UK: competition to come between MediaGuardian and UK Press Gazette

Thanks to Jemima Kiss, dotjournalism.co.uk, for this analysis of the new "rivalry" between MediaGuardian and UK Press Gazette: "MediaGuardian.co.uk will be led by a new editor from Monday as the site gears up for increased competition from rival title Press Gazette. Steve Busfield has been with the Guardian since 1997, most recently as executive editor of Guardian Business. "MediaGuardian is one of the world's leading sources of media news and Steve has the perfect background and skills to edit the site," said Emily Bell, editor in chief of Guardian Unlimited... (On the other part), Press Gazette is due to be relaunched this autumn by new owner Piers Morgan, and is expected to aggressively compete against MediaGuardian." It seems evident that the competition will be online - not offline - with more daily news in the traditional weekly Press Gazette.

Source: dotjournalism.co.uk