Industry developments logged as they happen: launches, closures, layoff rounds, acquisitions, grant awards and masthead changes. Entries carry dates, staffing numbers and dollar amounts when those become public. Suited to editors, recruiters, funders and researchers keeping a record of the field.
Industry developments logged as they happen: launches, closures, layoff rounds, acquisitions, grant awards and masthead changes. Entries carry dates, staffing numbers and dollar amounts when those become public. Suited to editors, recruiters, funders and researchers keeping a record of the field.
Meta's 2025 exit from third-party fact-checking in the U.S. ended the largest distribution deal in the field — and pushed fact-checkers toward elections, health, and direct readers.
Owen Blackwood · May 2, 2026
Licence fees, household levies, appropriations, and hybrid systems each buy independence of one kind and vulnerability of another; the comparisons are useful wherever public media is debated.
Owen Blackwood · April 9, 2026
The British government's first local media action plan funds skills, measurement, and community coverage through 2028; the design choices matter more than the sum.
William Elliott · March 17, 2026
Social referrals have fallen for years as platforms deprioritized news; the outlets that survived built direct channels they own — email, text, and the habit of a destination site.
Owen Blackwood · February 23, 2026
Tiplines turn audiences into sensors, but the outlets that sustain them treat tips as a queue with service standards, not an inbox with hope.
Owen Blackwood · January 31, 2026