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Quality under control at Harmsworth Quays
WENDY THATCHER, product manager ay Harmsworth Quays Printing Thurrock, gives PJ an insight into her work looking after the print quality for dmg media newspaper titles. Read her 10pt Talking Point in this month’s PJ [...]
UK news media industry has tech giants in sights
THE EDITOR’S CHAIR: The ‘snail’s pace’ of action to restore balance to the digital ecosystem is a massive threat to publishers, warns Gary Cullum WE have been talking for far too long about the need [...]
Charlotte Dewar named IPSO chief executive
The Independent Press Standards Organisation has announced Charlotte Dewar (pictured) as its new chief executive. Dewar was previously the director of operations at IPSO for five years and has been acting chief executive since Matt Tee’s [...]
Ofcom CEO: Newspaper Industry ‘a bulwark against discrimination’
In a DCMS Select Committee evidence session, the chief executive of Ofcom, Dame Melanie Dawes spoke about the importance of quality journalism and its funding in an era marked by disinformation. She said: "Freedom of [...]
Historic Stratford Herald saved out of administration by Edward Iliffe and Peter Fowler
The future of the historic Stratford Herald has been secured after it was bought out of administration by a new company headed by press owners Edward Iliffe and Peter and Rory Fowler. The 160-year-old title [...]
Stratford Herald saved out of administration by Edward Iliffe, Peter and Rory Fowler
The future of the historic Stratford Herald has been secured after it was bought out of administration by a new company headed by press owners Edward Iliffe and Peter and Rory Fowler. The 160-year-old title [...]
Lords call for ‘rebalancing of power’ to sustain local news
An influential committee has called on the Government to support the local news media sector as the tech platforms leach advertising revenues away from the creators of public interest journalism. In its Digital Technology and [...]
France gives tax credits to news subscribers
French MPs have voted to grant a tax credit to anyone taking out a new subscription to a current affairs newspaper or magazine after the Government argued that the sector was “suffering enormously” from the [...]
Reach unveils plans to transform the business – 550 jobs lost
Reach has today unveiled its plans to accelerate its customer value strategy - the plans will result in 550 lost jobs Here’s the announcement in full: Reach plc, one of the UK's leading commercial national [...]
Working with the new normal
The Editor’s Chair: Pandemic throws up fresh challenges for an industry experienced in change, writes Gary Cullum I’M back working in my office just off the village High Street, less than a stone’s throw from [...]
The million ad file man
The Adfast advertising artwork delivery system reached its landmark 20 year milestone this summer. The News Media’ Association’s Rob Fogwill, the man behind the ground-breaking internet-based scheme, is the subject of this month’s 10pt Talking [...]
The newsawards winners that beat virus lockdown
The judging of the majority of newsawards 2020 categories failed to beat the Covid-19 lockdown in March, but a number of digital and business categories made the cut, as did the two Printer of the [...]