Global Watch

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff and his wife Lynne Benioff will buy Time Magazine for $190 million. The sale comes just eight months after Meredith Corp., which publishes such titles as People, Better Homes and Gardens, and Entertainment…

Zurich-based Swiss media company Tamedia is acquiring Basler Zeitung from Zeitungshaus AG and in return selling their interests in the Tagblatt der Stadt Zürich, Switzerland’s oldest newspaper, and other freesheets to Zeitungshaus AG.…

In a latest development, ppi Media provides a new service to Schleswig-Holsteinischer Zeitungsverlag (sh:z) in Flensburg and undertaking production control tasks for the publishing house. The publisher with the highest circulation newspaper…

Saying there is still room for local and longer read in printed newspapers, a former regional newspaper editor Tim Dixon has launched his own community title in Devon where he lives in southwest England. Tim is former editor of Western…

IFRA & DCX exhibitions agree on a co-operation with the network for global magazine media, FIPP, including a participation in the congress programme in October in Berlin. FIPP, the network for global media, will join forces with IFRA…

WE-Druck, a part of NWZ-Media Group and operates as an independent newspaper printing house, based in Oldenburg in Germany, has opted for a highly automated newspaper press from Koenig & Bauer AG (KBA) for the first time with the…

The latest report from the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism examines how local news organisations in Europe are adapting to an increasingly digital, mobile, and platform-dominated environment. The report titled The Digital…

In March this year, Google announced with much fanfare the launch of its Google News Initiative, a $300 million programmed aimed at ‘building a strong future for journalism’ as the company put it. That came on top of the previous Digital…

This is all about looking at users from a business point of view, and what Financial Times (FT.com) wants them to be, as the newspaper knows people pay for habits. So they want to focus on habits. Habits are the best way to increase…

Rejecting Axel Springer’s claim ad blocking, Germany‘s highest civil court has ruled that the online ad blocker AdBlock Plus does not violate any competition law. Applications that filter out and hide website advertisements may remain…

The U.K. publisher of The Guardian announced that they have launched a new non-profit, at theguardian.org, to raise money from people and foundations to support its journalism. The non-profit has raised $1 million in grants since it was…

The New York Times believes that one of its executives Janet Elder would lead the newspaper’s efforts in seeking new philanthropic funding. Philanthropies already fund some of the newspaper’s investigations, but the publisher now aims to…

Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism in collaboration with University of Oxford announces that media companies in 2018 will shift how they interact with consumers, creating more personal relationships in preparation for more…

After several orders for newspaper presses in 2017, manroland web systems announces a first large order for newspaper press lines in 2018. The company and China National Complete Plant Import & Export Corporation Limited (Complant) have…

Newsquest Media Group Ltd, the second largest publisher of regional and local newspapers in the UK with 205 brands across the region, continues expansion with buyout of Mold-based NWN Media and its 13 newspaper titles. The move follows…

Media companies, advertising agencies and technology creators have now paid full attention to BIGGIES Awards for excellence in Big Data and Artificial Intelligence, which is organised by INMA. The entries to the awards will be rewarded for…

Hull Daily Mail, which is published from Yorkshire and acclaimed to be the largest circulated in the region, has marked 50 years since a triple tragedy on its patch with a special print edition. The daily covered half a century since the…

Financial Times, in partnership with Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, a member of MUFG, is extending its free access to FT.com for all 16-19 years old school students globally. The project is designed to help the students get supplement…

Press Association (PA) analysis of data from social media analytics company Newswhip has revealed a huge fall in engagements – a combination of reactions, comments and shares – on website content for many of the UK’s biggest news websites…

A regional daily based in Carlisle in North West England has re-launched with a brand new look and a redesigned masthead. News & Star has undergone the redesign to transform into what parent company the CN Group describes as a ‘bright,…