Advertising’s promised land has become a digital desert
Print ad revenues were already tailing away. But the Daily Mail’s latest results are an ominous signal that online is fading too
‘BBC won’t work with press because it is obsessed with Google and Facebook’
Guardian Media Group executive tells MPs that corporation does not offer ‘genuine partnership’ and has an unfair advantage internationally
Mail Online US almost doubles advertising growth
American operation reports 68% surge in ads in first eight weeks of Daily Mail & General Trust’s new financial year
Mail Online misses £80m revenue target
Daily Mail & General Trust reports decline in print advertising of 12% in second half of financial year as online operation’s annual growth slows to 16%
VR brings fresh perspective to journalism
The New York Times is helping bring virtual reality mainstream with its Google Cardboard link-up – but some voice concerns
The BBC and Fleet Street shouldn’t be polls apart
A big Populus popularity survey has bolstered the BBC’s position in the licence fee wars – but alarmed newspapers struggling to make their way on the web
News UK chief refuses to rule out scrapping Times paywall in future
David Dinsmore says subscription model for quality titles working much better than for the Sun, but believes ruling out strategic change would be ‘foolish’
Newspapers go on the hunt for a safe place to pay
The New York Times is going all-out for new subscribers as print ads fall away. It’s a costly bet, but some answer has to be found to the revenues conundrum
Sun website to scrap paywall
Publisher News UK set to make U-turn and offer its content for free from 30 November in bid to compete with rivals such as Mail Online
Philip French obituary
Eloquent and incisive chief film critic of the Observer for 35 years
Telegraph hires editor of Bauer’s The Debrief
Lifestyle chief Jane Bruton recruits former Grazia colleague Hattie Brett
Google launches €150m fund for publishers’ digital news projects
Internet giant says funding will have ‘no strings attached’, with larger grants needing approval from a council including the Telegraph’s Murdoch MacLennan
Apple News arrives in the UK with 14 newspaper and magazine partners
Newsfeed aggregator included in iOS 9.1 update features content from the BBC, Telegraph, Times, Guardian, Sun and Sky News
New York Times links with Google for VR project
Publisher to distribute more than a million cardboard virtual reality headsets to NYT subscribers
City AM becomes first UK newspaper to ban ad blocker users
Financial freesheet launches trial that will blur out text of stories for desktop Firefox browsers who are detected using ad blocking software