Global Watch

The winners of WAN-IFRA’s African Digital Media Awards were announced during the recent Digital Media Africa 2022 virtual conference. The Awards recognise news publishers who have delivered unique and original digital media projects in the…

In the past three years, Table Stakes Europe has supported 57 news publishers from 15 countries in their digital transformation. You, too, could benefit from this unique programme. As newsrooms strive to strengthen their digital businesses,…

Derry Journal is a newspaper based in Derry, Northern Ireland, serving Derry as well as County Donegal in the country. It is operated by a Johnston Press holding company entitled Derry Journal Newspapers. An exhibition has marked the…

Axel Springer has announced that Mark Dekan has been appointed to the newly created role of COO of POLITICO Media Group starting from September 1, 2022. Mark will report directly to POLITICO Media Group CEO Goli Sheikholeslami and work…

Allure, Condé Nast’s beauty magazine, is no more—at least as a print product. The title will now be digital-only. The last print issue will be dated December 2022, according to the Business of Fashion (BOF). According to Editor in Chief…

The media strategies, tools, and techniques that are driving revenue growth and transforming business models at Latin American media companies were the key focuses of a virtual regional conference by the International News Media Association…

New development at The Independent with the US West Coast editor’s role is a new one, and Philip’s appointment to it, having previously been a senior editor in New York demonstrates the Independent’s commitment to the US and to the West…

One of the oldest newspapers in South Africa, Daily Dispatch celebrates its 150th year of publishing with a flurry of festivities in September. The actual day that 24-year-old East Londoner Massey Hicks published the first East London…

The Guardian’s parent company has appointed Anna Bateson as its new chief executive, shortly after the business announced its best financial results in recent years. Anna previously spent four years at Guardian Media Group (GMG), where she…

The Washington Post, thought by some to be immune from the pressures facing smaller publications, may cut staff positions, according to a report. The report further mentions that the Post now has fewer than the three million paying digital…

When it w a s announced that Schibsted-owned PodMe had bought a few of Norway’s highest profile podcasts and was going to put them behind a paywall, some thought the company was making a big mistake. A lot of people were calling them…

In an effort to bolster local journalism The Hoffmann Family of Companies, a Florida-based group of businesses, announced it is acquiring Florida Media Group, LLC, publisher of nine Florida newspapers. The newspapers, which have a…

Two Kenyan journalists, Caroline Jerotich Kimutai and Agnes Kalekye Nguna, have been elected to the World Association of News Publishers' Board of Directors. Kimutai, the Managing Editor in charge of the digital division at the Standard…

With more than 540,000 subscribers to their digital and print products, Le Monde has among the highest number of subscribers of any daily news publication in France. Its name states, it’s really the world they’re interested in, and their…

Roles of journalism are set to be redeployed to bigger cities as a regional publisher prepares fresh launches on rival territory. Publisher National World in UK has confirmed a restructure affecting dozens of staff which will see the…

The 404 is a new Los Angeles Times project being billed as ‘a burner account’ for the legacy newspaper. Known informally as the meme team during its formation, the 404 is the first-ofits-kind collective in any major US newsroom. Unlike…

As a Colorado newspaper settled a libel lawsuit. Now, it’s facing accusations of self-censorship. Nestled at the bottom of Aspen Mountain in Colorado is a nearly one-acre parcel of land. It sold for $10 million last July. Just seven months…

Agence France-Presse (AFP) has developed a new training platform to share essential training in digital skills with reporters, building on the experience of its awardwinning digital investigations team. The platform provides 10 training…

Good news for sports fans who subscribe to The New York Times is that its allaccess digital bundle adds The Athletic for free access. The newspaper brought the sports news site for $550 million in cold hard cash back in January this year.…

The New York Times is bolstering its international investigations efforts with the addition of new reporters and an expanded commitment to global investigative journalism outside the United States. Investigative journalism has long been…