pwfree Archives - Press Gazette https://pressgazette.co.uk/subject/pwfree/ The Future of Media Fri, 02 Oct 2026 14:11:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://pressgazette.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2022/09/cropped-Press-Gazette_favicon-32x32.jpg pwfree Archives - Press Gazette https://pressgazette.co.uk/subject/pwfree/ 32 32 Independent doubles revenue in six years to reach £55m https://pressgazette.co.uk/media_business/independent-doubles-revenue-in-six-years-to-reach-55m/ Fri, 02 Oct 2026 11:00:38 +0000 https://pressgazette.co.uk/?p=257646 Top of Independent homepage on 1 October 2026 including banner ad for new memberships

Independent Studio, AI, US and e-commerce cited as growth pillars.

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]]> The Independent has said video, AI summary product Bulletin, e-commerce and US growth helped it reduce its reliance on traffic from Google and report record revenue for 2025.

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]]> Penske AI Overviews lawsuit dismissed because ‘no formal bargain’ struck with Google https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/penske-ai-overviews-lawsuit-dismissed-because-no-formal-bargain-struck-with-google/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 13:52:57 +0000 https://pressgazette.co.uk/?p=257614 Google AI Overview appearing for search for Digger reviews. Stories from The Guardian, Empire and Vocal cited.

Publishers 'voluntarily acceded' to zero price for Google crawling, judge finds.

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]]> A US judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by Penske Media Corporation against Google over the loss of traffic and revenue as a result of AI Overviews.

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]]> Goalhanger to bring ad sales and sponsorship in-house https://pressgazette.co.uk/podcasts/goalhanger-to-bring-ad-sales-and-sponsorship-in-house/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 11:59:56 +0000 https://pressgazette.co.uk/?p=257613 Goalhanger

Network to sell partnerships across audio, video, social media, newsletters, live events and branded content.

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]]> ‘The Rest Is’ producer Goalhanger is creating an in-house advertising sales operation offering partnerships across audio, video, social media, newsletters, live events and branded content. 

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]]> AI in journalism: Live tracker of scandals and mistakes https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/digital-journalism/ai-journalism-mistakes/ Wed, 30 Sep 2026 15:04:45 +0000 https://pressgazette.co.uk/?p=251809 Montage of four website screenshots: Mississippi Free Press with headline 'Opinion | The gig economy is affecting our communities', Crikey with headline 'Why Crikey retracted an article that we found out was written with AI help', Press Gazette headline 'Wired and Business Insider remove 'AI-written' articles', and Guardian page with a removed article stating it was taken down 'for editorial reasons'

Round-up of the main cases where AI use in journalism has gone wrong.

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]]> AI is being widely used in journalism and can lead to reputation-killing scandals and mistakes if not monitored closely. Here Press Gazette rounds up some of the main examples of where AI has gone wrong.

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]]> Guardian creates 40 jobs to train journalists with content creator skills https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/guardian-creates-40-jobs-to-train-journalists-as-content-creators/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 15:25:13 +0000 https://pressgazette.co.uk/?p=257489 Guardian editor-in-chief Katharine Viner speaking at WAN-IFRA World News Media Congress smiling at someone off camera and wearing blue dress

Guardian is separately creating 55 permanent staff roles this year.

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]]> The Guardian is creating 40 new jobs which will feature training to help newer journalists gain content creator skills.

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]]> Journalism job cuts in 2026 tracked: Latest from BBC Sport, Reach, Forbes https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/journalism-job-cuts-in-2026-updates/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 11:38:56 +0000 https://pressgazette.co.uk/?p=247608 BBC Sport offices in Salford Quays.

Press Gazette rolling updates on redundancies made in 2026.

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]]> BBC Sport is reportedly cutting around 41 jobs and creating five roles, meaning a net loss of 36 people as part of money-saving measures announced to staff.

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]]> Mill Media receives £100,000 from Postcode Lottery to fund subscriptions for under-25s https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/regional-newspapers/mill-media-postcode-lottery-young-people-subscriptions/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 08:27:39 +0000 https://pressgazette.co.uk/?p=257465 Mill Media

The newsletter-based local publisher now has 15,000 paying readers.

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]]> Newsletter-based local news publisher Mill Media has received a £100,000 boost from the Postcode Lottery which will fund 1,150 subscriptions for people aged 16-25.

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]]> Can SME licensing deals be bigger for publishers than AI? https://pressgazette.co.uk/media_business/can-sme-licensing-deals-be-bigger-for-publishers-than-ai-licensing-deals/ Mon, 28 Sep 2026 11:00:03 +0000 https://pressgazette.co.uk/?p=256779 Reporter holding pad and microphone. Picture: Shutterstock/wellphoto

Publishers are already adapting to a distribution environment in which search and AI increasingly mediate how audiences find information, but could SME content licensing deals provide an answer?

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]]> Publishers are already adapting to a distribution environment in which search and AI increasingly mediate how audiences find information. Reuters Institute’s 2026 report found that publishers expect search referrals to fall 43% over the next three years, while Google organic search traffic to more than 2,500 news sites fell 33% globally between November 2024 and November 2025.

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]]> News diary 28 September – 4 October: Conservative and Green Party conferences, energy price cap rise, Glastonbury tickets on sale https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/news-diary-28-september-4-october-conservative-and-green-party-conferences-energy-price-cap-rise-glastonbury-tickets-on-sale/ Mon, 28 Sep 2026 08:20:48 +0000 https://pressgazette.co.uk/?p=257422 Zach Polanski speaking at a podium edited next to an image of Kemi Badenoch on 10 Downing Street.

A look ahead at the key events leading the news agenda this week, from the team at Foresight News.

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]]> Monday (September 28): Chancellor John Healey delivers speech at Labour conference; Pope Leo concludes France trip with major speech in Metz; SpaceX plans 14th Starship test launch.

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]]> Foresight LOGO British Journalism Awards 2026: Deadline extended https://pressgazette.co.uk/press-gazette-events/british-journalism-awards-2026-deadline-extended/ Fri, 25 Sep 2026 07:36:38 +0000 https://pressgazette.co.uk/?p=257410 Channel 4 News producer Claire Sinka, presenter Cathy Newman and editor Esme Wren after the British Journalism Awards 2025 holding three trophies

Entrants now have until Wednesday, 30 September, to finalise their submissions.

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]]> If your journalism has made a difference over the last year you now have an additional five days to submit your entry for consideration in the 2026 British Journalism Awards.

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