The Sunday Times is removing the paywall on all content for two days this St Patrick’s Day weekend to allow readers free access to the newspaper. Over Saturday, March 15 and Sunday, March 16, readers will be able to sample all the content available on www.thesundaytimes.com website. Coverage will include leading interviews, investigations and sports […]
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Madden takes charge at Gazette
Catherine Madden has been appointed as the new managing director of the Dublin Gazette following the retirement of former adman Michael McGovern. Madden has almost 30 years of media experience, having held senior roles with Buy & Sell, INM, and Hot Press. She joined the Gazette in April 2024. McGovern co-founded the free community newspaper […]
NewsBrands names Bourke as new chair
Members of NewsBrands Ireland, the representative body for Ireland’s national news publishers, have elected Sammi Bourke as their new chair. She replaces Business Post chief operating officer Colm O’Reilly. Bourke has over 20 years’ experience in media and news publishing. A native of Australia, she worked in senior sales, advertising and publisher roles with Rupert […]
Sunday Times to allow free access
The Sunday Times is removing the paywall on all its content this coming weekend. On Saturday and Sunday (June 8/9), readers will have free access to all the content on the newspaper’s website, including the latest interviews with world leaders and cultural icons, investigations and sports coverage, plus home news and travel. There will be […]
RTÉ expenses report provokes outcry
A news report on the front page of The Irish Times at the weekend outlining the expenses claimed by senior RTÉ executives has provoked a strong reaction from a number of marketing and media executives. In a post published on the LinkedIn social media platform, Ciarán Norris, who is the global agency lead on the […]
PPI warns about edited photos
Press Photographers Ireland (PPI) has issued a statement following the controversy over the release of pool pictures to reputable media outlets by Britain’s royal family. The PPI said that the incident highlighted the critical issue of ethical sourcing of imagery in daily consumption of news. Kate Middleton, Princess of Wales, apologised for changing a Mother’s […]
Wynne named Irish Sun editor
Fiona Wynne has been named as the new editor of the Irish Sun, replacing Kieran McDaid who was recently appointed editor of the Sunday Times in Ireland. A native of Cavan, Wynne has nearly 25 years’ experience in journalism. After graduating from DCU, she started her career as a news and features reporter in the […]
Tubridy to pen new Mail column
Ryan Tubridy has joined The Irish Mail on Sunday for a weekly column from this weekend. The radio and TV presenter, who parted company with RTÉ following a major controversy over payments, recently moved to London to host a new morning show weekdays on Rupert Murdoch’s Virgin Radio. The show is simulcast on Dublin’s Q102. […]
Connolly takes reins at Munster Express
Doreen Connolly is the new managing director of the Munster Express replacing Kieran Walsh who has retired. She also becomes the main shareholder in the 163-year-old business. “After over 100 years of the Walsh family running the Munster Express, I am stepping back due to retirement,” Kieran Walsh said. “I know that this will allow the […]
Public House ads promote Indo rebrand
The Public House has launched a new campaign to accompany the Irish Independent rebrand. The campaign, titled Written all over Ireland, consists of a brand film, news and sport TV, cinema, VOD, radio, press, out of home, social and digital media. The work is the result of a strategic repositioning project, which identified the newspaper’s strength […]
Belfast Telegraph homes in on housing
The Public House have launched the latest iteration of their ‘In Focus’ campaign for the Belfast Telegraph by focusing on the North’s housing market across TV, video on demand (VOD), press and social. The campaign is rooted in the newspaper’s ‘Tell It Like It Is’ brand positioning, in which they highlight the big questions around the […]
Mediahuis study highlights digital bias
New research by Mediahuis shows that two in three adults engage with digital news apps and sites at least once a week. The ratio increases to seven in 10 adults over 45 years of age. While four in 10 (39 per cent) read the newspaper more than once a week, the figure rises to 48 […]
Reach execs to explain post-cookie world
Hugh Crowther, group sales director and Alan Curley, client strategy director, Reach Solutions Ireland, will share their learnings and insights from the publisher’s data at a webinar next week to better understand their customers in a cookieless world. Free of charge, the morning webinar will be streamed live next Wednesday, February 8, from 10am-10.30am. With […]
