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Mandelson and Streeting wooed News UK bosses days before general election

Mandelson and Streeting wooed News UK bosses days before general election

Published by Sam Flores

Newly released Mandelson files reveal a cosy dinner between the former US ambassador, former health secretary Wes Streeting and senior News UK figures days before the 2024 general election. The meeting appears to have been part of a charm offensive led by Streeting seeking backing from the press for Labour in the election. The dinner in question appears to have taken place on 1 July 2024, ahead of the UK general election on 4 July. At the time Lord Mandelson was running a lobbying business called Global Counsel and Streeting was the shadow health secretary. An exchange of Whatsapp messages between Mandelson and Streeting on the morning of 2 July 2024 refers to a dinner involving Lachlan Murdoch (by that stage chairman of News Corp), News UK CEO Rebekah Brooks and Times editor Tony Gallagher. The messages do not make it clear what other News Corp/News UK executives were present. [02/07/2024, 08:19] Peter Mandelson: Message from Rebekah that lachlan really enjoyed the dinner and that they all thought everyone in great form and it felt …

Tony Gallagher: Digital subscribers covering cost of Times newsroom

Tony Gallagher: Digital subscribers covering cost of Times newsroom

Published by Sam Flores

Times editor Tony Gallagher speaking at the Society of Editors Future of News Conference on Tuesday 17 March 2026. Picture: Lucy Young Times editor Tony Gallagher has revealed revenue from digital subscribers is now more than covering the cost of the combined Times and Sunday Times newsrooms. The Times and Sunday Times had 659,000 digital subscribers at the end of 2025, up 7% compared to a year earlier and double where it was five years ago. Digital-only access costs between £20 and £30 per month. Gallagher said about a third (214,000) of those subscribers had been added since he became editor in September 2022. Gallagher, also a former editor of The Daily Telegraph and The Times’ News UK stablemate The Sun, was speaking at the Society of Editors Future of News Conference on Tuesday as he picked up the Fellowship Award. [Read more: Times editor Tony Gallagher says we’ve abolished meetings about the newspaper] Gallagher said the subscriber growth at The Times demonstrates that there is “strong demand for high-quality journalism in the digital era”. …