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In October’s PJ
In this month’s PJ - our second preview on the World Publishing Expo, taking place 13-15 October in Amsterdam. Caryl Holland reports from Northern Ireland on the award-winning success of specialist contract printer Interpress. How does the newspaper [...]
Agfa Graphics launches Advantage platesetter for high-volume newspaper printers
Agfa Graphics has introduced a new high-speed platesetter for the high-volume newspaper market. The Advantage N-TR HS (Trolley Load, High-Speed) runs at speeds up to 350 plates per hour. Thanks to the increased speed, the [...]
AX News wins Newspaper of the Year with help from Lincoln School of Journalism
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 [...]
Newspaper publishers across Europe have launched a campaign aimed at protecting press freedom
ENPA, which represents publishers of newspapers and news media in Europe - including our own newspapers ion the UK - has published a document, "10 action points", which underlines the major issues likely to affect newspapers, in [...]
Pay increase for all Tindle staff
Local newspaper publisher Sir Ray Tindle has announced a £500 across the board pay rise for all full-time members of staff. The Tindle Group, which publishes more than 200 local titles, announced the salary increase [...]
David Cameron praises ‘vital role’ of campaigning local press
David Cameron has praised the “vital role” local press plays in society through campaigning for change and holding politicians to account. Lending his backing to the Birmingham Mail’s Pride of Birmingham Awards this week, the Prime Minister highlighted the [...]
Guardian launches online hub for Direct Line
Guardian commercial team Guardian Labs and Direct Line are launching an online hub called Fixology which offers advice on everyday problems. Running for four months, branded content is hosted on the Fixology microsite linked to www.theguardian.com where experts offer advice on motors, [...]
Oxford Mail Republishes Courts Round Up Following Google Search Removal
The Oxford Mail has republished a courts round up from three years ago after the article was removed from Google search results following a so-called right to be forgotten request. The daily Newsquest title republished its Scales of [...]
Raymond Blanc helps magazine launch search for exciting gardening ideas
Archant Specialist’s The English Garden magazine has launched a Future Fund to encourage exciting new ideas to set the gardening world alight, with the help of a generous reader and celebrity chef Raymond Blanc. [...]
Facebook aims for better news feeds
Facebook has announced its latest tweaks to the algorithm determining what people see in their news feeds, with topical news and timely posts the focus. Facebook engineers Erich Owens and David Vickrey announced the changes [...]
Independent Press Standards Organisation launches
THE Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO) launched this week with a re-launched website and a promise to be "rigorous, independent, fair and transparent", reports the Newspaper Society. The new press regulator will oversee editorial standards for the majority of national, [...]
2014 Guide UK and Irish Newspaper Contract Printers
Just published: the 2014 Guide UK and Irish Newspaper Contract Printers - only available with a subscription to Production Journal, the industry’s monthly review of newspaper and news media technology. Not received your own copy of printed PJ? then [...]
