Taylor Swift tour and job cuts help lift profits of Mirror publisher Reach
Straight to your inbox: meet the journalists shaking up local UK news
June 2024
‘News deserts’: if local newspapers are dying, will local democracy die with them?
Concerns over scrutiny of councils as publishers cull titles and residents turn to Facebook for local news
May 2024
The Guardian view on the London press: the capital needs its own news
Editorial: The Evening Standard has lost its sparkle, but Londoners should not be left without a daily news source
So it’s goodbye to London’s Standard, my old paper – and to the heart of democracy, local news
Simon Jenkins
The sad decline of this nearly 200-year-old institution has culminated with a decision to end the daily print edition, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins
London Evening Standard to close daily newspaper and launch new weekly
Chair Paul Kanareck says newspaper’s losses – £84.5m in the past six years – not sustainable
March 2024
Politics Weekly America
America’s ‘news deserts’ and what it means for democracy – podcast
Notebook
Birmingham council has just cut services to the bone, but its citizens can’t read all about it in print
Tim Adams
‘Glimmer of hope’ for local news as Surrey publication given charitable status
Mirror publisher Reach cuts sum set aside for phone-hacking payouts
February 2024
Local news in the UK is in deep trouble. But this band of radicals could change everything
Jonathan Heawood
On tiny budgets, indie publishers from Manchester to Glasgow are doing amazing things. The government must unlock their potential, says journalist Jonathan Heawood
Local news media need your support
Letter: Thousands of journalists are still holding power to account in communities across the country, writes Owen Meredith of the News Media Association
Councils in crisis
Collapse of local media leaves us all in the dark
UK’s dwindling oversight of local government stems from hollowing out of local news – which may have to find its own fix
January 2024
Mirror publisher’s boss warns print titles could become loss-making in five years
As editor exits, can Mirror and owner Reach survive ad crisis?
December 2023
How one of the world’s oldest newspapers is using AI to reinvent journalism
Berrow’s Worcester Journal is one of several papers owned by the UK’s second biggest regional news publisher to hire ‘AI-assisted’ reporters
November 2023
‘End of days’: staff at Mirror and Express owner Reach brace for grim Christmas
Mirror and Express owner to cut about 450 jobs – 10% of workforce
August 2023
Manchester Mill newsletter eyes expansion after £1.75m valuation
The Rolling Stones sneak cryptic teaser ad for new album in local London newspaper
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