Publishers have been urged to experiment with AI controls in the aftermath of the UK competition watchdog’s new rules for Google "it is incumbent upon the publishing industry to begin to experiment... it will be a travesty if none of you decide that opting out is an action that you want to take"

Substack has revealed the 50 newsletters on its platform with the most UK paying subscribers for the first time The 'bestsellers' list is led by Capital Wars, Exponential View and Comment Is Freed. Jim Waterson's London Centric appears eighth. pressgazette.co.uk/newsletters/...

Google has started replacing publisher links in its Discover feed with AI summaries of related stories "A load of publishers all got bunched together, and what I noticed was that loads of publishers that were grouped together actually covered different angles" pressgazette.co.uk/platforms/go...

Independent Media chairman John Paton is stepping down after seven years in the role. CEO Christian Broughton said: "John’s commercial nous, business acumen and wise counsel have been invaluable as we’ve struck major partnerships, grown our global audience and strengthened our financial position."

This week's Future of Media US newsletter: - New frontier in publishers vs AI scrapers - Wired bets on forums for new app - Use of AI chatbots for news stagnates, paying for news in US falls - How Economist has upped subscriber retention pressgazettefutureofmediaus.substack.com/publish/post...

Bauer Media's publishing UK co-CEOs Helen Morris and Steve Prentice are stepping down and leaving the business. Amrit Baidwan, currently general manager, digital publishing UK, is the new CEO of UK publishing. www.bauermedia.co.uk/news/bauer-m...

GB News is launching GB Mums tomorrow (19 June), a new weekly parenting and family-life show featuring Michelle Dewberry, Nana Akua, Emily Carver and Bev Turner The programme will stream weekly on the GB News YouTube channel

Journalists in the King's Birthday Honours list include: - Sir Don McCullin CBE made Companion of Honour for services to photojournalism - Al Jazeera anchor Sohail Rahman given OBE for services to journalism and charitable fundraising - Design journalist Barbara Chandler made MBE

News UK says new weekly Andrew Neil show on Youtube and podcasts is "major milestone" in its expansion into "premium creator content". The show is not branded to The Times, The Sun or any other News UK brand www.youtube.com/@TheAndrewNe...

The Independent has hired a new president to oversee its business in North America through its “next phase of growth” Chris Anthony has just spent four years as chief revenue officer at VaynerX-owned Gallery Media Group pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/med...

Newly released Mandelson files reveal a cosy dinner between the former US ambassador, former health secretary Wes Streeting and senior News UK figures days before the 2024 general election. pressgazette.co.uk/news/mandels...

News: Travel journalist Simon Calder is leaving The Independent after 32 years to join The Telegraph pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/med...

The Rest Is Politics is launching its first collaborative series, working with The Observer on a four-part investigative podcast 'The Rest Is Politics: Who Funds Reform?'. They said the partnership "allows us to develop original journalism that complements the core show"

The Sunday Times has appointed Ben Riley-Smith as its next political editor, set to start in September. He will join from The Telegraph where he has spent almost 14 years pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/b...

'Thank God that’s over': A libel claim brought against local news publisher Mill Media has been thrown out as an 'abuse of process' as David Lammy promised action against such groundless lawsuits intended to silence public interest reporting pressgazette.co.uk/news/mill-me...

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At least 60% of Future plc revenue still comes from brands that rely on Google as a major source of website traffic Future breaks down brands into four categories depending on whether they are growth or still dependent on Google pressgazette.co.uk/media_busine...

The Telegraph's SEO director Harry Clarkson-Bennett is leaving to join David Buttle's media strategy consultancy DJB Strategies as partner building out a product practice to "turn our thinking into tools that media leaders can use every day"

Newsquest has appointed Richard Porritt, currently regional editor for the Eastern counties and editor of the Eastern Daily Press, as editorial transformation director as they "strive to serve our audiences even better, whilst staying true to the values of great reporting"

Creator platform Beehiiv has hired Ainsley Rossitto as head of podcasts, joining from Paramount Global where she was VP of digital strategy and operations for podcasts. Beehiiv said it hit its quarterly target for adoption of podcasts on the platform within 24 hours of launch last month.

Similar concerns shared by Mill Media founder Joshi Herrmann, who shared 'incredibly aggressive' pre-publication threat from Govt special adviser, and Patrick Radden Keefe, who said legal letters are 'designed to intimidate' pressgazette.co.uk/media_law/wa...

Hearst UK has appointed Sarah-Louise Robertson as editor of entertainment site Digital Spy. She is a former associate diary editor at the Mail on Sunday, TV editor at the Sunday Mirror, consultant editor at Metro and digital news director at OK!.

People Inc has seen traffic to its brands referred by Google fall by 63% over the past two years. But it is growing the amount of revenue that is not dependent on website visits pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/d...

The Nerve @thenerve.news, launched six months ago by five ex-Observer journalists including @carolecadwalla.bsky.social, is expanding its team to include Investigative journalists @mccoolingtons.bsky.social & @luciaoc.bsky.social Plus columnists @sangitamyska.bsky.social & @doctorow.pluralistic.net

Tracker of AI journalism scandals and mistakes- updated with several non-English language examples and Ars Technica case - Ex-Mediahuis Ireland CEO published fabricated AI quotes - Ars Technica fires reporter over fabricated AI quotes - Mag publisher in Belgium used fake AI journalist profiles

Newsquest has appointed Ben Hardy as editor of The Press and Gazette & Herald in York. Hardy is currently audience and content editor of the Oxford Mail and will relocate to York in June.

Sky News has announced The Cathy Newman Show will launch on TV and Youtube on Monday (27 April) at 7pm, promising political journalism and investigations with "a less formal, less buttoned-up, less confrontational tone than other evening offerings". A podcast will launch in the autumn.

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Dale Miller has been promoted from acting editor to editor of The Times and The Sunday Times in Scotland. He was formerly deputy editor of The Scotsman. Sunday Times editor Ben Taylor said he is "a talented editor with a clear vision, a sharp eye for a story and the judgement to lead a newsroom..."

The Sun also saw pre-tax losses increase from £18m in 2024 to £53.3m. One-off charges, largely relating to historical hacking cases like the settlement with Prince Harry and Sir Tom Watson, were up from £14.1m to £36.7m pressgazette.co.uk/media_busine...