Why New Zealand’s journalists should push for a new form of ownership
As the regulator listens to arguments over a proposed publishing merger it is time to consider a radical, not-for-profit, solution to the crisis
Daily Mail group refuses to rule out sale of newspaper titles
Admission by DMGT chief Paul Zwillenberg follows news of a 23% fall in profits and a double-digit slide in print ad revenue
The Financial Times passes another major digital milestone
Business paper claims a first by earning more revenues from digital than print
Facebook doesn’t need to ban fake news to fight it
Mark Zuckerberg’s social media site doesn’t have to become a censor to help tackle false stories. It can do a lot by helping its own users with context
Journalists win ‘ending violence against women’ awards
Recognition for exemplary reporting that highlighted how and why women and girls are abused, and also for making an impact on public debate about the issue
In the new robopolitics, social media has left newspapers for dead
Much of the success of the Brexit and Trump campaigns was due to Twitter, Facebook and co. Who needs mainstream media when you’ve got algorithms?
Newspapers big and small are facing an existential crisis
News Corporation and the CN Group are suffering from the same problem, declining newsprint advertising revenue, which imperils journalism’s future
Trump, Brexit and the age of popular revolt: 2016 in Long Reads
Ten big stories to help make sense of a bewildering year in global politics
Gavin MacFadyen obituary
Founder-director of the Centre for Investigative Journalism, who spent his life trying to give a voice to the voiceless
Telegraph axes metered paywall and launches premium subscription service
Majority of online articles to be free but ‘most unique, in-depth’ journalism will be for premium subscribers only priced from £2 a week
Jeff Bezos says Donald Trump’s behavior ‘erodes democracy’
The Amazon founder spoke out against the Republican nominee, but said he supports Facebook’s decision to keep Trump backer Peter Thiel on its board
Newspaper websites suffer post-Olympic dip as print sales hold steady
Independent and Daily Star sites are biggest fallers in September after Rio traffic boost
Facebook censors Le Monde’s mammogram screening photo
Social networking company apologises after picture of woman having mammogram with her breast exposed falls foul of its anti-nipple policy
Ad-blockers: are publishers tempted to feed the hand that bites them?
An ad-blocking firm’s move to charge publishers to serve whitelisted ads has raised eyebrows across the industry
AP acquires British Movietone archive
Former cinema newsreels include coverage of the Coronation, 1966 World Cup final and Beatlemania