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The Communities Department has written to seven local authorities requesting that their publications comply with the publicity code which seeks to rein in aggressive council newspapers. The letter, from Under Secretary of State Kris Hopkins, went to the London boroughs of Enfield, Hillingdon, and Lambeth, as well as Luton, Medway and Mid Devon and North Somerset councils. [...]
Carpet and flooring retailer Carpetright has used 1Local, the regional press package for national advertisers, for the first time. Planned by Mediacom, ads have been run in all 71 daily regional titles across the UK. The booking follows a meeting with the NS earlier this year at which NS head of marketing Justin Fenton briefed Carpetright marketing director Helen [...]
Trinity Mirror Midlands has announced it is planning to introduce Newsroom 3.1 – the new editorial structure supporting a digital-first publishing process – by the end of September. It follows the successful introduction of the model in Newcastle, Teesside and Cardiff in recent months. David Brookes, Midlands’ dditor-in-chief, said the changes to the Birmingham and Coventry newsrooms would [...]
Archant, the leading independent regional media business, announced today [21 August 2014] the appointment of Jeff Henry as its new chief executive. He will join the business on September 1, 2014. “We are delighted that Jeff, with his breadth of experience and expertise across the world of multi-media and content and his outstanding commercial track [...]
Regional publishing groups have helped set in stone a new apprenticeship standard to help non-graduates get into journalism. Archant, Johnston Press, the KM Group and Newsquest are among publishers who have developed the scheme as part of the government’s ‘trailblazer’ apprenticeship programme. The journalism employers have been working with the National Council for the Training of Journalists to develop a higher level [...]
And more success for Cowley Chronicle team The February 2014 edition of the Ax News, the newspaper of the Axholme Academy, Crowle, North Lincolnshire, produced in partnership with the Lincoln School of Journalism and printed by Mortons of Horncastle, scooped the secondary school honour and received special praise from judge, author Anthony Horowitz. First News [...]
NCTJ examiners have been “reaching for the record books” following the 72 per cent pass rate in the most recent National Qualification in Journalism (NQJ). Sixty-nine candidates sat the exams on Friday, 4 July at nine centres across the UK. A total of 50 candidates were successful and achieved senior reporter status – the best result in [...]
A bigger and brighter Cambridge News will hit the streets in September. The daily title is being revamped with a vibrant new look and new sections covering sport, business, entertainment and lifestyle. There will also be a greater opportunity for readers to get involved, contributing content and debating the issues that matter to them. As [...]
Business coverage at Archant Norfolk is entering a new era as as Ben Woods takes the helm as business editor following a promotion. The award-winning journalist will oversee the day-to-day running of the business team and business related news and coverage across all platforms including the Eastern Daily Press in print, online and social media. The 27-year-old UEA graduate first joined Archant [...]
Trinity Mirror has partnered with White Label Dating to launch Mirror Matches, a new online dating site. The publisher will capitalise on its new online dating site by promoting it to its extensive group-wide digital audience of over 65 million monthly users, as well as throughout its portfolio of national and regional newspaper titles. Mirror Matches [...]
