesheets in Milton Keynes, Luton and Northamptom in what is being described as an ongoing purge of Local World titles. According to the National Union of Journalists, ...

The left leaning news website set up a just over 12 months ago on an initial investment of just £500 is proving that online journalism can pay if you give you readers what they want. ...

This week’s Media Updates covers moves and changes at news titles including The Spectator, Press Association, Daily Mail, Elle, Glamour, Red Online, Veggie magazine, Develop, DESMOGUK and PRWeek   News & current affairs   Bob ...

There is little doubt that journalism, as a career, is undergoing more than a little disruption at the hands of technology. The recent news that Press Association are about to start employing robot reporters will do ...

A new report from Demos, released yesterday, has continued the conversation surrounding the role that social media plays in political engagement. Twitter and Facebook are now a platform for groups who largely reject the political ...

Newspaper publishers may finally have a real reason to fear Google. The internet search engine recently announced that it is to launch a fact-checking service on its news pages. Google is partnering with a number of ...

OK, let’s assume for just one moment that former London Mayor, current Foreign Secretary and let’s not forget, until recently one of the best-paid newspaper journalists in the country, did just pen an article about ...

What do mobile phone maker Samsung have in common with British car manufacturer Vauxhall and the kitchen appliance company Whirlpool? You might say that some of their products are so hot – they could literally ...

In part one of our conversation with the Co-Founder of Threepipe, Jim Hawker commented that PR people have a huge impact on positive SEO but that this is more by accident than by design. In a new interview, ...

This week’s Media Updates covers moves and changes at news titles including Scottish Sun, Irish Sun, Mirror Online, BBC Newsnight, Motor Sport, Women’s Health, Tatler, Music Week, Legal Business and Official Xbox Magazine   News ...

New York Times chief executive Mark Thompson blames 24/7 news channels and the Internet for the decline in news quality at many news organisations. But the former BBC man isn’t joining the baying mob of ...

There is a lot of excitement amongst journalists and publishers about the opportunity of hyper-local newspapers and websites but is this sudden lurch to small news sustainable? The publishing trade press, desperate for a good ...

The government is considering plans for Channel 4 which could shake up the UK’s creative economy outside of the nation’s capital. Nothing is off the table and ideas currently being discussed include privatisation and a ...

The Independent and Huffington Post both fell foul and reported on spoof tweet which they believed had been posted by the French right-wing politician Marine Le Pen. The tweet heaped praise on Theresa May’s recent speech ...

Kirsty Marrins is a travel, food and lifestyle blogger and the author of What Kirsty Did Next. In this Take 5 Kirsty chats about why she decided to start blogging, what inspires her, and how ...