Politico Archives - Press Gazette https://pressgazette.co.uk/subject/politico/ The Future of Media Tue, 29 Sep 2026 11:39:01 +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 Politico Archives - Press Gazette https://pressgazette.co.uk/subject/politico/ 32 32 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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]]> Revealed: Future of Media Awards 2026 winners https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/revealed-future-of-media-awards-2026-winners/ Thu, 10 Sep 2026 20:45:13 +0000 https://pressgazette.co.uk/?p=256746 The team from The Times picking up the Website of the Year (National/International) award at the Future of Media Awards 2026 from freelance journalist Rob Waugh (far left) and host Robin Morgan (far right)

The Times and Belfast Telegraph named national and regional websites of the year.

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]]> The Times and The Belfast Telegraph were named winners of the national and regional websites of the year at Press Gazette’s Future of Media Awards 2026.

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]]> Revealed: Future of Media Awards 2026 winners - Press Gazette The Times and The Belfast Telegraph were named winners of the national and regional websites of the year at the Future of Media Awards 2026. BBC,Belfast Telegraph,Daily Mail,Future of Media Awards,Guardian News and Media,Irish News,Nottingham Post,Politico,pwfree,Reach,Sky News,The Economist,The i,The Times,future of media awards 2026 winners skynewsapp Two screenshots from the Sky News app: the homepage and the 'listen' tab economistiranwar Screenshot of the top of The Economist's 'The Iran war has entered a new phase' mylondon Screenshot of top of MyLondon's Broken Homes piece 54827169780_558e3613cd_k Exterior of the Politico Pub at the Labour Party Conference 2025. Picture: Politico Screenshot2026-09-04175256 Homepage for all Nottingham Post coverage of the Nottingham attacks inquiry ipaperpoliticsunwrapped Top of 4 September edition of The i Paper's Politics Unwrapped ird4s Democracy for Sale irishnewssub The Irish News digital subscription sign-up page Screenshot2026-09-09171927 Electrifying.com homepage screenshot on 9 September 2026 beltel Belfast Telegraph homepage on 7 September 2026 thetimes The Times homepage on 7 September 2026 tickaroo1 ASV24164 Mail Online Deep Dive team, including Harry Lewis-Irlam (front) and Stephen Matthews (third from right), picking up the Innovation of the Year award at the British Journalism Awards 2024. Picture: ASV Photography/Press Gazette theeconomist The Economist homepage on 7 September 2026 How Politico has boosted AI innovation by moving to one headless CMS https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/digital-journalism/how-politico-has-boosted-ai-innovation-by-moving-to-one-headless-cms/ Wed, 02 Sep 2026 09:27:22 +0000 https://pressgazette.co.uk/?p=256570 Francesca Barber, executive vice president of product, audience and AI at Politico - headshot

EVP of product at Politico Francesca Barber explains how publisher has stepped up pace of innovation.

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]]> Politico’s head of product has explained how the political publisher is moving to one content creation platform and one global app for the first time.

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]]> POLITICO-SanityWorkflowBoard1 Screenshot from Sanity of custom workflow board for Politico editors to see their teams' content and where it is in the editorial process. Picture: Politico Politico says merger of energy teams has boosted Iran war coverage https://pressgazette.co.uk/north-america/politico-energy-environment-restructure-iran-war/ Tue, 14 Apr 2026 09:06:08 +0000 https://pressgazette.co.uk/?p=251327 Politico deputy editor-in-chief Joe Schatz interviews American Petroleum Institute president Mike Sommers, both sitting on stools on stage, at the Politico Pub in CeraWeek with logos and branding behind them

Politico now has 73 reporters covering energy and environment.

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]]> The impact of a major restructure of Politico’s energy and environment reporting teams was “immediately apparent” after the US and Israel launched strikes on Iran, bosses have said.

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]]> politicoheadshots Politico deputy editor-in-chief Joe Schatz and Debra Kahn, editorial director for energy and environment. Pictures: Francis Chung for Politico Social media overtakes newsbrands as primary news source for UK MPs https://pressgazette.co.uk/media-audience-and-business-data/social-media-overtakes-newsbrands-as-primary-news-source-for-uk-mps/ Wed, 25 Mar 2026 00:01:00 +0000 https://pressgazette.co.uk/?p=250612 Closeup shot of the Houses of Parliament building in Westminster, London, UK

Guardian overtakes Times to be most-read newspaper brand among MPs.

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]]> Social media has overtaken newsbrands as the primary source of news for MPs, according to a new survey conducted by Yougov.

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]]> Why audio and video is ‘big part’ of Politico growth strategy https://pressgazette.co.uk/podcasts/politico-plans-playbook-audio-expansion-despite-newsroom-cuts/ Fri, 27 Feb 2026 11:21:02 +0000 https://pressgazette.co.uk/?p=249438 Ben Reininga headshot. Picture: Politico

Politico expanded its Playbook audio team and launched in Brussels in February.

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]]> Politico has expanded its Playbook audio offering and team and announced its launch in Australia, following an overall 3% staff cut in January.

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]]> Senior news leaders reflect on 2025 and what’s ahead in 2026 – via emojis https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/senior-news-leaders-reflect-on-2025-and-whats-ahead-in-2026-via-emojis/ Mon, 22 Dec 2025 16:36:45 +0000 https://pressgazette.co.uk/?p=246579 Nine news leader headshots, arranged in three rows of three. There are six women and three men

Media bosses sum up how 2025 went for their company and how they're feeling about 2026.

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]]> News leaders from some of the biggest media companies in the UK and US have reflected on 2025 and revealed how they are feeling ahead of 2026.

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]]> ChristianBroughtonHeadshot Christian Broughton. Picture: The Independent Christina Christina Hawley, chief commercial officer of Immediate. Picture: Immediate DanielleVarvarophoto1 Danielle Varvaro, Newsweek chief revenue officer. Picture: Newsweek DavidBartlett David Bartlett, director of growth at Reach Dom Dominic Williams, Mail Metro Media chief revenue officer Finola Finola McDonnell, chief communications and marketing officer at the Financial Times. Picture: FT Goli Goli Sheikholeslami, Politico chief executive. Picture: Politico HannahBlake1 Hannah Blake, managing director, New & Creator Media. Picture: DMG Media Jonas-Hermans Jonas Hermans, chief operating officer, Harmsworth Media Saltser_Karen_Headshot Karen Saltser, CEO of Bloomberg Media. Picture: Bloomberg KristinHeitmann202411 Kristin Heitmann, AP's chief revenue officer Leah Leah Wyar, president of entertainment, beauty and style groups at People Inc. Picture: People Inc image15 Nick Petrie, The i Paper digital director SherryPhillipsheadshot2025 Sherry Phillips, Forbes CEO. Picture: Forbes Victoria Newton Editor Sun on Sunday Victoria Newton. Picture: News UK The projects publishers are most proud of in 2025 https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/the-projects-publishers-are-most-proud-of-in-2025/ Fri, 19 Dec 2025 16:58:13 +0000 https://pressgazette.co.uk/?p=246578 Nine headshots of news leaders in collage format. Five men and four women.

From video and newsletters to AI licensing and editorial campaigns, these were the things worth shouting about.

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]]> 2025 has been tough for many media companies but there has still been plenty of innovation and investment in new projects going on.

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]]> SRWHeadshot0021 Sara Trohanis, AP's head of strategic partnerships DavidMerrittheadshot David Merritt, head of media editorial at Bloomberg. Picture: Bloomberg NoahSheidlower Noah Sheidlower, Business Insider senior economy reporter. Picture: Business Insider Ben-bailey Ben Bailey, global editorial director of the Daily Mail HannahBlake1 Hannah Blake, managing director, New & Creator Media. Picture: DMG Media 1652713835536 Emma O’Brian, general manager, Dow Jones Factiva JamesMann James Mann, managing director of FT Professional. Picture: FT 66818a92-60c5-4dc9-bad4-6346608ae972_medium Nina Gould, chief innovation officer at Forbes ElysseJones_GBNews_Headshot2025 Elysse Jones, interim head of community and growth at GB News Christina Christina Hawley, chief commercial officer of Immediate. Picture: Immediate Claie-wilson-spotlight Claie Wilson, Metro deputy editor. Picture: DMG Media JenniferCunningham Newsweek editor-in-chief Jennifer H Cunningham. Picture: Newsweek Jonas-Hermans Jonas Hermans, chief operating officer, Harmsworth Media aburns Alex Burns, Politico senior executive editor for North America. Picture: Politico harriedheadshot2025 Reach Studio director Harrie Dumenil. Picture: Reach 10.03.22NTUpdatedHeadshotColor11 Nicholas Thompson, chief executive of The Atlantic. Picture: The Atlantic image0052-min Newly appointed Harmsworth Media CEO Roland Agambar. Picture: DMGT INDY STUDIO (1) Al Brown, head of content at Independent Studio. Picture: The Independent IMG_5878 Tom Armstrong, VP of global advertising at The New York Times. Picture: NYT IMG_3345 Jon Lloyd, director of video at The Sun CatherineBentley-GouldstoneTheTelegraph1 Catherine Bentley-Gouldstone, deputy editor of The Telegraph. Picture: The Telegraph Times Media head of digital Edward Roussell. Picture: Times Media Times Media head of digital Edward Roussel. Picture: Times Media Politico journalists fight back over AI tools that published ‘glaring errors’ https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/news-not-slop-politico-ai/ Tue, 02 Dec 2025 09:52:46 +0000 https://pressgazette.co.uk/?p=246171 News Not Slop

Journalists across the US launch 'News Not Slop' campaign seeking AI safeguards.

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]]> Journalists at Politico in the US have won a ruling over the rollout of AI tools as a nationwide News Not Slop campaign was launched.

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]]> How Politico is using text messages to boost engagement on Capitol Hill https://pressgazette.co.uk/north-america/how-politico-is-using-text-messages-to-boost-engagement-on-capitol-hill/ Thu, 09 Oct 2025 08:00:10 +0000 https://pressgazette.co.uk/?p=244467 Examples of Politico text messages to Capitol Hill audience, and executive producer for Congress Zach Warmbrodt

Everything from layoff plans to news that coffee shops will remain open in Government shutdown is good for text.

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]]> Politico has started using old-school SMS texting technology to send urgent news updates to an invite-only group of its core audience in Washington.

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]]> SMSPOLITICO1 Example Politico text message. Picture: Politico