Lucy Küng speaking at Newsrewired November 2025. Credit: Mark Hakansson / Marten Publishing News Lucy Küng: How publishers can thrive in the creator economy Where do news organisations fit in to a landscape dominated by creators and fuelled by generative AI? 'Stop being bystanders and gatecrash the party' By Jacob Granger • 4 min read
The News Movement editor-in-chief Rebecca Hutson speaking at Newsrewired, November 2023. Credit: Marten Publishing / Mark Hakansson News Social media broke news for GenZ. The News Movement thinks it can fix it Following a $10m merger this year, the news startup created an app that curates vetted news away from algorithmic chaos By Jacob Granger • 3 min read
Credit: London Centric / Jennifer Forward-Hayter. Caption: Jim Waterson, editor of London Centric, stands by an illegally-parked ice cream van on Westminster Bridge in central London. News Jim Waterson on founding London Centric: "You've got to have a bit of joy" The former Guardian media editor has grown his Substack news title to 3.9k paying members with scoops, laughs and word of mouth By Jacob Granger • 5 min read
News Community reactions to the Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2025 Platform battles, podcast revenue, AI personalisation and more: industry experts chew over all the revelations in the go-to media research paper By Jacob Granger • 11 min read
News Ten talking points from the Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2025 Smartphone-driven consumption, creator-led alternative media, a global divide in AI adoption - it's all chop and change in the news industry and here's what your newsroom needs to know By Jacob Granger • 7 min read
Credit: Alex Cano #ijf25 via Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC BY-ND 4.0) . News Perugia highlight: sustaining public interest news in a dicey media market Media hubs provide crucial support to news operations up against funding cuts, failing business models and authoritarian regimes. Collaboration, innovation, and impact are vital to keep them going By Jacob Granger • 5 min read
Credit: Screenshots via The News Agents (left) and Johnny Harris (right) TikTok accounts News Are plugs on social videos worth it? Changes to platforms and user behaviour make 'like and subscribe' calls to action at the end of clips less efficient. Here is what works and how to do it By Jacob Granger • 4 min read
Credit: James Mahon News The sports journalism career path has changed and teaching must follow suit Young reporters need to learn how to tell stories fairly, accurately, and compellingly, regardless of who is employing them - news outlets, or as is increasingly the case, sports clubs By James Mahon • 3 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: Photo by Kelly Sikkema on Unsplash News Latest RISJ report: Seven opportunities for your newsroom in 2025 The Reuters Institute's 'Journalism, Media, and Technology Trends and Predictions' report puts tech talent on a premium, as news leaders look to harness the best of AI, social video and subscription bundles By Jacob Granger • 5 min read
Credit: image generated by Magic Media, a generative AI tool by Canva News Predictions for journalism 2025: communities over clicks, trust over traffic "Audience engagement is dead, audience connection is the future." By Jacob Granger • 8 min read
Credit: Mousetrap Media News The rise and fall of The Lincolnite: Lessons for independent local news "The alternative for independent media is to basically find a sugar daddy," says Daniel Ionescu, reflecting on the closure of his news operation. But those with the power to help journalism are better off without it By Jacob Granger • 4 min read
