UK newspaper publishers will be hoping there is a degree of truth in the old saying: “When America sneezes, the world catches a cold”. In fact, if the news that print titles in the US are ...

In the same week that UK newspaper publishers delivered a briefing to government ministers highlighting their concerns about how the technology giants like Google and Facebook are impacting on the industry and calling out for regulation ...

Trinity Mirror is to hand back four of their eight current regional franchises for The Metro free newspaper to DMGT in January 2018. It is reported the titles in Bristol, Cardiff, East Midlands and Scotland are ...

The surge in traffic to UK Newspaper sites in the run-up to and following the Brexit vote was not a turning point for the online fortunes of traditional newspaper publishers but rather just short-lived bounce. ...

The future of carefully crafted feature articles in the regional press could be in doubt according to a recent opinion piece by Ian Burrell in The Drum. The article focuses on the closure of the ...

Journalists have more faith in traditional media coverage to influence engagement than social media – but only just – according to a recent survey conducted by Ogilvy PR. The survey, which was completed by 200 journalists ...

A newspaper’s credibility is built on its editorial integratory. Every editor worth their salt should (and most do to a certain degree) insist on a clear division between editorial content and paid advertising. However, in ...

The Guardian is to cut back on its weekly print media coverage as part of ongoing cost savings operations. The cuts will see Monday’s dedicated media section reduced down from two pages to one. A ...

Exaro, the investigative journalism site, has closed down just one week after a new management team was installed and insisting that it was very much open for business. The Covent Garden based online publication was ...

Press regulator IPSO is reviewing its rules regarding its global remit following recent claims that a Mail Online story about Hollywood actor, Tom Cruise, was inaccurate. Editors at the Mail Online refused defend the story, stating ...

The news that Fleet Street will be saying goodbye to its last connection with journalism will no doubt moisten the eye of even the most cynical hack who once called the famous London street his ...

Television news broadcasters have embraced recent changes to Facebook’s newsfeed algorithms and are investing additional resources into new services like Facebook Live. Facebook announced earlier in the year, that changes to their algorithms would prioritise the ...

In an age when print media is often seen playing catch-up with their more agile, digital competitors, the UK’s regional press proved that “old school” media can still react to a major news event and ...

The influence an editor yields over his or her reader is in decline according to the Digital News Report 2016 recently published by the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. The report which focuses on ...

The Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO) must take their job very serious because they have just announced new plans to enhance their dedicated whistleblowers’ hotline. The service, which provides an independent and confidential service for ...

As if falling circulations, plummeting advertising revenues and editorial cut-backs weren’t causing local newspaper publishers big enough headaches, the news that 86 magistrate courts (prime local news hunting grounds) are facing the axe, comes as ...

An interview with Maria McCarthy, a freelance motoring journalist, broadcaster and author of ‘The Girls’ Guide to Losing your L Plates’ and ‘The Girls’ Car Handbook’. Maria discusses her top tips for PRs, how she ...

Daney Parker at PR Moment has an interesting take on our 2015 Social Journalism Study, including some great insight from Canterbury Christ Church University’s Kris Pole, who authored the study. Here’s a snippet: The greatest ...

The Guardian has much to celebrate after winning the maximum awards including the top accolade at The Drum’s Online Media Awards that took place on Wednesday at the Marriott Grosvenor Square hotel in London. The awards ...

Online Reputation Management could get a whole lot easier for PR and communications professionals after a landmark ruling by European Courts on Tuesday has given individuals the right to control personal data on search engines. ...