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THE News Media Association (NMA) has said that the Government’s consultation on the BBC Charter Review is a good starting point for looking at how the BBC’s activities impact upon independent commercial media. Published by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport on 16 July, the Green Paper says that the Government will look at [...]
HELEN Esmonde has been elected Master of the Stationers’ Company. She is the first woman to hold the position in the livery company’s 612 year history. A profile of Helen and her aspirations for the coming 12 months is in the July August issue of PJ magazine. To subscribe to PJ magazine click here.
PJ's Caryl Holland talks to New UK's commercial director of operations Tracey Hart about the company's philosophy and why she believes that collaborative working is the way forward. The full two-page feature is in the July August issue of PJ magazine. To subscribe to PJ magazine, click here.
Express Newspapers’ titles have moved from Broughton Printers to Sheffield Web. Full story in 20-page printed PJ that is packed with news and features that provide a unique insight into your industry’s past, present and future. To subscibe, click here
Archant's Kent Life has been named Kent Magazine of the Year at the first-ever Kent Press and Broadcast Awards. Editor Sarah Sturt was presented with the award by Bryn Price of category sponsor Safer Kent. Sarah said: “I am so delighted Kent Life has been awarded Kent Magazine of the Year in the Kent Press & Broadcast Awards. I would like [...]
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 [...]
