According to the Daily Mail, culture secretary Lisa Nandy is paving the way for a ‘timely’ sale of The Daily Telegraph to DMGT. Not so fast, says Ray Snoddy. Is this really a good idea? 

Analysis: The deal will raise competition concerns as it reshapes a flagging newspaper industry.

Hannah Blake and Nick Moar, leaders of the Daily Mail’s new social publishers, discuss their editorial and commercial visions for DMG Newmedia and Creator Media, and how social can be harnessed to build publishing brands in a new era.

Tom Armstrong speaks to The Media Leader about how The New York Times is adapting its output to become a daily habit for consumers — be it through news, games or personalised sports coverage — and what that means for its growing advertising model.

Settling into her new role as Asda chief customer officer, Rachel Eyre sets out her priorities for how supermarkets can pack a marketing punch.

Lumen’s Mike Follett responds to feedback on his provocative comment that planners “do your fucking jobs”, lest they risk replacement by AI tools.

As part of the News Media Association’s Journalism Matters week, leaders at the broadcasters wrote to Starmer asking that AI products be regulated to ensure mis- and disinformation does not drown out legitimate news.

With the industry-wide voluntary adoption of the LHF advertising restrictions now in play, The Media Leader is exploring how different channels are adapting. Next, is publishing.

On Thursday, Stagwell hosted an inaugural “NewsFronts” upfront event in New York aimed at promoting news brands to advertisers. It also announced its own investment in news publishing.

Piers North discusses why the UK’s largest news publisher is embracing subscriptions as part of a wider drive to improve what has consistently been modest digital revenues growth.