Photo by My Profit Tutor / Unsplash News Flashscore's World Cup playbook: Creators, data-driven news and real-time scores The live sports website has 125m monthly active users, and wants to net another 27m as the footballing nations take to the global stage By Jacob Granger • 4 min read
News From digital accelerator to emergency crowdfunder: The New Internationalist's fight for survival The independent news publication received a £30k digital innovation boost seven years ago, but the pandemic, steep production overheads and a cost-of-living crisis meant it now seeks £150k to stay in business By Jacob Granger • 3 min read
Newsrewired May 2025 - credit: Marten Publishing News Journalism and media events in 2026 Conferences and study weeks are fantastic opportunities to get the latest updates on the industry and network with your peers By Marcela Kunova • 6 min read
Left to right: Valeriia Voshchevska (Shape Change), Kassy Cho (Almost) and Alessandro Accorsi, speaking at Newsrewired (14 May 2026) News "What happens when journalism, activism and content creation collide on platforms that were not built for any of the above?" It's hard for journalists to stay objective and impartial in spaces built to reward strong opinions and clickbait content, but somebody's got to do it. Or maybe not By Jacob Granger • 6 min read
News SaySo news creator app offers a doomscrolling alternative A curated, "finite" daily news content from 50 vetted creators and journalists aims to counter overwhelm and build trust with news By Jacob Granger • 4 min read
Nic Newman, senior research fellow, Reuters Institute speaking at Newsrewired (14 May 2026). Credit: Mark Hakansson / Marten Publishing News RISJ report: Video is expanding the podcasting audience, not replacing it Big publishers are launching audio-only subscriptions, while podcast specialists turn to events, merch, and bonus content to beat paywall resistance By Jacob Granger • 4 min read
The Times data editor Tom Calver speaking at Newsrewired (14 May 2026). Credit: Mark Hakansson / Marten Publishing News The one question The Times is answering through data A new data team uses simple charts and colour-coded trends across 40 indicators to help readers make sense of the numbers By Jacob Granger • 2 min read
Photo by Daniela Paola Alchapar / Unsplash News £12m Local News Fund: a drop in the ocean or the start of new beginnings? I asked you about how you'd spent new government digital innovation money to keep local news in business and sent it to the DCMS - here's what I found out By Jacob Granger • 7 min read
Ramaa Sharma (left, How We Do This) in conversation with Luka Bradley-Jones (right, The Economist) on 14 May at Newsrewired. Credit: Marten Publishing / Mark Hakansson News How The Economist captures the young generation in the age of AI The 180-year-old publisher is betting on video, streaming and artificial intelligence to win over younger audiences — and keep them By Jacob Granger • 3 min read
Ezra Eeman, strategy and innovation director, NPO delivering a keynote speech at Newsrewired (14 May). Credit: Marten Publishing / Mark Hakansson News Preparing for the second act of AI: agents, liquid content and AI deals People are spending less time with news, and the way they consume it is changing rapidly. So what should publishers do about it? By Jacob Granger • 6 min read
Newsrewired 26 May 2026. Credit: Marten Publishing / Mark Hakansoon News Newsrewired liveblog: Follow along with the talks AI, user needs, social media and more - don't miss the main talking points across our flagship study tour (13 May) and digital journalism conference (14 May) By Jacob Granger • 1 min read
A man browsing newspapers at a kiosk in Perugia. Photo: Sara Bertoni News Truth is not enough - journalism now needs more than facts Notes from a roundtable on information integrity, and why journalists need to stop assuming people care about facts By Marcela Kunova • 5 min read
