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Two of America’s largest newspaper chains announced yesterday that they will merge, uniting hundreds of local newsrooms under a single company. New Media Investment Group, the parent company of GateHouse Media, said that it had arrived at an agreement to acquire Gannett (GCI) for a combination of stock and cash. Both companies have vast newsbrand [...]
Screen Europe has announced that Brian Filler (pictured above), President of Screen GP Europe when he retired in 2016, passed away on the 24th July 2019. He was 69. During his 35 years at Screen, Filler rose through the ranks becoming managing director of Screen UK in 1999 and president of the European operation in 2013. [...]
His Royal Highness The Duke of Gloucester said he was ‘delighted to play a tiny part’ in the history of the West Sussex County Times when he visited Horsham for a special event commemorating its 150th anniversary. He toured an exhibition about the title’s history at the town’s museum in the Causeway, opposite the original [...]
Simon Fox (pictured) is stepping down from his position as chief executive of Reach Plc on 16 August and is to be succeeded by Jim Mullen.Mullen was most recently chief executive of Ladbroke Coral plc. His previous roles include director of product management and director of Digital Strategy at News International (now News UK) , and [...]
The International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) has announced the publication of ISO 21812-1, Graphic technology -- Print product metadata for PDF files -- Part 1: Architecture and core requirements for metadata. The Association for PRINT Technologies (APTech) administers the ISO Technical Committee 130 working group (TC130/WG2) that developed this international standard. PDF files represent content [...]
Precision Colour Printing managing director Alex Evans is to step down from his role with the company next February.Alex, who has been MD since June 2005, will be succeeded by Mark Brownrigg, who was previously managing director at Skanem UK Limited, one of Europe's largest producers of self-adhesive labels. He will join PCP in November [...]
On the day that Boris Johnson took up his new job as Prime Minister, a record 93 winners were presented with their Print Futures Awards in Westminister, at a reception at the House of Lords hosted by Lord Black of Brentwood, deputy chairman of the Telegraph Media Group and president emeritus of The Printing Charity. [...]
The Government is to invest £2 million in a pilot innovation fund to support public interest journalism in the UK. In the review of journalism earlier this year, Dame Frances Cairncross recommended government funding for innovative approaches to improve the supply of public interest news. Now the Department for Culture, Media and Sport has confirmed [...]
Reach has confirmed that it is in the "early stages of discussions" in relation to acquiring certain JPIMedia assets. In a statement to the London Stock Exchange, Reach chief financial officer Simon Fuller said there was no certainty that the discussions would lead to a transaction. The response stated: “The Board of Reach plc ("Reach" [...]
There’s plenty of news industry reading material in the July/August issue of PJ, including exclusive photos from Guardian Print Centre, London, where two manroland Colorman 80 presses, Ferag mailroom and ancillary equipment have been decommissioned and stripped out in just 15 weeks, producing over 50 streams of waste. Thousands of tonnes have been recycled with [...]
