Ruadhán Mac Cormaic thinks The Irish Times is "only in the foothills" of online subscriber growth. He talks about digital acceleration, print decline, plus the three most important qualities a modern-day editor needs to have.
In his first major interview, the 44-year-old leading the digital transformation at Tara Street talks about the challenges of a job that consumes him, his days as a serious-minded student editor, and more.
Entrepreneur Niall McGarry has sold his business which he founded only in 2021 to a division of the world’s largest communications group. The deal marks a remarkable comeback for the founder of Joe.
The media is not beyond criticism, but when senior ministers begin questioning coverage without evidence, the balance between scrutiny and influence becomes harder to ignore.
After exposing corruption at the heart of Ireland’s beef industry, Susan O’Keeffe found herself blamed, arrested and discredited. This is her account of what really happened – and what Ireland chose to ignore.
A Fortune editor has cranked out more than 600 stories using the technology; "This won’t be seen as some people’s idea of journalism", writes Isabella Simonetti, The Wall Street Journal.
The Business Post Group has declined to confirm whether it is in talks with Mark Beard, a former senior executive with The Economist.
As RTÉ recruits a new CFO, candidates will be faced with the reality that inflation has eroded much of the organisation’s dwindling revenue for the past two decades.
The rise of YouTube signals the end of traditional broadcasters’ control over high-quality audio and video production – with the fate of newspapers providing signposts for legacy media.
He hates the idea of being seen as a national treasure and doesn't like the man he looks back on in a Hot Press interview 40 years ago, but the journalist who called out Official Ireland is still driving ahead, with a final book imminent.
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