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£750,000 award to workers dismissed by Kent newsprint firm
Nearly 100 workers, who worked at Aylesford Newsprint in Kent, have been awarded about £750,000 for being dismissed without consultation, Unite, the country’s largest union, has announced. However, because the Larkfield-based company went into administration early last year, [...]
Kodak in talks to sell Prosper enterprise inkjet business
Eastman Kodak Company (NYSE: KODK) has announced strategic decisions related to its Enterprise Inkjet and silver metal mesh touch sensor businesses, following in-depth management reviews of these business operations and discussions with customers, partners and [...]
Trinity Mirror’s regional websites increase traffic by 40 per cent year on year
Trinity Mirror’s network of regional websites averaged 1.9m daily unique browsers in the last six months of 2015, a 40.1% year-on-year surge. The Manchester Evening News, the UK’s most popular regional news website, increased its daily [...]
Trinity Mirror news app wins six-figure backing from Google
Trinity Mirror’s Perspecs news app has been awarded a six-figure sum of funding from the Google Digital News Initiative (DNI), one of only two large projects in the UK to have won investment. The DNI is a collaboration between Google and [...]
First new national daily newspaper for 30 years launched
After all the rumours, Trinity Mirror has announced that the first standalone national daily newspaper for 30 years is being launched in the UK. The new title, called The New Day, will be available from Monday 29 [...]
The Times and The Sunday Times launch international digital edition
The Times and The Sunday Times have launched The Times of London Weekly, an international digital app that provides news-hungry readers with a world view from London. The new app will pull together the most distinctive [...]
Johnston Press plus i: a powerful combination
Here JP’s summary of the proposal: JP proposes to acquire i for £24m* at a 4.6x multiple of its 2015 full year profit of £5.2m Key benefits: ● Greater reach: The combination creates UK’s 4th [...]
Trinity Mirror launches three sides to a story news aggregating app
Trinity Mirror has launched a mobile news aggregation app, giving users access to different sides of the same story. ‘Perspecs’ presents three sides to a news story, allowing users to switch between different news sources presenting [...]
JP confirms talks to buy i newspaper
Johnston Press has this morning confirmed media speculation that it is in negotiations to buy the i newspaper from Indpendent Print Limited. In a statement JP said: “The Board of Johnston Press plc notes the recent media speculation and [...]
The Print Futures Awards are open for entries
Sponsors of the Print Futures Awards are calling for entries to the 2016 awards. The Awards are sponsored by The Printing Charity, the British Printing Industries Federation (BPIF), SAXOPRINT, St Bride Foundation, John Crosfield Foundation, Unite the Union GPM & IT [...]
UK advertising expenditure forecast 2016-18
Enders Analysis released this research Today: The years 2014 and 2015 have seen outstanding real growth of 13% in display advertising spend. Although we cannot rule out a recessionary downturn, we project further 11% growth during [...]
Angus McBride appointed General Counsel at News UK
Angus McBride has been appointed as General Counsel, News UK, and will oversee all legal activity and compliance for the business that publishes The Times, The Sunday Times, The Sun, The Sun on Sunday and the [...]
