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Archant employees have raised almost £11,000 for good causes in the last six months and the Archant Gold staff matched funding scheme has doubled the charity cash raised by them all. Shaun Lowthorpe, publishing editor (business) in Norfolk, pictured above, ran his first marathon in Edinburgh on May 31 and raised £752 for the Bowel Cancer Screening Unit [...]
The Liverpool Echo has relaunched with a new design and approach to content, in the biggest shake-up of its 136 year history. The redesign is the result of a month-long consultation with readers who provided feedback to editor Ali Machray via the Twitter hashtag #TellAli, the Echo’s website, and hundreds of letters. Six major themes emerged. Readers [...]
JOHNSTON Press chief executive Ashley Highfield has said that local press will be printing newspapers “for decades to come” because many consumers prefer to read a paper in print rather than online. The News Media Association reports that Mr Ashley was speaking on the BBC radio's Today programme on Friday when he said that people [...]
A new chief executive has been appointed at independent media company CN Group. Miller Hogg (pictured) will succeed Robin Burgess at the Carlisle-based business, publishers of The Cumberland News He will join the firm in August as chief executive designate, stepping up to the top job when Mr Burgess retires in January. Mr Hogg said: “I am both honoured [...]
SUSSEX Life celebrated 50 years in print with a lunch on June 16 – Sussex Day – at Brighton’s famous Grand Hotel, attended by the Lord Lieutenant and High Sheriff of East Sussex, the Mayor of Brighton and Hove, and a number of readers and advertisers. Tim Thurston, Archant's commercial director of Lifestyle, County and [...]
JOHNSTON Press chief executive Ashley Highfield, left, has called for local press publishers to work collaboratively for the benefit of the industry, reports the News Media Association (NMA). Speaking at the Society of Editors regional seminar this week, the incoming NMA vice-chairman spoke at length about areas in which the industry could collaborate to create [...]
The funeral took place in Harrogate on 25th June of Jack Grayston, former chairman of both Broughton Printers and Express Printers Manchester. Jack died suddenly in hospital on June 16 following a routine operation. A full obituary will appear in the July printed PJ.
Archant's new Investigations Unit is up and running and has secured many exclusives, producing over 20 front pages, plus inside spreads, for titles and websites across the company. Last week, investigations editor David Powles was invited to speak about the unit at the Society of Editors conference in Manchester. The unit was set up two months ago [...]
Today, The Daily Telegraph celebrates 160 years. Inside the paper today there is a 4-page supplement - you can read it here: which looks back at the historic milestones and the quirks that make The Daily Telegraph unique. In today's edition of the paper, the Editor, Chris Evans, has explained a few of the changes that have [...]
The annual gathering of old friends and a few new faces met up at the Forest Pines Hotel and Golf resort to take part in the 16th staging of the Mortons Golf Day on May 15th. A chilly morning soon gave way to a warm and sunny day, once again demonstrating luck was better than [...]
