Much to admire about The Guardian publishing its corrections publicly every day, but I particularly enjoy that the corrections extend to recipes

Peter Thiel is to receive the 2026 Axel Springer Award: www.axelspringer.com/en/ax-press-...

Peter Thiel to Receive the 2026 Axel Springer Award

Recognizing an entrepreneur, investor, and thought leader who has significantly shaped digital transformation

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tidbit: FT CEO Jon Slade mentioned in an interview with FT Strategies that they had a team look into whether the brand "should be experimenting with membership." (fwiw FT says it was just investigatory - they're not actively planning a membership product at the moment)

Job move news: New Statesman deputy editor Will Lloyd is leaving the mag to join the Financial Times as FT Weekend's senior features writer

Axel Springer says it's completing its acquisition of The Telegraph today after getting all the necessary regulatory approvals. Editor Chris Evans said: "After three, difficult years without owners, we look forward to stoking up the engines and setting forth on a new voyage.”

Axel Springer Is Closing Acquisition of Telegraph Media Group

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Private Eye publisher Pressdram Limited has published its accounts for the year up to the end of September: - Revenue was just under £11m, up 2% year-on-year - Operating profit was £133,449, nearly double 2024's - Profit after tax was £308,739 vs a £74,230 loss the year before

New: The new owners of Scientific American magazine have asked the U.S. National Labor Relations Board to halt a unionisation election count due to go ahead tomorrow. It comes after Canadian publisher LabX Media Group bought the 180-year-old mag from Springer Nature, cutting 15 roles

Asked about rumours Semafor has been tapping up reporters in Brussels, Ben Smith tells me: “We are always talking to great journalists all over the world, and I’ll be in Brussels next month chatting with people” - but says there’s “no plan or timeline for a European launch."

Looks like that exec said something he wasn't meant to: YouTube have been in touch fully walking back the claim they're working on publisher paywall integration. They're not saying he was misquoted - only that "at the moment, there are no plans to launch a paywall integration with news publishers."

Bron Maher@bronmaher.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Big news: YouTube is working on integrating its platform with publisher paywalls, according to its vice president for Europe - a move that could fundamentally reshape the news industry’s relationship to the traditionally free-to-air streamer www.amediaoperator.com/news/youtube...

Big news: YouTube is working on integrating its platform with publisher paywalls, according to its vice president for Europe - a move that could fundamentally reshape the news industry’s relationship to the traditionally free-to-air streamer www.amediaoperator.com/news/youtube...

YouTube Exec Says Integration With Publisher Paywalls Coming ‘Very Soon’

stock.adobe.com YouTube is working on integrating its platform with publisher paywalls, a move that could fundamentally reshape the news industry’s

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New: NYT publisher AG Sulzberger says the company has now spent more than $20 million in its lawsuit against OpenAI that began two and a half years ago.

Sulzberger Says NYT has Spent $20 Million Fighting OpenAI’s ‘Brazen Theft’ of Property

AG Sulzberger said The New York Times has spent more than $20 million fighting OpenAI in a speech casting doubt on the viability of AI content licensing for publishers.

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It's a year since Tom McTague took over as editor of The New Statesman and it sounds as though things are going well: circulation is up around 10%, he told me, and peers at other outlets agreed the mag is doing more to set the news agenda. www.amediaoperator.com/news/the-new...

Google has unveiled an AI-powered overhaul of Search that will see the end of the "ten blue links". Instead of returning a list of links, Search will centre around a reimagined “intelligent search box”, dropping users into AI-powered experiences techcrunch.com/2026/05/19/g...

Google Search as you know it is over | TechCrunch

Google is transforming Search from a list of links into an AI-powered experience filled with conversational answers, autonomous agents, and interactive interfaces — a shift that could further reduce…

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Christiane Amanpour: "Clearly I'm concerned" about what might be coming if CNN comes under ownership of the Ellisons. "I'm concerned based on what's happened [for example at] CBS. I mean, do I have to list what's happening there? Haemorrhaging viewers [and] probably money"

This continues to be a hugely expensive problem for me. And it's all down to a major lie at the heart of Substack's promise that writers on Substack can leave and take their subscriber list with them at any time. substack.com/home/post/p-...

An Explanation (Which I Would Be Very Grateful If You Took The Time To Read)

What follows is a minor modern horror story.

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This is interesting: Press Gazette reports Sky News is launching its first paywalled product - a video-first app focused on defence coverage pressgazette.co.uk/paywalls/sky...

Sky News moves into paid online content with planned launch of defence app

Sky News is launching a paywalled app specifically for defence and security content in summer 2026 as part of its "premium, video-first" plan

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Come for the discussion of Alphaville's strategic role within the FT's portfolio, stay for Lionel Barber repeatedly calling its audience nerds (lovingly)

Robert Smith@bondhack.ft.com · 4mo ago

Lovely piece from @bronmaher.bsky.social on Alphaville, "the FT’s Shitposting ‘Skunkworks’", with input from @robinwigglesworth.ft.com, @lionelbarber.bsky.social and a small contribution from yours truly www.amediaoperator.com/news/financi...

Axel Springer says it's received approval from DCMS to proceed with its acquisition of The Telegraph. The deal "remains subject to outstanding regulatory approvals in Ireland and Austria, with completion expected within calendar Q2 2026"

Axel Springer Receives UK Government Approval for Acquisition of Telegraph Media Group

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It's my own fault for using ChatGPT as a search tool, but this really made me laugh. "...with an important nuance..." is sublime 🤌

I spoke to Politico co-founder Robert Allbritton about his plans to expand/rebrand his DC newsroom NOTUS in order to occupy the space ceded by The Washington Post. He's bullish on its business prospects. www.amediaoperator.com/news/robert-...

this is completely insane: since when is it acceptable for a tech company to rewrite news outlets' headlines without their consent? especially at a time when audiences are sensitive to how stories are framed in headlines? (ie Israel/Palestine, the Trump admin, ICE) www.theverge.com/tech/896490/...

Google Search is now using AI to replace headlines

Let us know if you see more.

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Mistral CEO: AI companies should pay a content levy in Europe ft.trib.al/PVj0GUo

After a long time saying I would get round to it, a couple of weeks ago I set up an Instagram account dedicated to discarded BuzzBallz. I'm pleased with the result, not least because my friends have taken it up and are now constantly sending me pictures of BuzzBallz www.instagram.com/ballzinnatur...

If you know any more about what's going on at The Observer, I'd love to hear from you. More broadly, this is a good opportunity to remind everyone that a) I'm not at Press Gazette anymore but b) I'm still very much on the media beat and please god keep sending me tips

Bron Maher@bronmaher.bsky.social · 5mo ago

New: The Observer has opened a voluntary redundancy round. It comes nearly a year after the paper transferred from The Guardian's ownership to that of Tortoise Media. Unlike the last VR round, pre-transfer, this one is also open to staff who were originally at Tortoise.

New: The Observer has opened a voluntary redundancy round. It comes nearly a year after the paper transferred from The Guardian's ownership to that of Tortoise Media. Unlike the last VR round, pre-transfer, this one is also open to staff who were originally at Tortoise.

The Observer Opens Voluntary Redundancy Round

The Observer has opened a voluntary redundancy round nearly a year after it was acquired by Tortoise Media from The Guardian.

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Make no mistake that any weakening of FOI is an attack on all of our civil liberties, and would be a clear example of democratic backsliding. It is clear that the government is now seriously considering an attack on your right to know. www.ft.com/content/2c34...

UK considers FOI clampdown as requests soar

Moves to tighten system likely to be met with resistance from campaigners

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This sounds incredibly basic but is serious progress, and the result of years of hard campaigning by the Crime Reporters' Association and in particular our chair Rebecca Camber I hope the new guidelines can give officers the ability and confidence to answer common sense questions on the ground...

Press Gazette@pressgazette.co.uk · 5mo ago

All police forces in England and Wales will be expected to answer phone calls from journalists under updated police media guidelines pressgazette.co.uk/news/breakth...

For years I’ve said if you want a revolution in Britain, make the land registry free to access. Imagine if people’s house price/land holdings came up when you google their name. (I’d be amazed if that’s what the government’s proposing… but you never know.) www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Government to lift paywall from large parts of the Land Registry

Exclusive: finding out who owns land will become simpler under plans to make the best use of green spaces and hit net zero targets

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continually deluded by the nice weather into believing I should go for post-work drinks and finding my fantasy thwarted by the sun still setting before 6