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NBC News is launching a digital subscription offering exclusive content and everything ad-free www.axios.com/2025/12/02/n...
Exclusive: NBC News is launching digital subscription
The subscription includes access to all of NBC News' digital journalism, including content from Telemundo's Noticias news networks and NBC News' local affiliates.
www.axios.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:12 AM
NBC News is launching a digital subscription offering exclusive content and everything ad-free www.axios.com/2025/12/02/n...
Newsweek is developing a more customised, conversational AI-powered homepage, modelled after Google’s AI Mode, as part of its partnership with Google Cloud digiday.com/media/newswe...
Newsweek is building an AI Mode-like experience to customize homepages for readers
Newsweek is building an AI homepage modeled after Google's AI Mode to increase engagement and offset declining search referrals.
digiday.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Newsweek is developing a more customised, conversational AI-powered homepage, modelled after Google’s AI Mode, as part of its partnership with Google Cloud digiday.com/media/newswe...
Members of the House of Lords have asked the UK Governnment to force an open auction of the Telegraph if DMGT's £500m bid has not been finalised by 15 December. Mail owner has yet to reveal how it is funding the deal. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/12...
Peers call for open auction of Telegraph if Daily Mail takeover falls through
Culture Secretary has told DMGT to finalise its bid by mid-December
www.telegraph.co.uk
December 3, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Members of the House of Lords have asked the UK Governnment to force an open auction of the Telegraph if DMGT's £500m bid has not been finalised by 15 December. Mail owner has yet to reveal how it is funding the deal. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/12...
Observer confirms departure of editor Lucy Rock, leaving James Harding as editor in chief with Basia Cummings and Giles Whittell as his deputies pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/med...
Observer confirms departure of editor Lucy Rock
The Observer has confirmed the departure of Lucy Rock who was the first female editor in the title’s 234-year history.
pressgazette.co.uk
December 2, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Observer confirms departure of editor Lucy Rock, leaving James Harding as editor in chief with Basia Cummings and Giles Whittell as his deputies pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/med...
Google is testing making it easier to ask follow-up questions within an AI Overview, integrating AI Mode www.seroundtable.com/google-blend...
Google Officially Testing Blending AI Mode Into AI Overviews
Back in October, we saw Google testing having the "Show more" button in the AI Overviews within Google Search jump you to AI Mode with follow-up questions. Well, Google's Robby Stein announced on X…
www.seroundtable.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Google is testing making it easier to ask follow-up questions within an AI Overview, integrating AI Mode www.seroundtable.com/google-blend...
A court will today hear arguments over whether voting technology firm Smartmatic's defamation lawsuit against Fox News can go to a full trial www.npr.org/2025/12/02/n...
Fox News faces critical test in 2nd case over false 2020 election claims
The allegations in the multibillion-dollar case sound familiar: A voting-tech company accuses Fox News of defamation for false claims it broadcast about rigged votes in the 2020 presidential election.
www.npr.org
December 2, 2025 at 2:16 PM
A court will today hear arguments over whether voting technology firm Smartmatic's defamation lawsuit against Fox News can go to a full trial www.npr.org/2025/12/02/n...
Essentially Sports now has 200 full-time staff across the world, including more than 150 in editorial, and has made $25m in turnover over the last three years
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How Essentially Sports grew from $100 domain to $8m-plus annual turnover
Sports media platform Essentially Sports was founded in 2014 in a dorm room, and today has made $25m in three years.
pressgazette.co.uk
December 2, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Essentially Sports now has 200 full-time staff across the world, including more than 150 in editorial, and has made $25m in turnover over the last three years
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Fortune CEO Anastasia Nyrkovskaya is stepping down at the end of the month after less than two years www.adweek.com/media/fortun...
Fortune CEO Anastasia Nyrkovskaya to Step Down at Year’s End
The first woman to lead the 95-year-old business publisher is departing after less than two years in the role.
www.adweek.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Fortune CEO Anastasia Nyrkovskaya is stepping down at the end of the month after less than two years www.adweek.com/media/fortun...
Independent local title Leicester Gazette has launched its first quarterly print edition with a free run of 5,000 copies. Although its website is ad free, the paper is being funded by "ethical, local advertising" www.leicester.news/introducing-...
Introducing our print edition
After almost three years, the Leicester Gazette is now in print
www.leicester.news
December 2, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Independent local title Leicester Gazette has launched its first quarterly print edition with a free run of 5,000 copies. Although its website is ad free, the paper is being funded by "ethical, local advertising" www.leicester.news/introducing-...
Goalhanger has reportedly signed a multi-million-pound deal with Netflix to stream a daily version of Gary Lineker's The Rest Is Football podcast during the World Cup in USA next year www.thesun.co.uk/sport/375015...
Lineker inks HUGE TV deal for 2026 World Cup that is sure to infuriate BBC
GARY Lineker has signed a staggering multi-million pound deal with Netflix to host his The Rest Is Football podcast at next summer’s World Cup. The ex-England star’s Goalhanger production company h…
www.thesun.co.uk
December 2, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Goalhanger has reportedly signed a multi-million-pound deal with Netflix to stream a daily version of Gary Lineker's The Rest Is Football podcast during the World Cup in USA next year www.thesun.co.uk/sport/375015...
Podcast production company Goalhanger is to take over the entire Southbank Centre in London for a three-day festival called The Rest Is Fest www.standard.co.uk/culture/gary...
Gary Lineker to take over Southbank Centre for The Rest is Fest podcast event
Goalhanger are hitting the Southbank Centre next year to give Londoners a chance to see live versions of their hit podcasts
www.standard.co.uk
December 2, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Podcast production company Goalhanger is to take over the entire Southbank Centre in London for a three-day festival called The Rest Is Fest www.standard.co.uk/culture/gary...
Financial data company Ravenpack has signed a deal with the FT which includes licensing of archive content for AI-powered answers. Deal includes an investment from FT Ventures, the FT's £30m fund www.ravenpack.com/blog/ravenpa...?
RavenPack secures strategic investment from Financial Times and integrates premium FT content into AI platform
FT Ventures invests in RavenPack as institutional clients gain access to decades of trusted financial journalism for building next-generation AI agents, through Bigdata.com.
www.ravenpack.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Financial data company Ravenpack has signed a deal with the FT which includes licensing of archive content for AI-powered answers. Deal includes an investment from FT Ventures, the FT's £30m fund www.ravenpack.com/blog/ravenpa...?
An arbitrator has found that Politico management violated the newsroom's collective bargaining agreement when it launched two AI-driven products - a 'live summaries' feature and an AI report builder without providing the required notice or human oversight once live wbng.org/2025/12/01/p...
PEN Guild wins landmark arbitration on AI protections - Washington-Baltimore News Guild
This decision marks one of the first major labor-arbitration rulings on the impact of AI on journalists' work.
wbng.org
December 1, 2025 at 5:31 PM
An arbitrator has found that Politico management violated the newsroom's collective bargaining agreement when it launched two AI-driven products - a 'live summaries' feature and an AI report builder without providing the required notice or human oversight once live wbng.org/2025/12/01/p...
Nine regional newspaper publishers in the US are the latest to sue OpenAI and Microsoft alleging their AI models have "copied hundreds of thousands of articles and other materials" from their websites pressgazette.co.uk/platforms/ne...
Who's suing AI and who's signing: Nine more US regional newspapers sue OpenAI
News AI deals revealed: Which publishers are suing and which are signing deal with the tech giants over generative AI.
pressgazette.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Nine regional newspaper publishers in the US are the latest to sue OpenAI and Microsoft alleging their AI models have "copied hundreds of thousands of articles and other materials" from their websites pressgazette.co.uk/platforms/ne...
Newsquest Scotland has passed 50,000 digital subscribers, with editor-in-chief Callum Baird promising more investment with "new roles, launches and opportunities to come in 2026 and beyond" www.linkedin.com/posts/callum...
🎉🌟 50,000 Digital Subscribers! 🌟🎉
A huge milestone achieved by Newsquest Scotland in November – we’ve passed 50,000 digital subscribers across our news titles for the first time.
📰 When we… | Callum Baird | 16 comments
🎉🌟 50,000 Digital Subscribers! 🌟🎉 A huge milestone achieved by Newsquest Scotland in November – we’ve passed 50,000 digital subscribers across our news titles for the first time. 📰...
www.linkedin.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Newsquest Scotland has passed 50,000 digital subscribers, with editor-in-chief Callum Baird promising more investment with "new roles, launches and opportunities to come in 2026 and beyond" www.linkedin.com/posts/callum...
One of Canada’s biggest media companies is hoping that adding news content into its streaming service Crave will act as a local differentiator to its global competitors pressgazette.co.uk/north-americ...
Canadian streaming TV platform invests in news
Canada's Bell Media is hoping that adding news content into its streaming service Crave will "attract and engage new audiences".
pressgazette.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 5:08 PM
One of Canada’s biggest media companies is hoping that adding news content into its streaming service Crave will act as a local differentiator to its global competitors pressgazette.co.uk/north-americ...
Guardian faces trial after influencer Andy Ngo sues over ‘alt-right agitator’ label
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Guardian faces trial after influencer sues over 'alt-right agitator' label
Guardian News and Media is considering next steps after a finding it was defamatory to describe Andy Ngo as an "'alt-right' agitator".
pressgazette.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Guardian faces trial after influencer Andy Ngo sues over ‘alt-right agitator’ label
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FT Ventures has invested in AI and data analytics company RavenPack. Their partnership also includes a content licensing agreement, integrating FT Professional content into RavenPack's analytics, annotations and bigdata.com products aboutus.ft.com/press_releas...
ABOUT THE FT
The Financial Times is one of the world’s leading news organisations, recognised internationally for its authority, integrity and accuracy.
aboutus.ft.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:46 PM
FT Ventures has invested in AI and data analytics company RavenPack. Their partnership also includes a content licensing agreement, integrating FT Professional content into RavenPack's analytics, annotations and bigdata.com products aboutus.ft.com/press_releas...
Businessman and podcaster Steven Bartlett is reportedly launching a website providing technology news called Founded.com - recruiting a ten-strong editorial team in the UK and US. www.cityam.com/steven-bartl...
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FOUNDED is a culturally fluent business publisher built for the founders of today. Trusted by entrepreneurs, operators, and builders around the world, we exist to champion the relentless, united by…
Founded.com
December 1, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Businessman and podcaster Steven Bartlett is reportedly launching a website providing technology news called Founded.com - recruiting a ten-strong editorial team in the UK and US. www.cityam.com/steven-bartl...
Former 5 News editor Cait FitzSimons is joining Crooked Media and Reduced Listening's Pod Save the UK as executive producer to drive audience growth and editorial innovation podcastingtoday.co.uk/former-5-new...
Former 5 News Editor joins Pod Save the UK podcast
Reduced Listening has announced that Cait FitzSimons, former Editor of 5 News, will join Pod Save the UK as Executive Producer.
podcastingtoday.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Former 5 News editor Cait FitzSimons is joining Crooked Media and Reduced Listening's Pod Save the UK as executive producer to drive audience growth and editorial innovation podcastingtoday.co.uk/former-5-new...
Co-founder and first editor of The Independent Andreas Whittam Smith has died aged 88. The Independent turns 40 next year and the brand he started also lives on in The i Paper. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Andreas Whittam Smith death: Co-founder of The Independent, dies aged 88
The editor and media entrepreneur changed the landscape of British journalism over his decades-long career
www.independent.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Co-founder and first editor of The Independent Andreas Whittam Smith has died aged 88. The Independent turns 40 next year and the brand he started also lives on in The i Paper. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
The White House now has a page on its website with a "hall of shame" for the press and promising a "record of the media’s false and misleading stories" deadline.com/2025/11/trum...
Trump Unveils “Media Offender Of the Week” + “Hall Of Shame” On White House Website: David Ellison-Owned & Bari Weiss-Run CBS News Makes The List
Targeting the so-called "enemy of the people," the Trump White House has gone after media outlets it claims put out "false and misleading stories"
deadline.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:26 AM
The White House now has a page on its website with a "hall of shame" for the press and promising a "record of the media’s false and misleading stories" deadline.com/2025/11/trum...
An online Birmingham Mail headline "Drivers with cruise control urged to press button or face £73 charge in June" breached the Editors' Code as there was no such charge - in fact drivers could "save" £73 on fuel www.ipso.co.uk/rulings/0226...
02269-25 A man v birminghammail.co.uk - IPSO
A man complained to the Independent Press Standards Organisation that birminghammail.co.uk breached Clause 1 (Accuracy) of the Editors’ Code of Practice in an article headlined ‘’Drivers with cruise…
www.ipso.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 8:16 AM
An online Birmingham Mail headline "Drivers with cruise control urged to press button or face £73 charge in June" breached the Editors' Code as there was no such charge - in fact drivers could "save" £73 on fuel www.ipso.co.uk/rulings/0226...
Getty Images boss Craig Peters has warned that parts of the business could exit the UK if the Competition and Markets Authority blocks its $3.7bn takeover of rival agency Shutterstock. He said the deal is needed to compete with AI-generated picturess www.ft.com/content/d958...
Getty warns over UK operations if Shutterstock deal is blocked
CEO says competition watchdog is overlooking how quickly AI is reshaping image generation
www.ft.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Getty Images boss Craig Peters has warned that parts of the business could exit the UK if the Competition and Markets Authority blocks its $3.7bn takeover of rival agency Shutterstock. He said the deal is needed to compete with AI-generated picturess www.ft.com/content/d958...
Press regulator IPSO ruled that a reporter working on behalf of the Daily Mail website breached the Editors' Code on privacy and intrusion into grief or shock by entering a woman's porch through an external front door www.dailymail.co.uk/home/article...
IPSO upholds complaint against dailymail.co.uk
Julie Goodfellow complained to IPSO that the conduct of a reporter acting on behalf of dailymail.co.uk breached Clauses 2 and 4 of the Editors' Code of Practice.
www.dailymail.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Press regulator IPSO ruled that a reporter working on behalf of the Daily Mail website breached the Editors' Code on privacy and intrusion into grief or shock by entering a woman's porch through an external front door www.dailymail.co.uk/home/article...