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THE Polstar Group, the UK's largest independent printing company and content delivery specialist, has gone into administration. A statement on the company's website states that the directors of Polestar Print Holdings Ltd (PPHL) note the move "with regret". Polestar produces more than 50 million products a week for newspaper supplements, magazines, retail and journals and reference [...]

Johnston Press has today unveiled the 50-strong team of journalists who will make up the new editorial staff of i. As previously reported, current editor Oliver Duff will head up the new team, with the first new issue out on Monday 11th April. He was appointed in June 2013 from his previous role as executive editor [...]

News UK Commercial is relaunching as The Bridge, a refocused commercial offering that will bring together the company’s data, creativity and insight resources in one place to help clients more effectively reach News UK’s valuable audiences. The launch follows an extensive consultation programme with clients and agencies and is underpinned by a fundamental restructure of News [...]

JOHNSTON Press has unveiled inews.co.uk, a new website designed to complement the culture and layout of the i newspaper, which it bought from ESI Media in February for £24 million. The website is a fusion of national news coverage with local stories to produce what the publisher describes as an ‘essential’ briefing for the web. The site is fully [...]

Miles 33 has acquired Wave 2 Media Solutions, a leading supplier of solutions to automate publishing and advertising content for corporate brands, publishers, newspapers and websites. Wave 2’s core technology is the Wave 2 Publishing Platform, a rich media engine and creative platform that powers a series of cross-platform automation products such as Easybuild, for automating advertising creative [...]

Trinity Mirror plc has announced the appointment of Eirik Svendsen in the newly created role of group chief technology officer. Eirik has been an executive at Schibsted Media Group, an international media group, since 2011. His career history to date has included internet-centric companies across Europe, with roles at world-leading broadcasting software company Vizrt and publishing software company [...]

FELICITY Morse has been appointed digital news editor of inews.co.uk, the new website for the i paper that is due to launch next week. Ms Morse joins the Johnston Press title from BBC Radio 1’s Newsbeat, where she was social media editor. She has also held roles at The Huffington Post and The Independent. The appointment follows [...]

THE EDITOR’S CHAIR: Gary Cullum enjoys a look back – and forwards at an industry focused on the future I HAVE had a great couple of days trawling through the PJ archive to research the past two decades of newspapering. I’ve come across some amazing stories and fantastic headlines in back copies of PJ (Production Journal). My browse through the back [...]

Now in their third year, the annual Stationers’ Innovation Excellence Awards, provide an opportunity to promote the key role that the Communications and Content industries play in the UK economy. The awards invite organisations to demonstrate best practice in product design, services, campaigns or business process development, highlighting the industries’ outstanding innovation and creativity. Entries are [...]

The Daily Mail was awarded newspaper of the year for the fourth time in 11 years at the London Press Club Awards lunch which took place on Tuesday 5 April at the Corinthia Hotel. The judges praised the Daily Mail’s ‘vigorous campaigns’ and ‘star-studded roster of columnists’ and said the paper was ‘not to be missed’. They also praised its [...]