Regional newspaper publisher Archant has appointed Jonathan Hustler to their board as executive director.
The 52-year-old has been managing director of Archant Life, their regional magazine business, since it was set up in 2001.

A student photographer has produced a 2008 calendar of pictures of local priests. Calendarium Loidensis by Matthew Lloyd, who is studying at Sheffield College, features 12 priests from the Diocese of Leeds.
It has been produced to encourage more people into the priesthood.

Vincent Boni, managing director of Newsquest Somerset, won one of the company's top awards. Vincent took the 2007 Excellence Award for Managing Directors and Publishers, beating competition from across Newsquest's nationwide divisions.

New developments in libel law will be on the agenda at the annual IBC Defamation Conference. It will be chaired by Hugh Tomlinson QC, of Matrix Chambers, and will look at no win, no fee agreements and internet defamation such as liability for blogs.

Santa Claus kept the kids of south Wales enchanted by broadcasting live on the internet. In the run up to the big day, Father Christmas let children know what he was up to via the South Wales Argus' website.

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