Inside Good Food video expansion | King meets local media
And Chris Duncan unpicks the Google study that claimed news is worthless to the tech platform.
There's a lot more to magazines these days than the magazine.
Our UK editor Charlotte Tobitt visited Immediate Media’s Good Food to find out more about the winning recipe behind a record revenue year for the title in 2024.
Physical magazines are still an important part of the mix but so is a paid-for app, product endorsements and a massive expansion into video.
Today we also bring you what may be the last word on that Google study which valued news content at zero for the search giant.
His careful analysis also makes Google's tetchy response to the earlier criticism of the study we shared with it look rather silly.
And it was a huge honour for me to rub shoulders with some genuine VIPs last night at Buckingham Palace: the men and women on the frontline of local news across the UK.
The King and Queen were also there.
Fair play to King Charles for ensuring that the vast majority of the 400 guests at his Champagne reception were grassroots reporters and editors.
I am happy to report that the free bar was not abused, the ballroom at the palace is far more impressive than anything seen on The Crown and the fighting spirit of the many local news stalwarts I met last night was undimmed.
On Press Gazette
King pays tribute to UK local media at lavish Buckingham Palace reception
Some 400 local news journalists joined the King and Queen for drinks.
Immediate Media’s Good Food plans video expansion after record revenue 2024
Why new kitchen at Immediate Media HQ will be "big part" of Good Food's future.
Why Google’s impressive value of news study has serious shortcomings
Former Bauer Media CEO Chris Duncan casts a cool eye over Google study saying news is worthless.
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How concerned should publishers be about the threat posed to their business models by generative AI? It’s a 9.9 out of ten said MSG.
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