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How Dave Jorgenson - The Washington Post's former 'Tiktok guy' - took the paper's audience with him when he launched his own company pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/d...
How Dave Jorgenson took the Washington Post video audience with him
A former senior video producer of The Washington Post has said one of the reasons he left was because video was not “getting the support”.
pressgazette.co.uk
February 11, 2026 at 1:03 PM
How Dave Jorgenson - The Washington Post's former 'Tiktok guy' - took the paper's audience with him when he launched his own company pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/d...
A survey taken in August 2025 found that across 206 US counties defined as local news deserts, roughly half of people relied on non-journalistic sources, not news organisations, to get local news localnewsinitiative.northwestern.edu/posts/2026/0...
With no local news, those in news deserts turn to social media feeds, influencers and gossip
research | Feb 10, 2026
localnewsinitiative.northwestern.edu
February 11, 2026 at 10:56 AM
A survey taken in August 2025 found that across 206 US counties defined as local news deserts, roughly half of people relied on non-journalistic sources, not news organisations, to get local news localnewsinitiative.northwestern.edu/posts/2026/0...
Forbes pulled a profile of three female leaders at analytics company Palantir hours after publishing it, allegedly due to the company’s work with ICE, said The New York Post nypost.com/2026/02/09/b...
Exclusive | Forbes temporarily pulls profile on Palantir’s female leadership — allegedly to note ICE contracts
A story on Palantir was yanked and then reposted with negative comments about its work with ICE.
nypost.com
February 11, 2026 at 10:48 AM
Forbes pulled a profile of three female leaders at analytics company Palantir hours after publishing it, allegedly due to the company’s work with ICE, said The New York Post nypost.com/2026/02/09/b...
Outgoing director-general Tim Davie has urged the Government to back BBC World Service as its "current funding arrangement" with the Foreign Office ends in seven weeks www.advanced-television.com/2026/02/10/d...
Davie urges UK government to back BBC World Service
February 10, 2026
www.advanced-television.com
February 10, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Outgoing director-general Tim Davie has urged the Government to back BBC World Service as its "current funding arrangement" with the Foreign Office ends in seven weeks www.advanced-television.com/2026/02/10/d...
Reach has proposed to close two (Glasgow and Watford) of its three remaining print sites across the UK pressgazette.co.uk/news/reach-t...
Reach to close two out of three remaining printing plants
Reach has proposed to close two of its three remaining print sites across the UK - the operations in Watford and Glasgow.
pressgazette.co.uk
February 10, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Reach has proposed to close two (Glasgow and Watford) of its three remaining print sites across the UK pressgazette.co.uk/news/reach-t...
Iconic Media (formerly National World titles) expects to have 20 more journalists by the end of June than at the start of 2026 as it makes operations locally-focused again instead of in a centralised structure (although some roles are also being removed) www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2026/news/it...
Journalists to return to office in Iconic Media restructure - Journalism News from HoldtheFrontPage
Each title to get a named editor
www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk
February 10, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Iconic Media (formerly National World titles) expects to have 20 more journalists by the end of June than at the start of 2026 as it makes operations locally-focused again instead of in a centralised structure (although some roles are also being removed) www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2026/news/it...
Bauer, Hearst UK, Immediate Media, Time Out, Hello and Future have teamed up to launch Atria, an advertising marketplace to provide brands with more scale for their campaigns pressgazette.co.uk/marketing/wh...
Why UK mag giants have teamed up to offer digital advertising at scale
Atria will help advertisers reach audiences across six publishers at once, including Time Out, Hearst UK and Hello.
pressgazette.co.uk
February 10, 2026 at 11:18 AM
Bauer, Hearst UK, Immediate Media, Time Out, Hello and Future have teamed up to launch Atria, an advertising marketplace to provide brands with more scale for their campaigns pressgazette.co.uk/marketing/wh...
Amazon is reportedly preparing to launch a marketplace for publishers to sell their content to firms offering AI products www.reuters.com/business/ret...
February 10, 2026 at 11:08 AM
Amazon is reportedly preparing to launch a marketplace for publishers to sell their content to firms offering AI products www.reuters.com/business/ret...
Foulis to be a contributing editor to write a monthly FT column “on how geopolitics is transforming markets and the economy, drawing on his extensive expertise in foreign affairs and business” pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/med...
FT adds ex-Economist foreign editor Patrick Foulis as columnist
The Financial Times has appointed former Economist foreign editor Patrick Foulis as a contributing editor and columnist.
pressgazette.co.uk
February 10, 2026 at 10:42 AM
Foulis to be a contributing editor to write a monthly FT column “on how geopolitics is transforming markets and the economy, drawing on his extensive expertise in foreign affairs and business” pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/med...
The Independent has named Newsweek's director of publishing Barney Henderson as its new UK editor to succeed Chloe Hubbard, who had been UK editor for less than a year before it was announced in December that she was joining the Mirror as editor-in-chief pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/med...
The Independent names new editors after Chloe Hubbard joins Mirror
Newsweek director of publishing Barney Henderson is new UK editor.
pressgazette.co.uk
February 10, 2026 at 10:35 AM
The Independent has named Newsweek's director of publishing Barney Henderson as its new UK editor to succeed Chloe Hubbard, who had been UK editor for less than a year before it was announced in December that she was joining the Mirror as editor-in-chief pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/med...
Italian sports journalists at Rai Sport are set to protest after the state broadcaster's director made several errors during commentary on the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics opening ceremony www.ansa.it/english/news...
Rai reporters protest over director's error-strewn Olympic ceremony commentary - Politics - Ansa.it
The CDR internal union representing Rai's sports journalists announced on Monday that they were staging protest measures after RaiSport Director Paolo Petrecca's blunder-strewn commentary on Friday's…
www.ansa.it
February 10, 2026 at 9:41 AM
Italian sports journalists at Rai Sport are set to protest after the state broadcaster's director made several errors during commentary on the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics opening ceremony www.ansa.it/english/news...
Guardian Australia editor Lenore Taylor is leaving the newsbrand after 13 years in total and a decade in her current role. Taylor said the job is "utterly exhilarating and all-consuming" but "utterly exhausting". An open process is being run for a new editor www.theguardian.com/guardian-aus...
Lenore Taylor to leave the Guardian Australia
After 13 years in senior leadership roles, including a decade as editor, Lenore Taylor has decided to leave Guardian Australia.
www.theguardian.com
February 10, 2026 at 8:53 AM
Guardian Australia editor Lenore Taylor is leaving the newsbrand after 13 years in total and a decade in her current role. Taylor said the job is "utterly exhilarating and all-consuming" but "utterly exhausting". An open process is being run for a new editor www.theguardian.com/guardian-aus...
A 71-year-old man who stalked BBC Scotland presenter Anne McAlpine over a four-year period has been ordered to stay away from her for life www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Stalker who terrified BBC presenter Anne McAlpine ordered to stay away from her for life
Anne McAlpine had been sent letters and gifts by Robert Green, who then started to turn up at her home.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 10, 2026 at 8:36 AM
A 71-year-old man who stalked BBC Scotland presenter Anne McAlpine over a four-year period has been ordered to stay away from her for life www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The Athletic is investing in live blogs and putting video in them to future-proof against AI chatbots getting better at real-time information digiday.com/media/the-at...
The Athletic invests in live blogs, video to insulate sports coverage from AI scraping
As the Super Bowl and Winter Olympics collide, The Athletic is leaning into live blogs and video to keeps fans locked in, and AI bots at bay.
digiday.com
February 10, 2026 at 8:30 AM
The Athletic is investing in live blogs and putting video in them to future-proof against AI chatbots getting better at real-time information digiday.com/media/the-at...
ChatGPT has begun its rollout of ads in the US for users on its free and $8-a-month Go subscriptions. OpenAI told users: "Ads do not influence the answers ChatGPT gives you, and we keep your conversations with ChatGPT private from advertisers" techcrunch.com/2026/02/09/c...
ChatGPT rolls out ads | TechCrunch
OpenAI faced a backlash late last year when it tested app suggestions that looked like unwanted ads. Still, the AI company needs to generate revenue from its popular chatbot to cover the costs of…
techcrunch.com
February 10, 2026 at 8:27 AM
ChatGPT has begun its rollout of ads in the US for users on its free and $8-a-month Go subscriptions. OpenAI told users: "Ads do not influence the answers ChatGPT gives you, and we keep your conversations with ChatGPT private from advertisers" techcrunch.com/2026/02/09/c...
Immediate Media's IX will help brands host live experiences in collaboration with its 24 titles pressgazette.co.uk/marketing/im...
Immediate launches 'experiential agency' to boost revenue from live events
Immediate Media has launched a new experiential agency designed to create an incremental revenue stream for its titles.
pressgazette.co.uk
February 9, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Immediate Media's IX will help brands host live experiences in collaboration with its 24 titles pressgazette.co.uk/marketing/im...
Ofcom’s founding director of standards has said he is “astounded” by the regulator’s decision not to investigate 32 complaints about a GB News interview with President Trump, in which he claimed human-induced climate change is “a hoax” www.theguardian.com/media/2026/f...
Ofcom under fire after refusing to investigate ‘misleading’ GB News Trump interview
US president not challenged over false claims climate change is ‘hoax’ and parts of London have sharia law
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 5:46 PM
Ofcom’s founding director of standards has said he is “astounded” by the regulator’s decision not to investigate 32 complaints about a GB News interview with President Trump, in which he claimed human-induced climate change is “a hoax” www.theguardian.com/media/2026/f...
The Ministry of Justice has ordered data analysis company Courtsdesk to delete its large archive of court records, which it believes has been used by more than 1,500 journalists from 39 media organisations www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...
February 9, 2026 at 5:18 PM
The Ministry of Justice has ordered data analysis company Courtsdesk to delete its large archive of court records, which it believes has been used by more than 1,500 journalists from 39 media organisations www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...
Big Issue has made its two top digital editors redundant as part of a restructure of the organisation
The "difficult but necessary" changes follow the news that editor of almost 20 years Paul McNamee will leave the business at the end of March pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/m...
The "difficult but necessary" changes follow the news that editor of almost 20 years Paul McNamee will leave the business at the end of March pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/m...
Big Issue makes staff cuts 'to ensure long-term stability'
Weekly street newspaper Big Issue has made its two top digital editors redundant as part of a restructure of the organisation.
pressgazette.co.uk
February 9, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Big Issue has made its two top digital editors redundant as part of a restructure of the organisation
The "difficult but necessary" changes follow the news that editor of almost 20 years Paul McNamee will leave the business at the end of March pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/m...
The "difficult but necessary" changes follow the news that editor of almost 20 years Paul McNamee will leave the business at the end of March pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/m...
Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai sentenced to 20 years in prison amid 'complete collapse of press freedom in Hong Kong and the authorities’ profound contempt for independent journalism' pressgazette.co.uk/news/hong-ko...
Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai sentenced to 20 years in prison
Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai has been sentenced to 20 years in prison under a security law imposed by China.
pressgazette.co.uk
February 9, 2026 at 9:56 AM
Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai sentenced to 20 years in prison amid 'complete collapse of press freedom in Hong Kong and the authorities’ profound contempt for independent journalism' pressgazette.co.uk/news/hong-ko...
An interview with Peter Mandelson which appeared in The Times magazine on Saturday went to press before the most serious Epstein allegations surfaced and too late to be pulled or re-edited.
February 9, 2026 at 9:02 AM
An interview with Peter Mandelson which appeared in The Times magazine on Saturday went to press before the most serious Epstein allegations surfaced and too late to be pulled or re-edited.
Independent press regulator Impress has warned against misuse of privacy notices after a request from Peter Mandelson’s team for media to stop contact amid scrutiny over his links to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein www.impressorg.com/impress-warn...
Impress Warns Against Misuse of Privacy Notices Following Mandleson Notice to IPSO Publishers - Impress
As ITV's dramatisation of the phone-hacking scandal hits our screens, we introduce a new initiative to help independent journalism.
www.impressorg.com
February 9, 2026 at 8:01 AM
Independent press regulator Impress has warned against misuse of privacy notices after a request from Peter Mandelson’s team for media to stop contact amid scrutiny over his links to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein www.impressorg.com/impress-warn...
Next week’s Foresight News diary includes Jimmy Lai sentencing, Ghislaine Maxwell deposition, and Starmer facing PMQs post Mandleson controversy pressgazette.co.uk/news/news-di...
News diary 9-15 February: Jimmy Lai sentencing, Ghislaine Maxwell deposition, Olympics highlights
A look ahead at the key events leading the news agenda this week, from the team at Foresight News.
pressgazette.co.uk
February 6, 2026 at 5:39 PM
Next week’s Foresight News diary includes Jimmy Lai sentencing, Ghislaine Maxwell deposition, and Starmer facing PMQs post Mandleson controversy pressgazette.co.uk/news/news-di...
Journalist Jay Rayner posts farewell to "one of the very last if not the very last classic newsstands in a central London tube station" - in Brixton - adding that Transport for London has "put them in a financial position where they had to surrender their lease" www.instagram.com/jayrayner1/p...
February 6, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Journalist Jay Rayner posts farewell to "one of the very last if not the very last classic newsstands in a central London tube station" - in Brixton - adding that Transport for London has "put them in a financial position where they had to surrender their lease" www.instagram.com/jayrayner1/p...
The Labour Together thinktank paid a PR firm at least £30,000 to investigate journalists from The Sunday Times, The Guardian and other outlets that were looking into its funding, Democracy for Sale has revealed democracyforsale.substack.com/p/exclusive-...
BREAKING: McSweeney’s think tank paid PR firm to investigate journalists
Labour Together put private investigators onto journalists writing about its funding. Starmer's right-hand man knew.
democracyforsale.substack.com
February 6, 2026 at 2:56 PM
The Labour Together thinktank paid a PR firm at least £30,000 to investigate journalists from The Sunday Times, The Guardian and other outlets that were looking into its funding, Democracy for Sale has revealed democracyforsale.substack.com/p/exclusive-...