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The Times and The Sunday Times have launched The Times of London Weekly, an international digital app that provides news-hungry readers with a world view from London. The new app will pull together the most distinctive journalism from both titles in a single digital edition, published once a week on Thursdays. The Times of London Weekly [...]
Here JP’s summary of the proposal: JP proposes to acquire i for £24m* at a 4.6x multiple of its 2015 full year profit of £5.2m Key benefits: ● Greater reach: The combination creates UK’s 4th largest print publisher with over 600,000 paid copies a day ● Increased scale: Greater reach improves ability to gain greater [...]
Trinity Mirror has launched a mobile news aggregation app, giving users access to different sides of the same story. ‘Perspecs’ presents three sides to a news story, allowing users to switch between different news sources presenting differing views - for example the neutral, left and right wing political perspective of the same story, or a home, [...]
Johnston Press has this morning confirmed media speculation that it is in negotiations to buy the i newspaper from Indpendent Print Limited. In a statement JP said: “The Board of Johnston Press plc notes the recent media speculation and confirms that it is in late stage discussions with Independent Print Limited ("IPL") for the potential acquisition of the business [...]
Sponsors of the Print Futures Awards are calling for entries to the 2016 awards. The Awards are sponsored by The Printing Charity, the British Printing Industries Federation (BPIF), SAXOPRINT, St Bride Foundation, John Crosfield Foundation, Unite the Union GPM & IT Sector, and The Book Trade Charity. These annual Awards, which were launched in 2003, are cash grants of up to £1,500 [...]
Enders Analysis released this research Today: The years 2014 and 2015 have seen outstanding real growth of 13% in display advertising spend. Although we cannot rule out a recessionary downturn, we project further 11% growth during 2016-2018, but at a slowing rate as display spend continues to benefit from relatively benign economic conditions. A sizeable chunk [...]
Angus McBride has been appointed as General Counsel, News UK, and will oversee all legal activity and compliance for the business that publishes The Times, The Sunday Times, The Sun, The Sun on Sunday and the Times Literary Supplement. McBride (pictured above) is currently Partner at law firm Kingsley Napley where he has built up a [...]
DMGT has reported first-quarter revenues of £500 million, growth of 5% on the same period last year, or 1% on an underlying basis. In its Trading Update released today, DMGT reports underlying revenue growth of 2% from its B2B businesses and an underlying revenue decline of 2% from its consumer media business, dmg media. In [...]
London’s Guildhall was the venue on January 22 for the eighth annual Millies which were hosted by ITV News at Ten anchorman Tom Bradby. Guests included singing legend Rod Stewart, Superman actor Henry Cavill and TV’s The Apprentice star Baroness Karren Brady. All the award nominees began their day at a Downing Street reception with PM’s wifeSamantha Cameron before going to the [...]
After 12 years Stephen Gilbert, the Printing Charity’s chief executive and secretary, is taking early retirement. In a statement issued this morning, the charity said: “The Trustees would like to thank him for his drive and vision that have transformed a little-known organisation into a vibrant, national charity.” During his time as chief executive, he developed a [...]
