Five GB News broadcasts in breach | Good Housekeeping's ambitious growth plan
Plus: Jewish Chronicle to become charitable trust, how ITV's BJA-winning The Crossing got made and your news diary for the week ahead
Welcome to your daily newsletter from Press Gazette on Monday, 18 March.
New: Ofcom has found five GB News programmes presented by politicians in breach of Broadcasting Code impartiality requirements. Click here for our breaking story.
More than 100 years on from its launch in the UK, Good Housekeeping still has a strong print magazine business bolstered by growing e-commerce revenue and its long-established product-testing and accreditation business.
But new MD Liz Moseley wants more. She talked Press Gazette through her ambitious growth plans for the brand, which include paid-for apps, new video strands and a VIP paid membership scheme.
The Jewish Chronicle plans to be the latest news organisation to become a charity, following in the footsteps of local title the Guildford Dragon. The JC has courted controversy in recent years after a series of upheld IPSO complaints led to calls for it to be investigated by the regulator.
We have also spoken to the creators of British Journalism Award-winning ITV documentary The Crossing to find out how they gave a voice to the forgotten victims of Britain's biggest maritime disaster of recent years.
And finally, we have your news diary for the week ahead. With Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in desperate need of good news the latest inflation figures are out on Wednesday followed by a Bank of England interest rate decision on Thursday.
New from Press Gazette
Good Housekeeping MD Liz Moseley’s ambitious growth plan for 102-year-old brand
Moseley said the aim is to "to give all of the brands their best shout at growth. We believe in growth and we're very ambitious for the future of Hearst UK."
GB News programmes presented by Tory MPs broke Ofcom rules
The regulator said on Monday that programmes presented by Jacob Rees-Mogg, Esther McVey and Philip Davies were in breach of the Broadcasting Code.
Jewish Chronicle to become a charitable trust
It comes nearly four years after the weekly newspaper was saved from closure by a consortium.
Making sense of the chaos and building trust: How ITV’s ‘The Crossing’ was produced
“I have covered a lot of wars in Iraq and Syria, and I have seen a lot of horrible things happen to civilians, but this was the most tragic story I’ve covered.”
News diary 18-24 March: Rwanda bill reaches final stage, new Welsh first minister starts
A look ahead at the key events leading the news agenda this week, from the team at Foresight News.
News in brief
BBC Radio 4 Woman’s Hour host Emma Barnett is joining the Today programme’s presenting team ahead of Martha Kearney’s departure this year. (Press Gazette)
Redbird IMI is reportedly considering a full sale of Telegraph Media Group or getting US investors involved to replace the Abu Dhabi cash after the UK Government introduced legislation to stop foreign state ownership of newspapers and news magazines. (Financial Times)
Tidbit from INMA’s subscriptions summit: The Atlantic is not profitable but hopes to be this year. It also aims to reach one million subscribers in 2024. (INMA)
The family of 24-year-old Oleksandra "Sasha" Kuvshynova, who was killed in Ukraine working for Fox News, are suing the broadcaster. Another Fox journalist, Pierre Zakrzewski, was killed on the same trip, and Fox reporter Benjamin Hall was seriously injured. (NPR)
The inquest into the death of former Liverpool Echo journalist Dan Kay will focus on the mental health care he was receiving in the days before he died last May aged 45. A coroner apologised that the inquest process is moving "so slowly". (Liverpool Echo)
Mike McTighe, previously chairman of Daily Telegraph parent company Press Acquisitions Ltd, has had his role narrowed to just be chairman of The Telegraph. The company says it means McTighe will be "more closely involved in the day-to-day running" of the business and dealing with the challenges posed by its sale. (The Telegraph)
TalkTV presenter Rosanna Lockwood has left the brand due to the upcoming closure of its linear TV channel announced two weeks ago. Lockwood presented the Prime Time news show at 7pm on weekdays. (Lockwood on X/Twitter)
Vox Media has offloaded LGBTQ+ sports website Outsports to LGBTQ+ publisher Q.digital in an all-stock equity transaction organised after Vox started looking at scaling back its portfolio. All seven staff have moved over. (Digiday)
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Podcast 67: Magazine ABCs winners and losers with Nada Arnot of The Economist
Press Gazette editor-in-chief Dominic Ponsford discusses the latest UK magazine industry circulation figures with reporter Bron Maher.
They pick out the winners and losers from the latest crop of results and also hear from Economist executive vice president Nada Arnot about how the title’s cut-price daily edition Expresso achieved lift-off in 2023. She also explained why she is bullish about The Economist’s headline (print and digital) circulation figures returning to growth in this election year.
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