Press Gazette started in 1965 as a trade journal for journalists and editors across the UK but has evolved into an online source for media leaders covering all sectors of the global news and media industries, from the national and regional press (both in print and online) to radio, TV, digital, B2B and consumer magazines. It also writes on media law and media technology and publishes journalism jobs. As well as all the essential news, Press Gazette’s content pillars include: audience and business data, platforms and their relationships with publishers, interviews with media bosses and others who are working to create a sustainable future for media, and the weekly podcast The Future of Media Explained. Press Gazette reaches more than 350,000 readers a month via pressgazette.co.uk, and a further 15,000 through its daily and weekly newsletters. Press Gazette’s events include the British Journalism Awards, which have been running for 11 years and are the only event to cover every sector of the UK news industry. More recently the Future of Media Technology Conference and Awards, The Media 100 Networking event for C level decision makers as well as The Future of Media Trends roundtables have all launched. In 2022 Press Gazette's events attracted more than 1,000 senior industry leaders, management and teams across leadership, ops, product, revenue, marketing, digital, content, data, insight audience and tech at every major publisher and media group across the UK and the US.
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Not a post I ever thought I'd write but I've counted at least ten incidents of abhorrent threatening and abusive behaviour towards journalists over the past week as they were simply doing their jobs and reporting what has been happening. I'm certain there are more. Solidarity with all the journalists bringing us crucial information about what's going on. https://lnkd.in/exBHwbv5
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AI search chatbot Perplexity has received a lot of criticism from news publishers in the past two months, with legal letters from Forbes and Conde Nast, concerns over the scraping of opted-out websites, and accusations of minimal source attribution and inaccurate results. Perplexity is hoping to turn its relationship with publishers around and has today announced a revenue-sharing programme for when it introduces ads into its results. Launch publisher partners are Time, Der Spiegel, Fortune, Entrepreneur, The Texas Tribune and WordPress owner Automattic but chief business officer Dmitry Shevelenko told me they want lots more to join - even Forbes and Conde Nast. Here's my report on what's been going on with Perplexity and publishers so far and what the new scheme looks like: https://lnkd.in/eVMEdGt7
Future of Media Technology Conference 2024 latest lineup: "Unmissable"!
Press Gazette is tickled pink to announce the latest lineup for our Future of Media Technology Conference on 12 September. Other media conferences are available but this really has become the biggest and best event in the UK for media leaders. Personally, I don't love conferences which pack their agendas with sparsely-attended sponsored panels all going on at the same time in side rooms. Our event is different, with one room where everything is happening and a consistently high standard of speakers and discussion. No one needs to miss a thing, and this year's agenda really is unmissable. Our speakers include: DMG Media CEO Rich Caccappolo Guardian chief supporter officer Liz Wynn Politico deputy editor in chief Kate Day News UK chief operating officer David Dinsmore Harmsworth Media chair Nina Wright Reach plc chief digital publisher David Higgerson Global head of SEO Steve Wilson-Beales Former head of news partnerships at Google Madhav Chinnappa Head of technology at Haymarket Media Group Payal Sharma Sood Times head of digital Edward Roussel Mail Digital Publishing product director Simon Regan-Edwards Telegraph chief commercial officer Karen Eccles Part of the value in this event is also the opportunity to meet some of the leading news and media industry technology partners. We are proud to work with some great companies. Joining us this year are: Ancoris Atex CatchMetrics Desk-Net Digitalmanager.ai FT Strategies Flip-Pay Full Fat Things Glide Publishing Platform InsurAds Limio Norkon Papermule Ltd Pugpig Q5 Stibo DX And Stripe. You can book your place here: https://lnkd.in/dmXGkjBM (Note: sponsorship for the conference is now sold out - kudos to Richard Jamieson - but there are still opportunities to be involved in the Future of Media Awards, now a sit-down dinner, which happens in the evening on the same day)
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Double bubble big news from City AM this morning as Christian May returns as editor and it signs a major content sharing deal with David Higgerson and co at Reach plc. Harry Owen and team say the deal “forms a central part” of their “ambition to become a truly national business and finance publication”. https://lnkd.in/e7NM5rjR
Press Gazette's commercial partners CatchMetrics have looked at the UK's top 50 news websites and estimate that slow-loading ads are costing the industry at least £50m a year. The slowest loading sites take eight seconds to load, scuppering the chances that most readers will stick around to act on the commercial content. Here Tom Allum and Martin Alderson explain what news publishers can do to stop leaving all that cash on the table. https://lnkd.in/ea8udXgX
The Future of Media Awards shortlist is now live! ��� Celebrating and recognising excellence across digital news media in the UK and worldwide. See this year's finalists here 🏆 https://lnkd.in/eheWB_2V Thank you to all our judges who took part in the process. Adam Tinworth, Alan Hunter, Alan Renwick, Alison Phillips, Caroline Fenner, Chris Waiting, Claire Wilde, Gavin Allen, Glyn Mottershead, Ian Carter, James Morris, James Rosewell, Jim Edwards, Luba Kassova, Madhav Chinnappa, Martin Winter, Meera Kumar, Pablo Altieri, Paul Hood, Robert Marr, Sandy Warr, Sarah Ebner, Sarah Marshall, Serena Kutchinsky and Simon Regan-Edwards. Thank you to our sponsors and partners 👏 Ancoris, Content Ignite®, Mirabel Technologies and SPRYLAB
We're looking for answers about where to find reliable podcast listener data. Can you help?
Press Gazette is trying to find some listener numbers for particular podcasts and drawing a bit of a blank. Presumably when ad agencies buy the presenter-read ads on shows like The Rest Is Politics and The News Agents they are quoted robust listener figures to base their price on. Can anyone help or point me in the right direction of finding firm data on podcast listeners? (My hunch is that The Rest Is Politics probably gets more listeners per show than many TV and radio news bulletins. I think political podcasts also skew to the left compared to Ofcom-regulated broadcasters.) Help please anyway!
If you want some inspiration on how to make quality journalism sustainable in the digital age, look no further. Here are the finalists of the 2024 Future of Media Awards showcasing the best websites, apps, podcasts, newsletters and digital innovation in the world. Thank you to our sponsors Ancoris, SPRYLAB, Content Ignite® and Mirabel Technologies and to our many great judges who included: James Rosewell, Dominic Young, Chris Stone, Lovejit Dhaliwal, Robert Marr, Charlotte Tobitt, Caroline Fenner, Alan Hunter, Chris Waiting, Ian Carter, Jim Edwards, Luba Kassova, Madhav Chinnappa, Martin Ashplant, Martin Winter, Paul Hood, Sarah Ebner, Sarah Marshall, Simon Regan-Edwards, Serena Kutchinsky, Alison Phillips, Claire Wilde, Glyn Mottershead, Sandy Warr, Gavin Allen, Pablo Altieri, James Morris, and Adam Tinworth. Congratulations to all our finalists and see you at the Future of Media Technology Conference and Awards being held at Hilton London Bankside where we will be revealing the winners on 12 September.
The British Journalism Awards returns for its thirteenth year. Taking place on Thursday, 12th December 2024 at the London Hilton Bankside. This event celebrates the best journalism produced for a UK audience. It is acknowledging and recognising great journalism that is revelatory and has a real-world impact. For more information 🏆 https://lnkd.in/dnDvNsN Thank you to our sponsors 👏 Starling Bank Amazon and RenewableUK #BJA2024 #Awards #Journalism #Media #Editor
Congratulations to Press Gazette commercial partner Pugpig who were named best media technology partner of 2024 by AOP Association of Online Publishers. They are a publishing platform used by nine of the UK's top 15 online publishers. Their nomination includes plaudits from Katie Vanneck, Kate Bird, Zach Leonard, Sam Forrest and Zack Christenson “As ad revenue continues to be challenged and first party data becomes increasingly important, cultivating direct relationships with readers and focusing on reader revenue are the number one priority for publishers. “This is where Pugpig apps come in: we provide the most beautiful and effective way to engage publishers’ most valuable audience, to build habit and to retain them for as long as possible.” #sponsored https://lnkd.in/eRy9g-Sf