In a blog post today Google VP for global news partnerships Jaffer Zaidi said the company is beginning “a short-term test” that will involve “removing links to California news websites' to measure the impact of possible news payment legislation pressgazette.co.uk/north-america/…

BBC responds to people who complained about reports referring to murderer Scarlet Blake as a woman without adding context about her trans identity.

The BBC's style guide says journalists should 'generally' use a person's preferred terms and pronouns pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/newsp…

STV journalists will walk out on strike on Tuesday for the second time in under a month in a dispute over pay, requesting a 6% rise. They have also voted to strike again on 1 May to coincide with STV's AGM. Report on their first strike: pressgazette.co.uk/news/journalis…

New: Google says it is removing links to California news sites from its search engine for a “small percentage” of users there as the state legislature weighs whether to pass a law that would force tech giants to pay publishers for their content
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The BBC has determined it was a breach of its accuracy rules not to tell audiences that murderer Scarlet Blake was a trans woman in its initial reporting of her conviction and sentencing pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/newsp…

BBC says omission of trans identity of murderer Scarlet Blake was breach of accuracy rules pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/newsp…

Next week's news diary via Foresight News: Trump’s first criminal trial to begin, Olympic flame lit, London Marathon pressgazette.co.uk/news/news-diar…

Comedian Joe Lycett is guest editing this weekend's Observer New Review focused on his home city of Birmingham. Editor Jane Ferguson said: 'We hope that his infectious love of Birmingham, playful wit and fierce support of the arts in its many forms will be a treat for readers'

The FT's 18-month newsroom apprenticeship scheme is now open in collaboration with the Manchester Evening News, with an NCTJ qualification and time in both newsrooms. It aims to reach those from minority ethnic and disadvantaged socio-economic groups findapprenticeship.service.gov.uk/apprenticeship…

How UK public feels about use of AI in journalism: The crucial factor across all age groups was that most agreed media organisations should be required to display any ways in which a news article has been assisted by AI. In total 79% backed this pressgazette.co.uk/media-audience…

GB News has been the subject of 21,671 complaints to Ofcom between its June 2021 launch and 12 March 2024. TalkTV has received 20,492 since its April 2022 launch. This compares to 7,560 for Sky News since 2021, 1,348 for ITV News and 792 for Channel 4 News inews.co.uk/news/ofcom-com…

Newsbeat news bulletins on BBC Radio 1's Breakfast with Greg James have been cut from three minutes to one deadline.com/2024/04/bbc-bu…

Seven media outlets created so far in The Lead's drive to cover local Northern news pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/reg…

How Britons really feel about use of AI in journalism: 'There is a general perception that people think this could be a bad thing – that is something that news organisations are definitely going to have to take note of' pressgazette.co.uk/media-audience…

Data indicates younger people are much more open to the use of AI in journalism. Among 18 to 24-year-olds, 17% felt it would do more good than bad versus 8% of 25 to 49-year-olds, 2% of 50 to 64-year-olds and 3% of over-65s pressgazette.co.uk/media-audience…

Editors unite in bid to stop UK anti-SLAPP bill being ‘ineffective, inaccessible, and ultimately redundant’ pressgazette.co.uk/media_law/edit…

New data shows people in the UK are generally pessimistic about the potential impact of AI on journalism – but are more open to it when given examples of specific tasks it could be used for pressgazette.co.uk/media-audience…

What can UK publishers learn from the French competition authority’s €250m fine imposed on Google pressgazette.co.uk/comment-analys…

UK news media rich list 2024: 60 highest-earning execs revealed. Companies in top five are RELX, DMGT, Yougov and Informa pressgazette.co.uk/media-audience…

Second wave of local newsletter launches from The Lead in North of England pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/reg…