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Tindle Newspapers has announced the launch of the London Weekly News and the simultaneous ‘resuscitation’ of three old titles. They are the Westminster and Pimlico News (first established l857), theKensington News (1869) and the Chelsea News (l857). All the resuscitated titles appear inside the London Weekly News, which will cover the centre of the capital and which will in part be aimed at the [...]
Archant has announced the resignation of Archant East MD Miller Hogg to ‘pursue his dream to do something new outside of the company’. Making the announcement, Archant chief executive, Jeff Henry, said: “Miller has had aspirations to work alongside his wife Carole in their own venture for some time. He recently approached me about his future indicating he felt the [...]
Publishers and press organisations have written to Simon Hughes,Minister for Justice and Civil Liberties, explaining the critical need for a journalistic exemption from draft European data protection regulations. The letter, signed by News UK, Telegraph Media Group, The Guardian, Associated Newspapers, News Media Association, Society of Editors, Professional Publishers Association, and the Media Lawyers Association says that without an exemption [...]
BROADCASTING legend Sir Terry Wogan is pictured with Herts Ad editor Matt Adams at the recent inaugural St Albans Literary Festival. Sir Terry presented an evening of entertainment at the event, which was initiated by Mr Adams who held journalism workshops over the four days of the festival. "It is remarkable to think that such [...]
THE Printing Charity is to provide eight safety training bursaries to UK freelancers who work in print or online as journalists or photographers. The bursaries will be distributed through the Rory Peck Training Fund, which was established in 2000 to make essential hostile environment training affordable for freelance journalists. Since its establishment, the fund has provided hundreds of bursaries to freelancers around [...]
UPM introduces a new profit improvement target of EUR 150 million – UPM Paper ENAplans to reduce 800,000 tonnes of publication paper capacity in 2015, including the closure of PM1 at Shotton Paper. UPM is introducing a new profit improvement target with an annualised impact of EUR 150 million by the end of 2015. The target includes [...]
Bradford’s daily newspaper is to cease being printed in the city it serves with operations transferred to more modern facilities elsewhere. The Telegraph & Argus will now be printed at Trinity Mirror’s presses in Chadderton, Oldham, with staff at the existing presses told they will have to relocate. The move will also see sister title The Press, [...]
The News Media Association (NMA), the united voice of the £6 billion national, regional and local news media sector in the UK, launches today (Monday 10 November). NMA chairman and former Newspaper Society (NS) president Adrian Jeakings (pictured below) said: “Free speech and independent news are the building blocks of a healthy democracy. Newspapers embody this by holding the powerful [...]
The Scotsman, Scotland on Sunday and Edinburgh Evening News are to merge operations by March next year. Publisher Johnston Press has said that the operational merger of the titles mimics the successfully implemented model at Leeds-based titles the Yorkshire Post and Yorkshire Evening Post. The three titles will still retain their separate identities in print. Ian Stewart, editor of the Scotsman and Scotland on [...]
ADVERTISING expenditure in newsbrands is set to return to full growth, according to figures published this week by the Advertising Association (AA)/Warc. An overall rise of one per cent in national newsbrands in 2015 will be fuelled by strong growth in digital ad spend, forecast to grow by 22.8 per cent next year. The report also forecasts a [...]
