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THE Editors’ Code of Practice has been revised to reflect the recommendations by Lord Justice Leveson after his inquiry into the press. Changes to the Code include: For the first time, specific reference is made to headlines not supported by the text of the article beneath. The reporting of suicide becomes the subject of a standalone clause, reflecting concerns about the [...]

JOHNSTON Press has announced far-reaching organisational changes to hasten the company’s ongoing strategy of growing engaged audiences and achieving total revenue growth. The leadership structure is being simplified to ensure greater cohesion and operational efficiencies across core functions – editorial and sales – and shift focus away from traditional geographic reporting lines, the company said in [...]

Guest speakers have been announced for the Christmas gathering of UK Pressgang. Ellis Watson is an accomplished and witty conference and after dinner speaker.  He has held senior positions at companies such as Menzies, First Group, Syco and DC Thomson.Ellis talks about how organisational cultures evolve as a result of the quality and diversity of the individuals employed. He is [...]

Trinity Mirror is planning to close its printing plant in Newcastle with the loss of up to 49 jobs, it has been announced today. The plant at Groat Market in the city centre is one of seven TM printing centres across the UK, along with Birmingham, Cardiff, Glasgow, Oldham, Teesside and Watford. All of TM’s [...]

Newsquest Media Group, one of the UK’s leading regional media groups, has announced two new managing director appointments:Tony Portelli will join the company as managing director, South London, and Gary Kendall is appointed as managing director, Berkshire. Tony will join Newsquest in mid January 2016 from Johnston Press, where he has been regional advertising director for [...]

Gary Cullum reflects on 20 years of top industry awards and the re-emergence of print I CAN’T believe I am writing this monthly column while planning the 20th annual Newspaper Awards – now known as newsawards, of course. Where has the time gone? Awards partner Mark Hargreaves and I started planning in 1996 and the first event ran [...]

The Duke, the current president of the charity, was the guest speaker at the event, held at Stationers’ Hall in the City of London. He noted that print's ubiquity sometimes rendered it invisible and thanked the 165 guests at the lunch for raising the profile of print as a whole before raising a toast to [...]

The News Media Association has said the draft Investigatory Powers Bill provides insufficient safeguards for journalism. Commenting on the draft Investigatory Powers Bill which was presented to Parliament on Wednesday (4 November), the News Media Association said: “The Draft Bill provides insufficient safeguards for journalism. The Draft Bill would enshrine sweeping powers affecting all citizens, including journalists and their sources, leaving unchanged [...]

A senior DCMS civil servant has said that the BBC must tread “as lightly as it can” to minimise the impact it has on the commercial sector through its activities. At a Westminster Media Forum seminar entitled ‘The future of the BBC and priorities for Charter renewal’ today, DCMS director of media, international, gambling and creative economy Hugh [...]

The News Media Association has emphasised  that copyright is a “positive force” in the digital economy. Responding to the House of Commons Business, Innovation and Skills Committee Inquiry into the digital economy, the NMA's submission said: “It is all too often overlooked in the debate on the digital economy that copyright is a positive force, facilitating extensive [...]