Metro Archives - Press Gazette https://pressgazette.co.uk/subject/metro/ The Future of Media Tue, 15 Sep 2026 15:43:40 +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 Metro Archives - Press Gazette https://pressgazette.co.uk/subject/metro/ 32 32 Metro editor exits as ‘radical change’ needed to curb losses https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/metro-editor-exits-as-radical-change-needed-to-curb-losses/ Tue, 15 Sep 2026 15:43:31 +0000 https://pressgazette.co.uk/?p=257122 Metro editor Deborah Arthurs

Editorial bosses Deborah Arthurs and Richard Hartley-Parkinson depart, Ted Young returns for interim role.

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]]> Metro editor-in-chief Deborah Arthurs has stepped down from the business as staff were told “radical change” is needed to get it on a sustainable footing.

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]]> The news publishers on Tiktok with biggest growth since 2024 https://pressgazette.co.uk/social_media/the-news-publishers-on-tiktok-with-biggest-growth-since-2024/ Wed, 19 Aug 2026 08:19:32 +0000 https://pressgazette.co.uk/?p=256166 L-R: Tiktok screenshots of BBC News, Fox News, Daily Mail, ITV News, CNN and NBC News.

Press Gazette analysis reveals which outlets currently have the biggest presence on the platform.

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]]> Four major news publishers in the UK and US have increased their core Tiktok followings by more than 11 million people in the last two years.

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]]> Daily Mail and Metro to pay ‘substantial’ libel damages to Loose Women panellist and husband https://pressgazette.co.uk/media_law/daily-mail-and-metro-to-pay-substantial-libel-damages-nadia-sawalha-mark-adderley/ Wed, 15 Jul 2026 15:12:45 +0000 https://pressgazette.co.uk/?p=254964 Lawyers for Rahman Lowe Solicitors posing for picture with Nadia Sawalha and her husband Mark Adderley.

Titles published "serious and damaging allegations" falsely suggesting hatred of Jews.

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]]> The publisher of the Daily Mail and Metro has agreed to pay substantial libel damages to a Loose Women panellist and her husband over articles that falsely suggested they showed “support for terrorism or hatred of Jews”.

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]]> Biggest UK website owners: Meta, Alphabet and Bytedance increase dominance https://pressgazette.co.uk/media-audience-and-business-data/media_metrics/uk-online-audience-ranking-2026/ Wed, 17 Jun 2026 10:15:36 +0000 https://pressgazette.co.uk/?p=253859 Google and Facebook logos

Top 25 ranking of website owners shows UK online media is US and China dominated.

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]]> Publishers are losing ground against tech platforms in the UK as Meta and Alphabet increase their dominance of online media, a new Press Gazette ranking of UK online audience for April 2026 reveals.

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]]> Newspaper ABCs: Sunday People continues to see biggest circulation decline https://pressgazette.co.uk/media-audience-and-business-data/media_metrics/most-popular-newspapers-uk-abc-monthly-circulation-figures-2/ https://pressgazette.co.uk/media-audience-and-business-data/media_metrics/most-popular-newspapers-uk-abc-monthly-circulation-figures-2/#respond Wed, 21 Jan 2026 15:27:45 +0000 https://pressgazette.co.uk/most-popular-newspapers-uk-abc-monthly-circulation-figures-2/ Sunday People front page on 11 August 2024

Press Gazette's monthly analysis of ABC national newspaper circulation figures.

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]]> Note: This article is no longer being updated as most national newspapers have stopped sharing their ABC print circulation figures publicly. Full explanation here.

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]]> https://pressgazette.co.uk/media-audience-and-business-data/media_metrics/most-popular-newspapers-uk-abc-monthly-circulation-figures-2/feed/ 0 More than 3,000 journalism job cuts tracked in UK and US in 2025 https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/journalism-job-cuts-2025-tracked/ Tue, 13 Jan 2026 09:22:10 +0000 https://pressgazette.co.uk/?p=235580 Collage of four pictures to represent op four publishers by estimated number of jobs cut in 2025. Screenshot of People Inc website showing many of its top brands including People and Food & Wine, plus outside offices shots of ITV, CNN and ABC all showing their logos on the buildings

Total of around 3,400 reported redundancies was 11% lower than year before.

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]]> More than 3,000 job cuts were recorded in the journalism industry in the UK and US in 2025 according to Press Gazette’s rolling updates.

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]]> 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 Who are the UK’s national newspaper editors? https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/nationals/uk-national-newspaper-editors/ https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/nationals/uk-national-newspaper-editors/#respond Thu, 18 Dec 2025 15:02:02 +0000 https://pressgazette.co.uk/?p=188374 National newspaper editors clockwise from top left: Tony Gallagher of The Times, Katharine Viner of The Guardian, Ted Verity of the Daily Mail, and Victoria Newton of The Sun

An up-to-date page so you can keep track of all the UK's national newspaper editors.

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]]> The Observer, the Express and the Daily Star all had new editors in 2025 – and now the Mirror does too.

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]]> https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/nationals/uk-national-newspaper-editors/feed/ 0 Tony Gallagher Times editor Tony Gallagher. Picture: News UK ben taylor Ben Taylor. Picture: News UK TedVerityEditorofMailNewspapers1 Mail Newspapers editor-in-chief Ted Verity. Picture: DMGT Victoria Newton Editor Sun on Sunday Victoria Newton. Picture: News UK ChloeHubbardheadshot Chloe Hubbard. Picture: The Independent chris_evans Sunday Telegraph editor Allister Heath Sunday Telegraph editor Allister Heath. Picture: Telegraph GeoffMaynard2024 Geoff Maynard, Express editor-in-chief. Picture: Reach Kath Viner|Katherine Viner Katharine Viner. Picture: Society of Editors James Harding TORTOISE SCREENSHOT|Tortoise thinkin 28 June 2019 James Harding. Picture: Tortoise Media/Screenshot Winner HR 11122017 (16)|i 8 may i editor Oly Duff | Roula Khalaf #2 Geordie Greig MAIL|Daily_Mail_4_11_2021_400 Geordie Greig. Picture: Daily Mail Deborah Arthurs, Editor of Metro, or ofPhotography Natasha Pszenicki Deborah Arthurs, editor of Metro. Picture: Natasha Pszenicki British GQ Editor Jones and British Formula One Driver Hamilton sit in the front row before the presentation of the Alexander McQueen Spring/Summer 2015 collection during “London Collections: Men” in London British GQ Editor Dylan Jones. Picture: Reuters/Suzanne Plunkett thumbnail_RJW.070224.0371 Christian May, returning City AM editor. Picture: City AM Metro to cut staff as web traffic declines and focus shifts to social video growth https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/metro-to-cut-staff-as-web-traffic-declines-and-focus-shifts-to-social-video-growth/ Fri, 21 Nov 2025 15:18:19 +0000 https://pressgazette.co.uk/?p=246024 Metro's homepage on 21 November 2025.

The title will “focus resources in areas with the highest potential for growth”.

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]]> Free newspaper and online brand Metro has announced to staff that it will be making job cuts as a result of declining web traffic.

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]]> British Journalism Awards 2025: Finalists revealed https://pressgazette.co.uk/press-gazette-events/british-journalism-awards-shortlist-2025/ Thu, 23 Oct 2025 11:20:10 +0000 https://pressgazette.co.uk/?p=244867 Collage of the shortlisted scoops of the year at the British Journalism Awards 2025

Featuring links to all of the shortlisted work.

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]]> Press Gazette is proud to reveal the shortlists for the British Journalism Awards 2025, supported by headline sponsor Starling Bank.

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]]> British Journalism Awards 2025 shortlisted picture as part of MyLondon’s “Rough” project about homelessness in the capital. Picture: Facundo Arrizabalaga/MyLondon British Journalism Awards 2025 shortlisted picture as part of MyLondon's "Rough" project about homelessness in the capital. Picture: Facundo Arrizabalaga/MyLondon janebarlowpa A couple of farmers sleep as The Princess Royal tours the cattle stalls in the Highland Hall during a visit to the Royal Highland Show at the Royal Highland Centre in Ingliston, Edinburgh. Picture date: Friday June 20, 2025. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Media giles_clark jackhilltimes_page-0001 alessioguardianbja Alessio Mamo photographed scale of destruction in Gaza from a Jordanian military aircraft in August 2025. Picture: Alessio Mamo/The Guardian OliverMarsdenAidDrop British Journalism Awards shortlisted image by Oliver Marsden for The Observer capturing the moment of an air drop over Gaza