City AM's Christian May says after three years editing newspaper 'I feel now...
“It’s the best thing I’ve ever done,” says Christian May as he marks three-years as City AM editor, with the former PR chief having been hired “out of the blue” by the daily newspaper’s proprietors for...
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2018 British Journalism Awards shortlist revealed: 'This is what Dame...
Press Gazette is proud to announce the finalists for the 2018 British Journalism Awards for public interest journalism. These awards are open to all journalists wherever they work provided they are...
View ArticleB2B publisher Centaur Media plans to sell off The Lawyer and Money Marketing...
Centaur Media is looking to sell off The Lawyer magazine and financial services titles Money Marketing and Mortgage Strategy in a bid to “simplify” its business. The b2b publisher has appointed...
View ArticleFinancial Times appoints Priscilla Balfour to new global diversity and...
The Financial Times has appointed ITN’s outgoing head of diversity and inclusion to its newly created role of global diversity chief. Priscilla Baffour, who has also worked as a Channel 4 industry...
View ArticleConde Nast launches B2B newsletter Vogue Business aimed at fashion industry...
Vogue and GQ publisher Conde Nast has today launched a new London-based B2B title for the fashion, beauty and luxury industries. Vogue Business will publish as a newsletter aimed at fashion industry...
View ArticleB2B publisher Centaur Media sells off financial services division including...
B2B publisher Centaur Media has sold off its financial services division, including weekly newspaper Money Marketing, for £5m. Business media publisher Metropolis Group bought the division, which also...
View ArticleCentaur Media sells engineering titles to Mark Allen Group as profits climb
B2B publisher Centaur Media has sold its engineering titles to the Mark Allen Group in a £2.5m deal, on the back of rising profits. The sale will see The Engineer, Subcon and Advanced Manufacturing...
View ArticleFT asks law firm to review its reporting of German fintech firm after...
The Financial Times has asked a law firm to review its reporting on fintech company Wirecard, which is suing the business newspaper after it reported on alleged irregularities in the German firm’s...
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Swiss bank UBS deletes tweet criticising FT journalist after social media...
Swiss investment bank UBS has deleted a tweet accusing a Financial Times journalist of “agenda journalism” after a backlash on social media. The official UBS Twitter account said last week that FT...
View ArticleFuture buys US curated news publisher Smartbrief in $65m deal
Future has bought US curated news publisher Smartbrief in a deal worth up to $65m (£53.5m). Washington-based Smartbrief provides targeted industry news taken from more than 1,500 external sources,...
View ArticleSports Direct decision to block journalists from AGM 'not a good look'
UK sports retailer Sports Direct has blocked journalists from attending its annual meeting of shareholders today. The firm, which is majority-owned by Mike Ashley (pictured), has not provided a reason...
View ArticleReuters creates events business for news with B2B company buyout
Thomson Reuters, the company behind news agency Reuters, has bought a global B2B events company which it has rebranded as Reuters Events and will operate under its news division. FC Business...
View ArticleCoronavirus outbreak impacts Informa B2B events worth £425m
The Covid-19 (coronavirus) outbreak has forced B2B company Informa to reschedule and cancel more than 100 events worth £425m in revenue, it has announced. The group said it was “seeing an impact” on...
View ArticleMedia and events firm Metropolis Group secures £12m funding from bank
B2B publisher Metropolis Group has secured a £12m funding package that it said will “strengthen” its balance sheet during the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. The refinancing deal with Lloyds Bank will...
View ArticleMetropolis Group's £12m 'expansion' loan comes as it furloughs staff and cuts...
B2B publisher Metropolis has furloughed staff and cut working hours during the Covid-19 lockdown, but its chief executive has said the group could be one of the “winners” of this “terrible crisis”. The...
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Five in every six BBC News articles devoted to Covid-19 while B2B coverage...
BBC News is devoting 83 per cent of its output to the coronavirus, the highest proportion of any national news outlet, according to new analysis. Five out of every six articles on BBC News has a focus...
View ArticleCharted: How Covid-19 has wiped £15bn off the value of leading news businesses
The US and UK’s largest listed news businesses have lost more than £15bn from their market capitalisations since the global Covid-19 crisis began, a Press Gazette investigation has found. And while...
View ArticleHow travel media is fighting back against coronavirus: Free webinar on 23 April
Leading editors from the travel media will explain how they are uniting to fight back against the coronavirus pandemic during a live video webinar hosted by Press Gazette. Six business publishers...
View ArticleCancelled events due to Covid-19 cost Euromoney £9m, but pandemic fails to...
Euromoney’s half-year results show cancelled events due to Covid-19 are set to cost the UK-based business intelligence company £9.2m. But despite this the B2B information provider has emerged...
View Article'Bittersweet moment' for The Bookseller owner as trade title sold to...
Book trade title The Bookseller has been bought out by the publisher of theatre trade title The Stage for an undisclosed amount. Talks began last year between the two independent companies, with the...
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