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Dominic Ponsford

London, Plumpton

Editor-in-Chief at Press Gazette

Media Editor at New Statesman Media Group

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Articles

  • Axel Springer to mandate four days per week in the office - Editor and Publisher

    2 weeks ago | editorandpublisher.com | Dominic Ponsford

    Posted Tuesday, June 10, 2025 6:00 am Axel Springer CEO Mathias Dopfner plans to mandate that all staff spend at least four days per week in the office.

  • This message will self destruct: Guardian launches new secure tech for sources

    2 weeks ago | pressgazette.co.uk | Dominic Ponsford

    The Guardian has rolled out new secure messaging technology which allows sources to anonymously contact journalists. Secure Messaging uses espionage-style techniques to conceal and encrypt messaging sent by sources to journalists within The Guardian app. Messages are so secret that only the journalists themselves have a decryption key to view them before they self-destruct, disappearing after 14 days.

  • Axel Springer to mandate four days per week in the office

    2 weeks ago | pressgazette.co.uk | Dominic Ponsford

    Axel Springer CEO Mathias Dopfner plans to mandate that all staff spend at least four days per week in the office.

  • Telegraph withdraws banker school fees story after being deceived by source

    3 weeks ago | pressgazette.co.uk | Dominic Ponsford

    The Telegraph has withdrawn a story about a rich banker hit by the cost of school fee increases after being deceived by a source. The article has been widely discussed on social media and many have stated that it was generated by AI.This was also asserted by presenter Richard Osman on the latest Rest Is Entertainment podcast. The article was, in fact, written by a real journalist, based on a real interview with a man who appears to have deceived the reporter and given them a fake name.

  • New look, new paper and new name for The New European

    3 weeks ago | pressgazette.co.uk | Dominic Ponsford

    The New European has relaunched as The New World, reflecting its broadening editorial coverage and wider ambitions. The title started as a “pop-up” print experiment in 2016, nine days after Britain voted to leave the European Union. Today it boasts 35,000 subscribers split 50/50 between those paying £60 for a digital-only subscription and £120 per year for print and digital.

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Dominic Ponsford
Dominic Ponsford @DomPonsford
8 Jun 25

Amazingly detailed Google AI Overview of this paywalled Press Gazette story. This is theft https://t.co/yrHKK0Nge3

Dominic Ponsford
Dominic Ponsford @DomPonsford
3 Jun 25

When big news brands cut lots of award-winning reporters there is opportunity in the tragedy. Attention editorial hiring managers, some great talent here in my list of those leaving Business Insider https://t.co/d8SEe8y6Cj

Dominic Ponsford
Dominic Ponsford @DomPonsford
29 May 25

The rise and rise of @GoalhangerPods - how @YouTube has led to "explosive" revenue and audience growth for UK's largest independent podcast production company https://t.co/Pq5SSjePhV