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Oakley: Time has run out for regional dailies
Former editor in ‘Del Boy’ jibe at Highfield
SoE to stage special conference on regional press
Industry’s problems self-inflicted, Oakley will tell gathering
Oakley hits out at industry over Fish4 debacle
Big city dailies will be ‘first in the cemetery’ says former editor
New book focuses on future of local media
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Forth Independent buys East Kilbride Mail
Forth Independent Newspapers Ltd, publishers of the Wee County News, has bought the East Kilbride Mail for an undisclosed sum. The free weekly was launched a year ago by businessmen Steve McLaughlin, former circulation director of the Daily Record, and
New launch sees East Kilbride get its second weekly
The first issue of the East Kilbride Mail has hit the streets – just three weeks after staff set to work on the new title. The paid-for weekly, which will rival Trinity Mirror’s East Kilbride News, is set to be
Johnston secures three more papers
Three Scottish newspapers are to be transferred to Johnston Press after the Government gave permission for Regional Independent Media to hand them over. The papers are Stornaway Gazette & West Coast Advertiser, The Galloway Gazette & Stranraer News, and the
Johnston plans to buy RIM in £560m deal
Johnston Press is planning to buy Regional Independent Media for £560m. Johnston, the UK’s fourth-largest regional newspaper group, is launching a £220m rights issue of shares in connection with the deal. The deal is agreed and has already been approved
RIM to further cut costs
Page 1 of 2 Further savings are to be targeted by Regional Independent Media to offset the impact of the foot and mouth epidemic on the economy. The company, which publishes the Yorkshire Post and Sheffield Star, saw turnover in
Profits up at regional newspaper group
Regional Independent Media appears to have found an answer to the economic downturn, with an announcement of increased operating profits for 2001. Operating profit for the company as a whole increased by eight per cent to £44.1m and turnover by