Sir Tony O’Reilly, Ireland’s first billionaire tycoon and former owner of the Independent newspaper titles, has been labelled insolvent and left pleading with a Dublin court for more time to sell off assets
Sir Tony O’Reilly, Ireland’s first billionaire tycoon and former owner of the Independent newspaper titles, has been labelled insolvent and left pleading with a Dublin court for more time to sell off assets
Newspapers are in freefall. Print editions are being discontinued in British and American newspapers, the situation is, if anything, worse in continental Europe
Flashes & Flames latest blog: The World Association of Newspapers & News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) regaled its annual conference in Turin this week with stats showing that print circulations declined
Roy Greenslade writes in his Guardian Blog: Am I alone in having noticed the plunging Johnston Press share price?
The halcyon days of print-based media are not returning in the near future, a new report said, as flat or declining revenues are expected at magazines and newspapers over the next five years
In a GIGAOM blog Mathew Ingram shows two charts that indicate worsening trends for US print newspapers
The digital figures, featuring the most famous metered paywall in global publishing, sound great
The digital figures, featuring the most famous metered paywall in global publishing, sound great
Online revenues up almost 50% in the year to 27 April, helping counter a fall of 9% in advertising across its newspaper titles
Johnston Press has unveiled a £360m refinancing plan in a bid to pay off debt and fund future growth
From a business perspective, the Financial Times is one of the most successful traditional newspapers in the world in the transition to digital.
At Shift 2014, Newsworks’ second annual conference all eyes were on new Telegraph boss, Jason Seiken. What surprises would he spring and what clues would he give as to the Telegraph’s digital future?
Johnston Press has reported a loss of £287m for last year, after a non-cash writedown on the value of its newspapers and printing presses
Something curious is happening in the American news business
UK mobile advertising spend is forecast to top £2bn and overtake newspaper ad revenue for the first time in 2014, according to new research. Total digital media advertising spend is predicted to increase from £6.3bn in 2013 (44.3% market share) to £7.1bn this year (47.5% market share), according to the latest forecast from eMarketer published […]
Newspapers have to separate their new digital ventures, such as mobile and web TV, from their more traditional newsrooms
Newspapers have to separate their new digital ventures, such as mobile and web TV, from their more traditional newsrooms
News UK chief executive Mike Darcey has called the Guardian and Daily Mail digital “minnows”
News UK chief executive Mike Darcey has called the Guardian and Daily Mail digital “minnows”
