News brands
The quiet success of hyperlocal
Hyperlocal news is not the only media genre whose declining fortunes, arguably, have more to do with broken…
13 August 2026
Is this the answer for the UK’s largest news group?
Reach Plc is the UK's largest commercial news group. The listed company publishes the national brands, Daily Mirror,…
6 August 2026
Is Puck the future of (more) newsletters?
In an age in which journalism’s traditional models have been stretched to breaking point, those in the industry…
30 July 2026
Can Nub News make it?
This month, the New York Times launched The Local, a three-times weekly newsletter in Minneapolis and St Paul,…
17 July 2026
PODCAST: How Guardian turns newsletter readers into subs
The World Behind the Cup is the latest short-run newsletter series from The Guardian. Head of Newsletters, Toby…
7 July 2026
How Springer will transform Telegraph
Axel Springer, the $3bn family-owned news group, this week completed its £575mn (€660mn) acquisition of the UK's Telegraph…
3 July 2026
How Indy double act made it work
Independent Media, the UK-based digital news brand, is believed to have increased profit by 5-6% and EBITDA by…
26 June 2026
How UK news is winning in the US
UK businesses have long been accustomed to the temptations and traps of transatlantic expansion. Over many decades, successful…
12 June 2026
PODCAST: What The Conversation UK has learned from a decade of audio
Ten years ago, The Conversation UK launched its first podcast to help bring academics’ research to a wider…
10 June 2026
How FT Live completes ‘virtuous circle’ for news, data and events
At our recent Monetising B2B Information & Events 2026, Colin Morrison interviewed Orson Francescone, managing director of FT…
4 June 2026