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GRV Media, a UK-based sports website publisher, has cut 60 staff since September as a result of falling Google referral traffic pressgazette.co.uk/news/uk-base...
UK-based sports publisher cuts 60 staff due to Google updates
UK-based sports website publisher GRV Media has let go of 60 staff since September as a result of falling Google referral traffic.
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December 23, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Regulators and the media industry should demand better: Google’s AI deals repeat Showcase playbook
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Google's AI deals repeat Showcase playbook
Details on new Google AI deals remain secret but the scheme appears to be a facsimile of its Showcase framework.
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December 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
NUJ members at STV will strike on 7 January over compulsory redundancies and plans to axe the north edition of the News at 6 programme. The strike will coincide with the launch date of new commercial radio station STV Radio www.nuj.org.uk/resource/nuj...
NUJ members at STV to hold one-day strike in New Year over cuts
Staff at STV News are to hold a one-day strike on 7 January over compulsory redundancies and the broadcaster’s plans to axe the north edition of its News at 6 programme.
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December 23, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Google has reintroduced the ability for publishers to set different ad pricing on its products for the first time in more than six years pressgazette.co.uk/marketing/go...
Google removes unified pricing rules that hit publisher ad yield in 2019
Google has quietly reintroduced the ability for publishers to set higher ad pricing on its products for the first time in six years.
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December 23, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Getty has been given permission to appeal parts of the Stability AI ruling, looking at the meaning of the term "infringing copy" pressgazette.co.uk/media_law/ai...
Publishers versus AI: All the copyright legal rulings so far
AI legal rulings. Comprehensive round up of legal rulings impacting publishers with reference to AI and copyright.
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December 23, 2025 at 11:38 AM
16 senior news leaders reflect on 2025 and what’s ahead in 2026 – via emojis

Including... 🤯 💡 🌊 🔭 🤝 😍 🚀 🚅

Featuring CEOs of The Independent, Forbes, Politico and Bloomberg Media, chief revenue officers of Newsweek, Mail Metro Media, Associated Press, and more

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Senior news leaders reflect on 2025 and what's ahead in 2026 - via emojis
News leaders from some of the biggest media companies in the UK and US reflect on 2025 and reveal how they are feeling ahead of 2026.
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December 23, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Facebook tests charging creators and businesses to post more than two links per month

But news publishers reportedly excluded from the test on their own pages pressgazette.co.uk/news/faceboo...
Facebook tests charging creators and businesses to post more than two links per month
Meta has begun restricting the number of links that creators and businesses can post per month on Facebook.
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December 23, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Kopinor (manages copyright for press and publishing content in Norway) has signed an agreement for Norwegian newspaper content to be used to train AI models. The agreement is funded by the Norwegian state, paying NOK 45m (£3.3m) a year www.linkedin.com/posts/ifrro_...
IFRRO member Kopinor signs historic agreement on newspaper content for AI in Norway IFRRO member Kopinor and the National Library of Norway have signed a historic agreement enabling the use of… | IFRRO
IFRRO member Kopinor signs historic agreement on newspaper content for AI in Norway IFRRO member Kopinor and the National Library of Norway have signed a historic agreement enabling the use of content...
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December 23, 2025 at 10:10 AM
CBS News editor in chief Bari Weiss defended her decision to pull a controversial “60 Minutes” segment on an El Salvador prison, telling staff Monday the piece needed more reporting, and pushing back on accusations that the move was politically motivated nypost.com/2025/12/22/m...
Bari Weiss defends yanking ‘60 Minutes’ CECOT segment from broadcast: ‘It wasn’t ready’
Weiss addressed the backlash during a network-wide editorial call, saying she held the segment because “we simply need to do more,” according to a recording reviewed by the Wall Street Journal.
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December 22, 2025 at 4:43 PM
NUJ calls Iconic Media chief executive Malcolm Denmark "Scrooge" over lack of pay rises for journalists since he took over National World this year www.nuj.org.uk/resource/nuj...
NUJ labels Malcolm Denmark a ‘Scrooge’ over pay award refusal
The NUJ has branded Iconic Media CEO Malcolm Denmark a “Scrooge” over his broken promises to National World staff to make a pay award for 2025, and has accused him of ripping up recognition…
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December 22, 2025 at 4:38 PM
News leaders from some of the biggest media companies in the UK and US have reflected on 2025 and revealed how they are feeling ahead of 2026 with emojis pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/s...
Senior news leaders reflect on 2025 and what's ahead in 2026 - via emojis
News leaders from some of the biggest media companies in the UK and US reflect on 2025 and reveal how they are feeling ahead of 2026.
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December 22, 2025 at 4:38 PM
The Sunday People saw its average weekly print circulation decline by 26.4% year on year to 36,594 in November - the first time in 2025 the paper has decreased by more than a quarter pressgazette.co.uk/media-audien...
Newspaper ABCs: Sunday People circulation drops by over a quarter for first time in 2025
Latest ABC UK newspaper circulations for the biggest print titles including the Daily Mail, Mail on Sunday, Financial Times and more.
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December 22, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Manchester Evening News editor ‘fed up of playing algorithmic games’

Sarah Lester speaks about new premium paywall on MEN website as well as Google frustrations, fake experts, and being an editor in 2025 pressgazette.co.uk/news-leaders...
Manchester Evening News editor 'fed up of playing algorithmic games'
Manchester Evening News editor Sarah Lester has said she is "fed up of playing algorithmic games" as site launches first paywall.
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December 22, 2025 at 11:02 AM
CBS News abruptly pulled a 60 Minutes segment on Venezuelan men deported by the Trump administration to an El Salvador prison. The network announced the change three hours before air and followed demands for changes from new CBS News editor Bari Weiss www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
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December 22, 2025 at 10:30 AM
US chat show host Jimmy Kimmel is to share a personal message with the nation in The Alternative Christmas message airing on Channel 4 on Christmas Day - he is expected to discuss fascism and free speech www.channel4.com/press/news/u...
US Chat Show Host Jimmy Kimmel is to give Channel 4’s 2025 Alternative Christmas Message | Channel 4
US chat show host Jimmy Kimmel is to share a personal message with the nation in The Alternative Christmas message airing on Channel 4 this Christmas Day. Jimmy Kimmel has had quite a year. The US…
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December 22, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Google is suing SerpApi, a company that offers tools to scrape content on the web, accusing it of violating copyright by accessing Google search results “at an astonishing scale” then selling that data to customers www.theverge.com/news/848365/...
Google sues web scraper for sucking up search results ‘at an astonishing scale’
Scraper no scraping.
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December 22, 2025 at 9:23 AM
From video and newsletters to AI licensing and editorial campaigns, Press Gazette has rounded up the projects publishers are most proud of in 2025 pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/t...
The projects publishers are most proud of in 2025
We asked publishers to shout about one project, editorial or commercial, that worked well for them in 2025.
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December 19, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Khaleej Times CEO Charles Yardley, formerly in the same role at the Evening Standard, says the UAE title saw digital revenue up 18% year on year in 2025, events up 55% (and now the primary target for growth in 2026), and even print ad growth. www.thedrum.com/news/dubai-s...
Dubai’s Khaleej Times CEO Charles Yardley: Print is still pumping and the future is live
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December 19, 2025 at 3:51 PM
The Fence has launched a fundraiser to boost investigative content and expand its team
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The Fence raises funds to boost investigative content and expand team
The Fence magazine has a fundraiser to expand its staff and fund more investigative journalism in 2026. It will also add new revenue streams.
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December 19, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Press freedom groups warn that UK plans to break end-to-end encryption, affecting tools like Signal and Whatsapp, would pose "extreme danger" to "investigative journalism and even to the lives of journalists" www.nuj.org.uk/resource/nuj...
NUJ signs joint letter opposing plans to break end-to-end encryption
The NUJ has signed a joint letter to Liz Kendall, UK technology secretary, highlighting the threat of breaking end-to-end encryption on journalists and journalism.
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December 19, 2025 at 11:08 AM
The High Court trial being brought by the Duke of Sussex and six other household names against the Daily Mail’s publisher is due to start on 14 January and last for nine weeks. Documents have been ordered to be disclosed by 2 January uk.news.yahoo.com/trial-duke-s...
Trial of Harry’s claim against Daily Mail publisher to begin in January
Associated Newspapers Limited ‘vehemently’ denies the ‘preposterous allegations’ and is defending the legal action.
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December 19, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Lobby journalists 'furious' as No 10 scraps afternoon briefing pressgazette.co.uk/news/lobby-j...
Lobby journalists 'furious' as No 10 scraps afternoon briefing
Downing Street has scrapped its daily afternoon Lobby briefing, in a move journalists warned could damage scrutiny of the Government.
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December 19, 2025 at 10:06 AM
The Scotsman says it is expanding its commercial team with plans for a "bumper 2026", describing it as a "real vote of confidence in the future" www.scotsman.com/business/the...
December 18, 2025 at 2:34 PM
There are two news shows in Ofcom's list of most complained about programmes in 2025: GB News Headliners, over comments about the LGBTQ+ community (1,391 complaints), and Sky News Today with Samantha Washington about a Gaza aid boat www.ofcom.org.uk/tv-radio-and...
December 18, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Meta has begun a test restricting the number of links that creators and businesses can post per month on Facebook pressgazette.co.uk/news/faceboo...
December 18, 2025 at 2:33 PM