Mediagazer: The Guardian launches a digital Europe edition to offer “a European lens on world issues”, the fifth edition after the UK, the US, Australia, and international (The Guardian)

12:30 PM ET, September 20, 2023

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The Guardian launches a digital Europe edition to offer “a European lens on world issues”, the fifth edition after the UK, the US, Australia, and international — Expanded presence to showcase original journalism and highlight issues that matter to European readers

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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:

Radio Times, started 100 years ago as the BBC's “official organ”, remains “highly profitable”; the magazine also offers a website, an app, and a weekly podcast — One hundred years on, the Radio Times print magazine continues to be the highly profitable “mothership” …

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