Catholic Herald

===Latest developments===

When Coppen stepped down after 14 successful years, he was replaced by Dan Hitchens, formerly Deputy editor. Shortly after Dan Hitchens took on the position as editor in 2020, the newspaper revealed that it would be publishing on a monthly basis, a change from its previous weekly format. Hitchens stated that the change would provide the newspaper with the opportunity to expand its scope and publish more material online.

In April 2020, with the churches closing and lockdown announced in the UK because of Covid-19 pandemic, the US weekly print edition was merged into the UK print edition to create an international magazine.<ref name="monthly">{{Cite news |last=Hitchens |first=Dan |date=2 April 2020 |title=Letter to subscribers – why we're becoming a monthly magazine |work=[[The Catholic Herald]] |url=https://catholicherald.co.uk/letter-to-subscribers-why-were-becoming-a-monthly-magazine/ |access-date=18 January 2021}}</ref> The ''[[Scottish Catholic Observer]]'', Britain's oldest religious newspaper founded in 1885, is also owned by the Catholic Herald. The title was mothballed during the pandemic due to the closure of all Scottish Catholic churches. Hitchens was replaced by William Cash in January 2021.

Cash was chairman from 2018 to February 2023 and has been editor-in-chief since January 2021. Cash is a two time winner of Editor of the Year at the PPA Independent Publisher Awards (2007 and 2008) as well as winning Writer of the Year in 2022 for his Catholic Herald work.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jackson |first=Megan |date=2023-01-24 |title=60 Seconds with William Cash |url=https://ppa.co.uk/60-seconds-with-william-cash |access-date=2023-07-05 |website=PPA |language=en-US}}</ref> In January 2023, the Daily Telegraph wrote: 'The Catholic Herald is riding high after it was shortlisted for Consumer Publication of the Year at the 2022 PPA Independent Publisher Awards. Now it is expanding to find a new audience in the US, described as the "political and moral battleground of the Catholic church".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hope |first=Christopher |date=2023-01-07 |title=Careful Cameron, it's not the drink that's the problem |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/01/06/careful-cameron-not-drink-problem/ |access-date=2023-07-05 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref>

In March 2023, a 50.1% shareholding of the Catholic Herald was sold to New York based GEM Global Yield LLC SCS (Luxembourg), an alternative investment private equity group with offices in Paris, New York, and The Bahamas, with the chairmanship of the Herald passing to GEM founder Chris Brown whilst Cash remained editor-in-chief, Director and a shareholder.<ref name="gem" /> Brown is also co-chairman of French fashion magazine ''[[L'Officiel]]'' which GEM held a 65% stake and built up globally through an international licensing franchise model covering 29 countries. In May 2022, ''L'Officiel'' was sold to Hong Kong based AMTD NYSE for $57,000,000. This international licensing model is one that GEM plans to replicate with the Catholic Herald magazine in leading Catholic countries around the world, as well as license content in the Herald's 100 year old plus archive library for films, books and other digital platforms (the Herald's digital library dates back to 1934).

Under Cash's award winning editorship, Herald website traffic increased significantly to over half a million original users a month with over 50% being from America. The magazine increased the number of special surveys including their new landmark 'Top 250 US Catholic Leaders of Today'<ref>{{Cite web |last=Herald |first=The Catholic |date=2022-10-01 |title=US Catholic Leaders of Today 2022: Thought Leaders |url=https://catholicherald.co.uk/us-catholic-leaders-of-today-2022-thought-leaders/ |access-date=2023-07-05 |website=Catholic Herald |language=en-GB}}</ref> along with its UK Catholic Leaders of Today.

The magazine was nominated for Editor of the Year (Consumer Magazine) at the 2021 PPA Independent Publisher Awards, with cover artist Adam Dant nominated for Cover of the Year, as well as for Launch of the Year for which the Herald was awarded runner-up. In 2022, the Herald was nominated for Magazine of the Year and Writer of the Year and won for Writer of the Year (William Cash) at a ceremony in the City of London on 25 November.  At the 2023 PPA awards, Cash was nominated for Editor of the Year (Consumer Media) and also for Writer of the Year, for articles that included a report from Ukraine at the start of the war and coverage of various pilgrimages. "To be shortlisted in a line-up that includes the publishers Hearst, Bauer Media, Condé Nast, the BBC, Future and Haymarket shows how the Herald has evolved into a world-leading media brand," Cash said. "The nominations are very much a team effort and reflect the exceptional calibre of our editorial staff."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Herald |first=The Catholic |date=2023-06-01 |title=The Herald nominated for media awards |url=https://catholicherald.co.uk/the-herald-nominated-for-media-awards/ |access-date=2023-07-05 |website=Catholic Herald |language=en-GB}}</ref>