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FT launches 99p per month smartphone edition aimed at its 26m social media...
The Financial Times has launched FT Edit, a streamlined app it hopes will attract an audience beyond its traditional, professional readers. The app, which is the FT’s first major product launch in a...
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‘I live the news’: FT editor Roula Khalaf on war stories, sleepless nights...
Roula Khalaf grew up in a warzone and has spent much of her career reporting from areas of conflict. “You adapt,” she says when I ask about her childhood in Lebanon. She sounds similarly unfazed when...
View ArticleQuartz ditches paywall to make its journalism 'accessible to everyone'
Business news site Quartz has permanently dropped its paywall. The ten-year-old outlet, which currently has about 25,000 subscribers, will continue to encourage visitors to register and will retain a...
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Why Quartz believes readers will pay for a weekly email about Africa
Quartz hopes that a paid-for Quartz Africa weekly email newsletter will pave the way for its new paid content strategy. It announced last week it was ditching its main paywall in favour of running a...
View ArticleCEO interview: David Skok on the rise of his ‘wonkish’ Canadian news startup,...
David Skok, a former newspaper and broadcast journalist, founded subscription news startup The Logic in 2018 with CA$300,000 (£186,000) of investment and three employees. Four years on, The Logic will...
View ArticleQuartz founder Zach Seward says being part of G/O Media will let it focus on...
Zach Seward, the co-founder and general manager of Quartz, is hopeful that the business news title can thrive under a “conglomerate model” as it is acquired by G/O Media. G/O, which already owns brands...
View ArticleFT editor Roula Khalaf: UK enables 'professionalised intimidation' of...
Financial Times editor Roula Khalaf has called for action to stop the “professionalised intimidation” of journalists in the UK legal system. Speaking at this year’s Hugh Cudlipp Lecture, Khalaf called...
View ArticleBloomberg bets big on London with major editorial expansion to rival UK’s...
Bloomberg Media is doubling down on the success of its growing consumer subscriptions business in the UK with a major London expansion. The multi-million-pound investment in Bloomberg UK is said to be...
View ArticleB2B publisher Mark Allen says early bet on subscriptions and rewarding staff...
B2B publisher Mark Allen Group is among the media companies that proved remarkably resilient throughout the Covid-19 pandemic – even though, pre-2020, a third of its revenue came from live events. But...
View ArticleFuture of Media Explained podcast episode one: Winning at B2B
The first edition of Press Gazette’s weekly Future of Media Explained Podcast is entitled Winning at B2B and features an interview with industry stalwart Mark Allen. Allen began his career as an...
View ArticleForbes officially cancels plan to go public amid ‘deteriorating SPAC market’
Forbes has formally ended its plan to go public through a merger with a special-purpose acquisition company (SPAC). The business news publisher attributed the move to the bad fortunes of the SPAC...
View ArticleRaconteur's CEO on 'rollercoaster' years from print magazine flop to £2m profit
Business publisher and content marketing specialist Raconteur has had a “rollercoaster” few years, from nearly going bust in 2016 after a failed print magazine launch to profit of £2m in 2021. As a B2B...
View ArticleHaymarket sees podcasts as replacement for print delivering similar engagement
B2B and specialist publisher Haymarket has revealed plans to increase its investment in podcasts as it “moves away” from print. Deputy managing director of Haymarket Business Media Donna Murphy told...
View ArticleRanked: Most popular websites for business news in UK
Insider Inc, Forbes and Reuters top the list of the UK’s most popular websites for business news, according to a new ranking by Press Gazette. According to data compiled by Ipsos iris, The Insider Inc...
View ArticleUK business media titles are charging PRs to publish news
Various B2B business news outlets in the UK are regularly asking PRs for payment in exchange for news coverage in an apparent breach of Advertising Standards Authority rules. Press Gazette has seen...
View ArticleInforma buys US B2B publisher Industry Dive for £323m
UK-based B2B and events business Informa has bought US business publisher Industry Dive. Informa bought Industry Dive for $389m (£323m) in cash, saying the deal would enhance growth, margin and...
View ArticleInforma sells Lloyd's List for £385m as B2B giant sees revenue bounce back
B2B giant Informa has announced the sale of maritime information brand Lloyd’s List to Montagu private equity in a £385m deal as it announced strong profit and revenue growth for the first half of the...
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Management Today editor says metaverse experiment gave 'credibility' boost...
An experiment in the metaverse at B2B magazine Management Today gave it “credibility” when reporting on the new technology and may have helped lead to a 150% jump in page views, according to its...
View ArticleComment: Why business journalism needs a representation overhaul
Raconteur editor Sarah Vizard writes about the need to put more focus on diversity in B2B journalism (and beyond) and why her team wanted to help make “real change” in the industry. Even the most...
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