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Growth across the board for The Times and The Sunday Times
Growth across the board for The Times and The Sunday Times Times Newspapers Ltd posts operating profit of £1.7m for year ended 30 June 2014, its first since 2001 Total membership across both titles over [...]
MPs call for inquiry into local newspapers after closures
A group of MPs have backed a call by the National Union of Journalists for an inquiry into the future of local newspapers. They have signed an early day motion put down by Gareth Thomas, Labour member [...]
Tindle Newspapers launches London title and revives another three
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 [...]
Archant announces resignation of Archant East MD Miller Hogg
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 [...]
Publishers write to Simon Hughes over data protection concerns
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, [...]
Terry Wogan guests at St Albans literary festival
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 [...]
The Printing Charity to fund training bursaries
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 [...]
UPM consults on closing one of Shotton Paper’s newsprint machines, as company seeks profit improvement and reduction of capacity by 800,000 tonnes in 2015
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 [...]
Telegraph & Argus moves print
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 [...]
New voice for news media industry as NS and NPA merge today
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) [...]
Operational merger for Scotsman Publications
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. [...]
Advertising Association forecasts return to growth for newsbrands
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 [...]
