Report from the picket line: ‘Observer, Observer, James Harding don’t deserve her!’ Feat Philippa_Perry, Grayson Perry Grayson Perry, Simon Hattenstone, Michael Rosen 💙💙🎓🎓 NICE 爷爷 Also seen at the strike: Clive Lewis MP, Rebecca Long-Bailey, Paul Waugh MP & Andrew Pakes MP pressgazette.co.uk/news/guardian-…

Thank you for the opportunity to share the TIME story, the journey we are on, and the progress we have made with a lot more work ahead. We have executed a successful pivot to a B2B-focused revenue model, embraced strategic AI partnerships, and continued to grow our global events

The deal to sell The Observer to Tortoise Media was approved while staff were on the second evening of their 48-hour strike asking to pause the sale and look at other bidders.

Some remarkable quotes from Observer staff's furious meeting with mgmt. One journalist asked The Scott Trust's chair if he knew his name (he didn't). "To care about the Guardian and Observer you have to know us, you have to read us, you have to care..." pressgazette.co.uk/news/scott-tru…

Press Gazette saw my tweet and asked me if i'd post a link as I'd put their table out there. Fair dos, it is their proprietary content and they've put work into it, so I'm happy to... pressgazette.co.uk/media-audience…

Earlier this week, current Guardian and Observer writers signed a letter objecting to the sale of The Observer to Tortoise. Yesterday current and former foreign correspondents did likewise. And today, former Guardian and Observer staff have done the same pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/nat…

Infuriating and completely unnecessary. Companies House made all its documents free a decade ago – the effect was transformative. It is now much harder to pull off a scam and not get caught by journalists, or anyone else. Why is the Land Registry going the other direction?

As always it was jolly humbling and inspiring to be involved in the British Journalism Awards last night. You can see all the winner (and links to the work) and watch caroline wheeler's brilliantly moving acceptance speech here pressgazette.co.uk/news/british-j…

A high point of the night was the Public Service Award presented in association with Journalists' Charity posthumously to David Knowles. Watch Francis Dearnley speak on David' behalf here. It was another incredibly moving moment pressgazette.co.uk/news/david-kno…

David was an optimist. Idealism should be our compass and pragmatism the map. Thank you Press Gazette for letting us accept his award for 'Public Service Journalism' on his behalf, and for letting me say a few words. His trophy sits proudly on his desk. pressgazette.co.uk/news/david-kno…

Here's our first edition of The Media Show for 2025. Many thanks to all of our guests - David Yelland, Simon Lewis, Rebekah Foot, Madhumita Murgia, Charlotte Tobitt and Rebecca Jennings. bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

UNRWA : ‘access to international journalists to report freely from Gaza must be granted’ Yes please - see below for RSF pushing for this back in May plus open letter in Feb with 50+ of my peers from range of media outlets pressgazette.co.uk/news/alex-craw…

COMPETITION TIME! 🤖 Oscar-nominee The Wild Robot is out now on 4K – and we have a handful of copies to give away, alongside a hardback copy of Peter Brown's book. To enter: RT, follow Empire, and reply with a GIF of your favourite big-screen robot. [UK entrants only, 18+]

Competition Alert! 🚨 Want to win 2x tickets to the UK premiere of the Oscar-nominated thriller September 5 at a central London location on the 4th February? To enter, RT this & follow us, and you could be among the first to see the film before it hits cinemas on February 6th!

#SaveThePCC Some of you may have read about the situation regarding our new landlord wishing to add a new redevelopment break clause, with only 6 months notice to our lease. For now, we're simply asking you all to share & sign the petition below; you.38degrees.org.uk/p/princecharle…

Based on their quarterly earnings. See visibility trending below -> News Corp says The Sun's global online audience fell from 143M monthly unique users in Dec. 2023 to 70M in Dec. 2024 "In the past year many free news websites have been particularly hit by Google algorithm

mortifying for British press - how widely are US journalists relying on such services? (Fortune mentioned here)

If you haven't seen many KentOnline stories on Facebook lately, this is the reason. Thanks to Press Gazette for helping us resolve the issue but serious questions remain for Meta about how it intends to avoid others falling into the same trap. pressgazette.co.uk/news/facebook-…

New: South London Press closes down after 160 years covering UK capital pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/reg…

In Press Gazette talking about the power of personality in journalism: pressgazette.co.uk/marketing/rise…