Dominic Ponsford
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- Oct 1, 2026
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Goalhanger to bring ad sales and sponsorship in-house (opens the original)
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‘The Rest Is’ producer Goalhanger is creating an in-house advertising sales operation offering partnerships across audio, video, social media, newsletters, live events and branded content. The move away from relying on deals put together by external agencies comes as the production company reported sales of £38m in 2025 and said it is on track to reach one billion full-episode views and streams in 2026. Goalhanger director of commercial operations Josh Akers said: “We’ve been building out our in
Jeremy Clarkson, Meghan, Prince Harry and the secret of Oxford Mail's traffic success (opens the original)
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Why is the Oxford Mail enjoying booming traffic in stark contrast to wider industry trends? In August, the Newsquest title was the fastest-growing top-50 news website in the UK – up 90% year on year to reach 6.5 million Britons per month. This was in a market where most news websites are losing traffic year on year as the likes of Google and Facebook work ever harder to keep readers within their own ‘walled gardens’. In Press Gazette’s daily email newsletter, I speculated that Google search and
Mill Media receives £100,000 from Postcode Lottery to fund subscriptions for under-25s (opens the original)
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Newsletter-based local news publisher Mill Media has received a £100,000 boost from the Postcode Lottery which will fund 1,150 subscriptions for people aged 16-25. Since launching in Manchester in 2020, some 200,000 people have now registered to receive Mill Media’s email newsletters while 15,000 people pay for full access to its titles. It now employs 25 journalists across the The Manchester Mill, Sheffield Tribune, The Post in Liverpool, Birmingham Dispatch, Glasgow Bell and The Londoner. Davi
BBC to cut local radio and regional TV news with 90 jobs at risk (opens the original)
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The BBC has announced more wide-ranging cuts to local radio and regional TV news provision with the expected loss of 90 jobs. From January 2027 there will be another drastic reduction in the amount of locally-produced content transmitted on the network of local BBC local radio stations. In October 2022 the BBC cut 139 local radio jobs as it shifted investment towards online news. It rolled out widespread sharing of coverage between the 39 local stations, including much local coverage being repla
How Advance Local went from zero to 250,000 paid online subs (opens the original)
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US local news publisher Advance Local has gone from zero to 250,000 paid digital subscribers since 2018. Speaking on the latest Press Gazette podcast, SVP for digital consumer revenue Ann Poe explained how the group evolved from a simple premium content model to having an automated dynamic paywall which makes decisions on whether to gate content based on individual users using AI. Advance Local is one of America’s oldest local media groups and includes print titles such as The Plain Dealer in Oh
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