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Channel 5 has commissioned a two-part drama provisionally titled The Downfall of Huw Edwards, starring Martin Clunes. The first collaboration between 5's factual and scripted teams is based on "extensive factual research" over the past year and The Sun gave access to its investigation materials
January 7, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Channel 5 has commissioned a two-part drama provisionally titled The Downfall of Huw Edwards, starring Martin Clunes. The first collaboration between 5's factual and scripted teams is based on "extensive factual research" over the past year and The Sun gave access to its investigation materials
Around 80 STV journalists turned out on picket lines outside broadcaster STV’s headquarters in Glasgow and Aberdeen today as staff face compulsory redundancies pressgazette.co.uk/news/up-to-8...
Up to 80 journalists strike in Scotland over STV job cuts
STV journalists were on strike in Glasgow and Aberdeen over plans to cut jobs and local news programming.
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January 7, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Around 80 STV journalists turned out on picket lines outside broadcaster STV’s headquarters in Glasgow and Aberdeen today as staff face compulsory redundancies pressgazette.co.uk/news/up-to-8...
BBC culture reporter Noor Nanji has said investigating allegations about Masterchef presenter Gregg Wallace has shown “we can expose wrongdoing within our own organisation” pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/b...
BBC’s Noor Nanji on investigating her own employer
BBC culture reporter Noor Nanji has talked about investigation her own workplace following her Gregg Wallace investigation.
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January 7, 2026 at 5:52 PM
BBC culture reporter Noor Nanji has said investigating allegations about Masterchef presenter Gregg Wallace has shown “we can expose wrongdoing within our own organisation” pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/b...
A London-based photographer has successfully sued a local news website only to find that its owners and editors are impossible to track down
The London Post meanwhile continues to publish with impunity masquerading as a bona fide local news source pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/r...
The London Post meanwhile continues to publish with impunity masquerading as a bona fide local news source pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/r...
Photographer awarded compensation from news website whose owners cannot be found
The London Post promotes illegal gambling sites and runs puff pieces for Russian businessmen.
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January 7, 2026 at 5:30 PM
A London-based photographer has successfully sued a local news website only to find that its owners and editors are impossible to track down
The London Post meanwhile continues to publish with impunity masquerading as a bona fide local news source pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/r...
The London Post meanwhile continues to publish with impunity masquerading as a bona fide local news source pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/r...
Lawfare at Oxford: ‘No student outlet can afford to go against Carter-Ruck’
How wealthy and Westminster-ready student politicians at Oxford are 'successfully deploying legal threats to silence critical coverage in student media'
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How wealthy and Westminster-ready student politicians at Oxford are 'successfully deploying legal threats to silence critical coverage in student media'
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Lawfare at Oxford: 'No student outlet can afford to go against Carter-Ruck'
Student journalist Eleanor Grant says lawfare is stifling free speech.
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January 7, 2026 at 4:52 PM
Lawfare at Oxford: ‘No student outlet can afford to go against Carter-Ruck’
How wealthy and Westminster-ready student politicians at Oxford are 'successfully deploying legal threats to silence critical coverage in student media'
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How wealthy and Westminster-ready student politicians at Oxford are 'successfully deploying legal threats to silence critical coverage in student media'
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Times and Substack among few UK news publisher winners in December Google core update
See full Sistrix data of winners and losers here
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See full Sistrix data of winners and losers here
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Times and Substack among few UK winners in December Google update
The Times, Substack and Money Saving Expert were among the winners from a "rough" Google core update rolled out in December 2025.
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January 7, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Times and Substack among few UK news publisher winners in December Google core update
See full Sistrix data of winners and losers here
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See full Sistrix data of winners and losers here
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Reform has submitted a complaint to the BBC after it emerged that an audience member who attacked the party at a by-election debate held last year is now running as a Plaid Cymru candidate www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...
January 7, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Reform has submitted a complaint to the BBC after it emerged that an audience member who attacked the party at a by-election debate held last year is now running as a Plaid Cymru candidate www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...
Semafor has reportedly raised $30m in new funding, valuing it at $330m after its first profitable year. It aims to hire more journalists and expand its events www.wsj.com/business/med...
January 7, 2026 at 1:07 PM
Semafor has reportedly raised $30m in new funding, valuing it at $330m after its first profitable year. It aims to hire more journalists and expand its events www.wsj.com/business/med...
Documentary producer ITN has appointed director of digital channels at Zoo 55/ITV Studios George Cudmore as its new director of digital content
January 7, 2026 at 10:56 AM
Documentary producer ITN has appointed director of digital channels at Zoo 55/ITV Studios George Cudmore as its new director of digital content
News network CNN, entertainment website Screenrant and business-focused publisher Forbes all saw the biggest month-on-month increases in their audience pressgazette.co.uk/media-audien...
50 biggest UK news websites in November: US sites lead month-on-month growth
Press Gazette lists the top 50 news websites in the UK. Monthly updated top 50 listing based on data provided by Ipsos iris
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January 7, 2026 at 10:50 AM
News network CNN, entertainment website Screenrant and business-focused publisher Forbes all saw the biggest month-on-month increases in their audience pressgazette.co.uk/media-audien...
News Corp's California Post newspaper will launch on 26 January with a "crack team of reporters at our new newsroom" nypost.com/2026/01/05/m...
Roll out the red carpet! The California Post to launch on January 26: ‘A game-changer’ for the Golden State
A new era of common sense and accountability arrives in California on January 26. That is the launch date of the California Post — the brand new, seven-days-a-week digital and print…
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January 6, 2026 at 5:29 PM
News Corp's California Post newspaper will launch on 26 January with a "crack team of reporters at our new newsroom" nypost.com/2026/01/05/m...
GQ global editorial director Will Welch is leaving after seven years as editor and almost 19 with the company to work with Pharrell Williams, the musician and men's creative director of Louis Vuitton www.nytimes.com/2026/01/06/b...
Will Welch to Leave GQ After 7 Years as Its Top Editor
Mr. Welch worked to move the men’s magazine away from what he called “manly-man tropes.” His next role will be with Pharrell, the men’s designer of Louis Vuitton.
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January 6, 2026 at 4:43 PM
GQ global editorial director Will Welch is leaving after seven years as editor and almost 19 with the company to work with Pharrell Williams, the musician and men's creative director of Louis Vuitton www.nytimes.com/2026/01/06/b...
Update: Scottish Sun associate editor Kris Gilmartin has been named acting editor following the secondment of Gill Smith to The US Sun pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/med...
January 6, 2026 at 2:20 PM
Update: Scottish Sun associate editor Kris Gilmartin has been named acting editor following the secondment of Gill Smith to The US Sun pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/med...
Subscriptions, advertising and cloud services revenues grew at Scotland-based media business DC Thomson in the year to 31 March 2025 pressgazette.co.uk/media_busine...
DC Thomson reports flat revenue but growing profit
Subscriptions, advertising and cloud services revenues grew at Scotland-based media business DC Thomson in the year to 31 March 2025.
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January 6, 2026 at 12:45 PM
Subscriptions, advertising and cloud services revenues grew at Scotland-based media business DC Thomson in the year to 31 March 2025 pressgazette.co.uk/media_busine...
LBC and The News Agents owner Global has taken a majority stake in Gary Neville’s sports podcast company The Overlap pressgazette.co.uk/podcasts/lbc...
LBC owner Global buys Gary Neville sports podcast company
LBC and The News Agents owner Global has taken a majority stake in Gary Neville’s sports podcast company The Overlap.
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January 6, 2026 at 11:58 AM
LBC and The News Agents owner Global has taken a majority stake in Gary Neville’s sports podcast company The Overlap pressgazette.co.uk/podcasts/lbc...
Big Issue editor Paul McNamee is stepping down after 19 years with the magazine. He said that "with plans for new development, growth and approach, this felt like the right time to step aside and allow somebody else to take the helm" www.linkedin.com/posts/paul-m...
January 6, 2026 at 9:27 AM
Big Issue editor Paul McNamee is stepping down after 19 years with the magazine. He said that "with plans for new development, growth and approach, this felt like the right time to step aside and allow somebody else to take the helm" www.linkedin.com/posts/paul-m...
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which funded NPR, PBS and hundreds of local radio and TV stations across the US, has voted to shut down because Congress cut off its federal money www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/b...
Corporation for Public Broadcasting Votes to Shut Down
Executives debated whether to allow the corporation to lie dormant after federal funding ended last year, but decided against it.
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January 6, 2026 at 9:25 AM
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which funded NPR, PBS and hundreds of local radio and TV stations across the US, has voted to shut down because Congress cut off its federal money www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/b...
Media, marketing and tech news website Prolific North has been bought by RM Communications and says it is preparing for an "ambitious 2026 expansion". Founding chairman Mark Dickinson, former Trinity Mirror exec, has stepped down. www.prolificnorth.co.uk/news/prolifi...
Prolific North enters new era after RM Communications acquisition - Rob McLoughlin OBE appointed chairman - Prolific North
Prolific North has entered a new chapter following its acquisition by RM Communications Ltd, capping off a record-breaking year of audience growth and operational performance for the North's leading…
www.prolificnorth.co.uk
January 6, 2026 at 9:22 AM
Media, marketing and tech news website Prolific North has been bought by RM Communications and says it is preparing for an "ambitious 2026 expansion". Founding chairman Mark Dickinson, former Trinity Mirror exec, has stepped down. www.prolificnorth.co.uk/news/prolifi...
Bauer Media Group has bought French TV magazine Télé 7 Jours to strengthen its position in France. Publishing boss Ingo Klinge said it "illustrates our long-term commitment, as well as the priority we place on print media" www.bauermedia.com/news/press-r...
Bauer Media Group welcomes Télé 7 Jours
auer Media Group (BMG) is pleased to announce its acquisition of Télé 7 Jours, France’s leading television magazine, along with its editions Télé 7 Jours Jeux and Télé 7 Jeux.
www.bauermedia.com
January 5, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Bauer Media Group has bought French TV magazine Télé 7 Jours to strengthen its position in France. Publishing boss Ingo Klinge said it "illustrates our long-term commitment, as well as the priority we place on print media" www.bauermedia.com/news/press-r...
Cash for witnesses: Prince Harry legal team’s questionable tactics revealed ahead of mega Mail privacy trial this month pressgazette.co.uk/media_law/ca...
Cash for witnesses: Prince Harry legal team's tactics revealed ahead of Mail privacy trial
Revealed: tactics deployed by Prince Harry’s legal claim as part of massive privacy claim against the Daily Mail group.
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January 5, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Cash for witnesses: Prince Harry legal team’s questionable tactics revealed ahead of mega Mail privacy trial this month pressgazette.co.uk/media_law/ca...
Journalists are being asked for their best "funny anecdote or media memory" for an anthology called What A Story!. Half the profits will go towards the Journalists' Charity journalistscharity.org.uk/what-a-story/
WHAT A STORY! - Journalists' Charity
Calling all past and present journalists and press photographers. Here is your golden opportunity to contribute your favourite funny anecdote or media memory to a new anthology, What A Story!, and…
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January 5, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Journalists are being asked for their best "funny anecdote or media memory" for an anthology called What A Story!. Half the profits will go towards the Journalists' Charity journalistscharity.org.uk/what-a-story/
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has closed its print newspaper and gone digital only. It sold its last issue for $8, up from the usual $2 www.cbsnews.com/atlanta/news...
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution prints final newspaper, shifts to all-digital format
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has printed its final newspaper, marking the end of a 157-year chapter in Georgia history and officially transitioning the longtime publication into a fully digital…
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January 5, 2026 at 12:32 PM
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has closed its print newspaper and gone digital only. It sold its last issue for $8, up from the usual $2 www.cbsnews.com/atlanta/news...
Alex Mahon and Charlotte Moore among media figures honoured by the King
BBC camerapeople, Bauer news editor and newspaper volunteers also recognised pressgazette.co.uk/news/king-ne...
BBC camerapeople, Bauer news editor and newspaper volunteers also recognised pressgazette.co.uk/news/king-ne...
Alex Mahon and Charlotte Moore among media figures honoured by the King
Several longtime broadcast journalists from the BBC and Bauer Media were recognised in the King’s New Year honours list for 2026.
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January 5, 2026 at 12:29 PM
Alex Mahon and Charlotte Moore among media figures honoured by the King
BBC camerapeople, Bauer news editor and newspaper volunteers also recognised pressgazette.co.uk/news/king-ne...
BBC camerapeople, Bauer news editor and newspaper volunteers also recognised pressgazette.co.uk/news/king-ne...
Twice national newspaper editor and "titan" of industry Bill Hagerty has died aged 86 pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/obi...
Twice national newspaper editor Bill Hagerty dies aged 86
Bill Hagerty, former Sunday Today and The People editor, has died aged 91 after a 70-year career spanning showbiz and theatre coverage.
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January 5, 2026 at 12:14 PM
Twice national newspaper editor and "titan" of industry Bill Hagerty has died aged 86 pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/obi...
Tristan Kirk, who won the Paul Foot Award in 2024, has joined PA Media in the newly-created role of courts editor after nine years at the Standard as courts correspondent. He will continue to cover major cases himself and support PA reporters across the UK.
January 5, 2026 at 10:32 AM
Tristan Kirk, who won the Paul Foot Award in 2024, has joined PA Media in the newly-created role of courts editor after nine years at the Standard as courts correspondent. He will continue to cover major cases himself and support PA reporters across the UK.