Credit: Google FX News UK journalists face growing battle for information access With around half of all Freedom of Information requests now rejected, new research reveals how officials are actively preventing transparency, sometimes citing "embarrassment" as a reason to withhold public data By Marcela Kunova • 3 min read
Credit: Angela Caitlin/Courtesy Greater Govanhill News New report calls for £15 million a year to transform the future of local journalism The Public Interest News Foundation says £150m is needed over the next decade to revive UK news deserts and make local communities more resilient towards misinformation and collapsing business models By Marcela Kunova • 3 min read
Credit: Google ImageFX News Why user needs have the power to stop audiences feeling overwhelmed by the news A new report by FT Strategies and smartocto reveals how newsrooms are increasing relevance, engagement and revenue by focusing on why readers consume news rather than what journalists think is important By Marcela Kunova • 4 min read
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Credit: Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America , CC BY-SA 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons News It is time to rethink the media sustainability model If you are freaking out about the Trump administration ending USAID funding for newsrooms around the world, you may be asking the wrong question By Marcela Kunova • 4 min read
Credit: Created with Canva News Perplexity courts publishers with ad revenue share experiment The AI search engine expands its ad revenue share programme that pays publishers for their content being used in search summaries. But does it really level the playing field or simply create a new form of digital dependency? By Marcela Kunova • 4 min read
Credit: Courtesy Dennik N News Slovakia’s Dennik N’s bold campaign brought 10,000 new subscribers in just four days The news organisation asked readers to pay what they wanted - even nothing - and promised to "keep monitoring depressing news so they wouldn't have to." The result? Its biggest subscription spike ever By Marcela Kunova • 3 min read
Credit: Photo by SpaceX on Unsplash News 10 new and interesting media launches on our radar New media companies are developing close-knit relationships with readers, unusual business models and solutions to long-standing industry challenges By Jacob Granger • 7 min read
Credit: Tormius on Unsplash News How AI is changing the face of B2B publishing in 2025 Discover how publishers are using AI to create premium products, turn their expertise into goldmines and why waiting on the sidelines could be the riskiest strategy of all By Marcela Kunova • 3 min read
Credit: Photo by Jess Bailey on Unsplash News Getting started with user needs: lessons from Ringer Media International Journalists love covering the latest developments and breaking news. Audiences often want completely different content By Marcela Kunova • 5 min read
News What the news community says about Zuck’s plans to bin fact-checking Meta landed a Zuckerpunch to the media industry by ending Facebook and Instagram fact-checking ahead of the Trump administration By Marcela Kunova • 2 min read
