Charlotte Tobitt

England, London

UK Editor at Press Gazette

UK editor @pressgazette, on [email protected].

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Articles

Ladbible owner says revenue will grow by 10% this year

3 days ago | pressgazette.co.uk | Charlotte Tobitt

The owner of ad-funded lifestle publisher Ladbible said it now has seventeen $1m-plus advertisers as it predicted 10% revenue growth for the current financial year. LBG Media, which is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is worth more than £200m, said 12 of these clients are in the UK and five are in the US where it is seeing “positive momentum with large brands and blue-chip advertisers” such as Netflix, Dunkin’ Donuts and Pepsico.
Inside the pilot BBC World Service website using AI translation

4 days ago | pressgazette.co.uk | Charlotte Tobitt

The BBC World Service has launched a pilot website in Polish using AI translation in a “systemic” way for the first time. BBC News deputy global director Fiona Crack told Press Gazette the use of AI in the launch of BBC News Polska was designed to help bring the BBC’s coverage of stories of global interest such as the wars in Ukraine and Gaza to new audiences in a “slimline and efficient” way. “Some of our language services are significant size teams doing a lot of local and relevant journalism.
Sun digital director Will Payne moving to New York Post

5 days ago | pressgazette.co.uk | Charlotte Tobitt

Will Payne, The Sun’s director of digital (editorial), is leaving after almost 11 years to join fellow News Corp title the New York Post. Payne will become deputy editor-in-chief of the New York Post Group, reporting to editor-in-chief Keith Poole – who also joined from The Sun, where he had been digital editor and deputy editor, in March 2021.
Sophia Smith Galer app helps journalists who don't have time to make Tiktok videos

5 days ago | pressgazette.co.uk | Charlotte Tobitt

Former British Journalism Award innovation winner Sophia Smith Galer has launched an AI app aiming to help journalists get more traction with their videos on social media. Freelance journalist and digital consultant Smith Galer, who previously worked for BBC News and Vice and was one of the first UK journalists to make waves on Tiktok, has created Sophiana to, she says, halve the time it takes to create “algorithm-ready” videos.
Bustle focuses on originality and access as revenue grows 38%

1 week ago | pressgazette.co.uk | Charlotte Tobitt

Bustle publisher BDG has been spending this year putting more focus on originality and exclusive access to make its brands aimed at young women “stronger and more intentional”. US-based BDG had already moved away from putting search and social traffic front of mind, executive vice president of editorial Charlotte Owen told Press Gazette, and it is now embracing the things it can uniquely deliver that its audience would not otherwise be able to get for themselves.
Subscriptions growth fuels record revenue year for The Economist

1 week ago | pressgazette.co.uk | Charlotte Tobitt

The Economist has reported a record year for revenue fuelled by growing subscriptions. Operating profit was up 2%, or 11% at constant currency according to the the UK-based publisher, to £48.1m in the year to 31 March 2025. Before the Covid-19 pandemic, in the year to March 2019, profit was £31m.
Sky News chief on 'halo-effect' of personality-driven news

1 week ago | pressgazette.co.uk | Charlotte Tobitt

Sky News executive chairman David Rhodes and Observer digital editor Basia Cummings both spoke about the benefits of having personalities as part of a newsbrand at the launch of the Reuters Digital News Report 2025. The report highlighted a “shift to personality-led news creators” who are benefitting from the rise in people getting news content from social video. In the US, social and video networks rose above TV as a news source for the first time this year.
News trends for 2025: AI chatbots, social video boom, platform fragmentation and rise of news influencers

1 week ago | pressgazette.co.uk | Charlotte Tobitt

The use of AI chatbots for news is small but growing quickly, the latest annual Digital News Report looking at news trends for 2025 has found. The report, from the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, also highlighted the growing rise of an alternative media ecosystem led by Youtubers, Tiktokers and podcasters and the threat this poses to traditional news providers. In the US, social media platforms rose above TV as a source of news for the first time this year.
Mediahuis Ireland reaches 100,000 digital subscriber milestone

2 weeks ago | pressgazette.co.uk | Charlotte Tobitt

Mediahuis Ireland has crossed the 100,000 digital subscriber mark, just over five years after first launching its paywalls. Mediahuis is headquartered in Belgium with titles around Europe but has owned the Belfast Telegraph, Irish Independent, Sunday Independent and regional titles like The Wexford People, The Sligo Champion, The Corkman and The Kerryman since 2019 when it took over Independent News and Media. The local titles sit under the Irish Independent online.
Techcrunch owner says he is 'doubling down' on Europe after staff axed

2 weeks ago | pressgazette.co.uk | Charlotte Tobitt

The new owner of US-based news brand Techcrunch said the brand is “doubling down” on coverage in Europe, despite sacking the editorial team based in the region. But ex-Techcrunch staff and other tech journalists remain sceptical, with one calling the statement “hollow corporate doublespeak”. Press Gazette reported this week that Techcrunch had decided to pull out of the UK and Europe shortly after being bought out by private equity firm Regent LP from Yahoo Inc.