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The Guardian
01-07-2025
- Business
- The Guardian
Guardian announces Douglas McCabe as chief strategy and business development officer
Douglas McCabe has been appointed as the Guardian's chief strategy and business development officer. He will join the Guardian later this year from Enders Analysis, where he has served as CEO for 12 years. Douglas brings a vast amount of media industry experience to the Guardian, having produced hundreds of influential reports and advised publishers in the UK and beyond on topics from technology disruption to collaboration opportunities and journalism revenue models. In his new role as chief strategy and business development officer, Douglas will be responsible for strategic initiatives and global transformation projects as well as overseeing partnerships with global platforms and other partners. He will join the executive committee as part of the senior team at the Guardian. Anna Bateson, chief executive officer, Guardian Media Group said: 'We are delighted to have Douglas joining the Guardian. At this crucial time for news, we are growing globally and continuing to invest in our journalism. Douglas's vast knowledge of the media industry will be invaluable as we further expand digitally and internationally, funded by our audiences and advertising. We are excited to have him on board as we navigate the challenges and opportunities as a global, trusted news brand available to all.' Douglas McCabe said: 'I have long been passionate about the Guardian's mission - with its unique position in the industry and its ground-breaking journalism. I am thrilled to be joining the team to help navigate the Guardian's next wave of innovation and growth.' Notes for editors Guardian News & Media press office: About Guardian Media Group Guardian Media Group is amongst the world's leading media organisations. Its core business is Guardian News & Media (GNM), publisher of one of the largest English-speaking quality news websites in the world. In the UK, Guardian Media Group publishes the Guardian newspaper six days a week, first published in 1821. Since launching its US and Australian digital editions in 2011 and 2013, respectively, traffic from outside of the UK now represents around two-thirds of the Guardian's total digital audience. The Guardian also has an international digital edition and a new European edition that launched in 2023, with an expanded network of more than 20 European correspondents, editors and reporters.
Yahoo
03-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
'NATO for News': Is a Joint Effort by Media Companies the Way to Go in the Age of AI?
The impact of artificial intelligence, particularly generative AI, on the media and entertainment industries was a topic of debate at the Media & Telecoms 2025 & Beyond Conference in London on Tuesday. Organized by Deloitte and Enders Analysis, the event featured a panel entitled 'News and media in the AI age,' featuring panelists Anna Bateson, CEO of Guardian Media Group, Rich Caccappolo, CEO of DMG Media, Anna Jones CEO of the Telegraph Media Group, which has agreed to be acquired by RedBird, Jon Slade, the CEO of the Financial Times, and ITN CEO Rachel Corp. More from The Hollywood Reporter Netflix EMEA Content Boss Touts 'Adolescence,' Debunks a "Myth," Talks Ted Sarandos' Acting Debut Paolo Sorrentino to Receive Sarajevo Film Festival Honor and Retrospective Disney+ Europe Exec on Why Free-to-Air Partners Are "Incredibly Important for Our Business" Bateson emphasized that it was wrong to assume that a 'compromise' on existing copyright and intellectual property protections was needed to ensure technological innovation. Jones suggested media companies could 'collaborate on our own technology.' Corp echoed that, sharing: 'We want to protect our brands while working together.' Slade brought a comparison to an international defense alliance into play at that stage. 'Someone described it as a kind of NATO for news,' he said. 'At the moment, we're all spending an enormous amount of money, each incremental to last year's budget, in just trying to hold stuff back. So there's a good argument for a lot more collaboration around all aspects.' Meanwhile, 'we haven't signed any [AI] deals yet,' Caccappolo shared. 'We are ready. We are willing to do it.' But he emphasized that the terms have to be right and copyright has to be valued. Would he be up for a 'NATO for news'? 'I hadn't used that terms before, but that might be the thing that cracks open the dam,' he suggested. 'What I'm most interested in now is a way for us to prove that if AI companies work with us, we can help train their models faster, more efficiently, more accurately. And that's worth something, and that should be the catalyst.' The panelists on Tuesday also agreed that a proposed opt-out rule in the U.K. approach to AI, allowing AI companies to use copyrighted works unless the holder actively opts out, is not the right approach. Instead, they agreed that an opt-in approach should be used. The panel came after Lisa Nandy, U.K. Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport in the Labour Party government of Prime Minister Keir Starmer, promised the London media conference earlier in the day that the government was focused on a win-win approach to AI policies and regulation. 'We are determined to find a way forward that works for the creative industry and creators, as well as the tech industries,' she said. Later in the conference day, Vanessa Kingori, managing director of technology, media, and telecoms at Google, will also discuss AI. Tuesday's conference also featured top executives from the likes of the Walt Disney Co., the U.K. public broadcaster BBC, streaming giant Netflix, and Comcast-owned Sky and Sky Studios. Best of The Hollywood Reporter How the Warner Brothers Got Their Film Business Started Meet the World Builders: Hollywood's Top Physical Production Executives of 2023 Men in Blazers, Hollywood's Favorite Soccer Podcast, Aims for a Global Empire
Yahoo
09-05-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
Fire in Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest closes part of Big Hole River
Dual smoke columns from the Sawlog Fire is pictured on the afternoon of May 3rd (USFS Photo) A 1,400 acre fire in the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest has closed a portion of the Big Hole River. The Sawlog fire is burning about 15 miles northeast of Wisdom. Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks closed the river from Muddy Creek Bridge downstream to Sportsman's Park Fishing Access. Sportsman's Park Access Site remains open, the agency said in a release. The Sawlog dispersed camping area is also closed. The water closures are due to the river being used for bucket drops on the fire. On Thursday morning, 173 personnel were on the fire. Smokejumpers and hotshot crews were part of the response, according to Inciweb. The fire was reported on May 1 and the cause is underdetermined and under investigation, Anna Bateson, the Public Information Officer for the Sawlog Fire said to the Daily Montanan. Fire crews have 20% of the fire contained with lines established along the northern and southern borders of the fire. Crews have been making use of previous hand lines and have been working on mop-up duties. Four crews, three engines, and two helicopters have been among the response to the early-season fire. The fire is burning through timber, sagebrush and short grass. Bateson said there are some areas of 'heavy' dead and downed trees near the fire. A cold front passing through the area could put winds on the fire up to 40 mph on Thursday, according to the fire situation report. 'Fire behavior may pick up today just due to the winds with the dry, cold front passes through,' Bateson said. 'So, you know, maybe little more moderate than the smoldering and creeping than they've seen in the past couple days.'
