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New marketing and sales director announced for The Times and The Sunday Times
News UK has announced today that Catherine Newman will be joining the company on August 3 as marketing & sales director for The Times and The Sunday Times. Catherine will be based in The News Building in [...]
Irish edition of The Times triumphs
In the Irish High Court this week,News UK and Ireland were successful in resisting The Irish Times’ application for an injunction to prevent the launch of an Irish edition of The Times. The High Court in Dublin refused [...]
Martin Hunt set to retire from Harmsworth Quays Printing
Harmsworth Quays printing group technical director Martin Hunt is retiring at the end of September. “After 14 years of service with the Company, Martin has made the decision to retire this year. He will be [...]
Devon double as Archant colleagues take top honours
It was a Devon double as Archant newspaper the North Devon Gazette and Devon Life columnist Mary Quicke took top honours at the South West Media Awards held at Somerset County Cricket club in Taunton. Ms Quicke from was named Columnist of the [...]
Archant Bride launches engaging new website
Archant Bride has a new-look website in support of its regional magazines and events, providing brides and grooms-to-be with inspiration, planning tools and access to the Bride wedding titles, shows and fairs. Engaged couples increasingly head [...]
Pearson sells FT to Japanese publisher Nikkei for $1.3 billion
Pearson announced today that it will sell the FT Group to Japanese publisher Nikkei Inc. for 844 million pounds (US$ 1.3 billion), bringing together two seemingly strong financial news companies from Europe and Asia. The sale does not [...]
NMA: Green Paper is ‘good starting point’ for looking at BBC’s impact upon independent media
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 [...]
Helen Esmonde elected Master of the Stationers’ Company
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 [...]
Different thinking in brand delivery
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 [...]
Express titles roll off JP’s Dinnington presses
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 [...]
Kent Life named Magazine of the Year
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 [...]
Archant staff show hearts of gold
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 [...]
