Daily Mail and General Trust Archives - Press Gazette https://pressgazette.co.uk/subject/daily-mail-and-general-trust/ 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 Daily Mail and General Trust Archives - Press Gazette https://pressgazette.co.uk/subject/daily-mail-and-general-trust/ 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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]]> DMG Media becomes Daily Mail with Vere Harmsworth as exec chairman https://pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/media-jobs-uk-news/dmg-media-becomes-daily-mail-with-vere-harmsworth-as-exec-chairman/ Thu, 18 Jun 2026 11:57:08 +0000 https://pressgazette.co.uk/?p=253914 DMG Media heir apparent Vere Harmsworth

Organisational shake-up sees Metro moved into Harmsworth Media.

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]]> DMGT has announced an organisational shake-up which sees its consumer news division, DMG Media, renamed Daily Mail.

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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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]]> DMGT reports revenue dip as Google changes hit traffic for Mail publisher https://pressgazette.co.uk/media_business/dmgt-reports-revenue-dip-as-google-changes-hit-traffic-for-mail-publisher/ Tue, 03 Feb 2026 09:36:20 +0000 https://pressgazette.co.uk/?p=248468 The logo of the Daily Mail is displayed on a smartphone screen, illustrating a story about parent company DMGT striking a deal to license its IP for film, TV and streaming.

Full year results reveal growing subscription revenue at Daily Mail and General Trust.

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]]> Digital advertising revenue at the publisher of the Daily Mail fell by 15% last year.

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]]> Mail has made Meghan’s life absolute misery, says Prince Harry https://pressgazette.co.uk/media_law/mail-has-made-meghans-life-absolute-misery-says-prince-harry/ Wed, 21 Jan 2026 16:59:57 +0000 https://pressgazette.co.uk/?p=247925 Prince Harry leaving the High Court on day three of his privacy action against the Daily Mail. Picture: Jeff Moore/PA Wire

Prince Harry did not complain about articles 'because of the institution I was in'.

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]]> Prince Harry appeared on the verge of tears as he concluded his evidence at the High Court in his trial against the publisher of the Daily Mail, saying: “They have made my wife’s life an absolute misery.”

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]]> Prince Harry complains of ‘terrifying intrusion’ by Daily Mail publisher https://pressgazette.co.uk/media_law/prince-harry-daily-mail-privacy-latest/ Tue, 20 Jan 2026 07:49:04 +0000 https://pressgazette.co.uk/?p=247845 Prince Harry walking outside a court building waving at people out of shot, with one man in a suit just behind him and two people in court security uniforms further behind

Sir Elton John and David Furnish say son Zachary's birth certificate 'stolen'.

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]]> Prince Harry was driven “paranoid beyond belief” with a “massive strain” left on his personal relationships due to alleged targeting by the publisher of the Daily Mail, the High Court has heard.

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]]> Most serious allegation against Mail struck out ahead of Prince Harry privacy trial https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/most-serious-allegation-against-mail-struck-out-ahead-of-prince-harry-privacy-trial/ Mon, 19 Jan 2026 15:27:24 +0000 https://pressgazette.co.uk/?p=247782 Prince Harry smiling looking out of shot wearing a suit and tie, walking with railings behind him in the street

Mail publisher denies culture of unlawful newsgathering said to have wrecked lives.

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]]> The claim that the publisher of the Daily Mail commissioned burglary in order to invade the privacy of Baroness Doreen Lawrence was struck out.

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]]> Cash for witnesses: Prince Harry legal team’s tactics revealed ahead of Mail privacy trial https://pressgazette.co.uk/media_law/cash-for-witnesses-prince-harry-legal-teams-tactics-revealed-ahead-of-mail-privacy-trial/ Mon, 05 Jan 2026 12:20:59 +0000 https://pressgazette.co.uk/?p=247138 Graham Johnson. Picture: Press Gazette

'Blackmail' allegation and use of journalism to further lucrative legal claims revealed.

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]]> Huge cash payments to witnesses and use of journalism as a litigation tool are among the tactics deployed by Prince Harry’s legal team as part of a massive privacy claim against the Daily Mail group.

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]]> Graham Johnson. Picture: Press Gazette Graham Johnson. Picture: Press Gazette DMGT ‘determined to proceed at pace’ in Telegraph deal https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/nationals/dmgt-determined-to-proceed-at-pace-in-telegraph-deal/ Tue, 16 Dec 2025 10:04:53 +0000 https://pressgazette.co.uk/?p=246767 A person pulls a copy of The Daily Telegraph, with title New Terror ban of iPad, out from a newsstand. The picture illustrates a story about IPSO's annual report for 2023, which combined with publisher statements for 2023 reveals that The Daily Telegraph had the most rulings upheld against it during the year.

Daily Mail owner has secured funding to facilitate purchase of The Telegraph.

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]]> Daily Mail owner DMGT has said it is “determined to proceed at pace” in the purchase of The Telegraph.

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]]> 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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