ir Martin Sorrell has said that the slowdown in digital newspaper advertising growth is proof that publishers should have paywalls.Speaking at the Society of Editors conference, the WPP chief executive said that a range of factors are contributing to clients reassessing the efficacy of digital ad spend levels, which will make it difficult for publishers solely relying on digital advertising income
The summer of 2015 will be remembered as the moment a perfect storm hit national newspapers.The print advertising market, which still remains the lifeblood of income for most publishers on the path to digital sustainability, has been down unprecedented levels of as much as 30% in some weeks over the past six months
A Talent Network for freelancers, an Apple Watch news app, and Arc, a software platform for news publishers are just three of the new products The Washington Post has launched in the last year.
It is almost 200 years since the UK’s pioneering railway network created the opportunity for daily newspapers to reach breakfast tables in every corner of the country. That led to decades of soaring power, prestige and profits. The newspapers of “Fleet Street” (named after their historic location) became as important to Brits as Shakespeare, the […]
Daily Mail and General Trust shares fell 11 per cent to a four-month low, after it became the latest newspaper publisher to be hit by falling UK advertising
The Washington Post is being offered cheap-as-free to users of Amazon Prime, in a move that might finally make sense of Jeff Bezos’ plans to couple the two together. Though the number isn’t absolutely certain, Prime is speculated to have over 40 million users in the US alone
German newspaper groups including Axel Springer and the publishers of Der Spiegel are working with a Dutch start-up to offer individual articles in exchange for micropayments through a platform launching this week
UK national and regional newspaper publishers have called for the BBC’s digital news operation to be curbed to allow commercial players to flourish at home and abroad
Exor, the investment vehicle of the Agnelli family will acquire most of Pearson’s stake
Has the Sun abandoned its paywall? Readers without a subscription can access the splash, some of its main news stories and high-profile columnists as well as some sports stories for free. So, what’s left?In fact, a great deal of the content on the Sun’s website now appears to be accessible, which is bound to upset […]
Trinity Mirror, which also owns the Sunday Mirror, Sunday People and a portfolio of regional titles, has been locked in talks with Desmond since at least March over a sale of “certain” newspaper assets owned by Northern & Shell.
Lorna Tilbian argues that “a continued rebound in corporate profitability and consumer spending should result in growth in display newspaper advertising”.
Apollo Global Management has broken off talks to the buy Digital First Media, one of the largest newspaper chains in the country — whose stable includes the Denver Post, the San Jose Mercury News and the New Haven Register.
Axel Springer-owned German newspaper, Die Welt, has gone through a long period of transformation to adapt to the changing media environment and the evolving audiences it serves
Google has pledged to give €150m ($163m; £107m) to European news publishers and journalism-focused start-ups over the next three years.
Three red-tops – the Sun, Daily Sport and Daily Record – all reported declines of more than 10%. The Mirror recorded a much smaller fall, down 6.74% to 897,786. Last month, the Mirror distributed 45,000 bulk copies to places such as airports, up from 42,000 the previous March.
Called Economist Films, the unit promises “high-end, factual programmes that capture the voice and identity of The Economist”. The service will be available for brands to sponsor an episode or a series, but they will have no influence over the editorial content, the publisher has clarified. The Economist launched an expanded native advertising offering in […]
Trinity Mirror are in talks with Richard Desmond about potentially buying the Daily Express
The European arm of Politico will go live online on 21 April with more than 40 journalists spread across the continent as the US media outlet aims to fulfil its ambitions to become “the dominant politics and policy publication in Europe”
The FT is a leader in crossing over from print — digital subscribers now make up 70 percent of its paying audience, a number that keeps growing
