The Wakefield Express and its sister papers are set to suffer three days of industrial action over pay with National Union of Journalists members voting to strike on Wednesday and Thursday March 27 and 28, and on Tuesday April 2.
Johnston Press
- Head Office: 108 Holyrood Road, Edinburgh, EH8 8AS
- Website: www.johnstonpress.co.uk
Johnston Press was one of the biggest publishers in the UK regional press with 300 weekly newspapers and 18 daily titles.
Growing from a small base in Scotland it expanded rapidly during the 1990s amd 2000s buying up a series of daily titles including The Scotsman, The Yorkshire Post, the Sunderland Echo and The News, Portsmouth.
Its portfolio eventually grew to around 200 regional and local newspapers and associated websites.
The company went into administration in 2018 but swiftly re-emerged as a new business, JPIMedia, which continued the old JP’s publishing activities.
More information can be found on the company’s website at www.johnstonpress.co.uk.
What we have written about Johnston Press
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
Anniversary plans for paper
The Wakefield Express is planning a number of special events to mark its 150th anniversary next month. Staff are busy producing special supplements to be included in the paper, such as an insight into how the paper is produced, a
Book will chronicle Hale investigation
The seven-year saga of a journalist’s bid to bring justice for Stephen Downing will be chronicled in a new book to be launched next month. The story Town Without Pity follows award-winning journalist Don Hale’s success in securing a court
Circulation boost ousts freebies
The Belper News has seen the end of an era, with the Derbyshire weekly no longer giving away free copies. Some villages had received complimentary copies of the paper since the early 1970s and the cover price of 22p elsewhere
Standard online is "Bostonnow"
The Boston Standard’s website, launched only a few months ago, has undergone a revamp to boost its appeal to the worldwide audience. The Lincolnshire newspaper’s original website was to transmit news and sports stories to people in Boston, its surrounding
Johnston buys another weekly
Glasgow East News has been added to the Johnston Press portfolio. The free paper is distributed in the east of Glasgow and will form part of Johnston (Falkirk) Ltd. The acquisition comes a week after four paid-for weeklies in Lincolnshire
Magazine focus after newspapers sale
Morton’s of Horncastle has confirmed the way forward for the company will be in magazines, following the sale of its newspaper division to Johnston Press. A statement from the company, following the sale of Lincolnshire Independent Newspapers, said the newspapers
Johnston snaps up Lincolnshire titles
Johnston Press has increased its portfolio in the East Midlands with the purchase of four weekly titles from Mortons Media. The titles include the Horncastle News series, the Louth Leader series, the Skegness News and the Market Rasen Mail. All
Johnston revenues growing
Revenues are growing at Johnston Press, despite a national advertising slump. Circulation of the group’s weekly newspapers remains stable but the nine evening titles are currently showing small declines in a tough period for the industry as a whole. But
News in brief
Johnston Press has announced the purchase of Days Out UK, a travel database and guidebook publishing company.Since its creation five years ago, Days Out has built a database of UK visitor attractions and special events which will now complement Johnston’s
New MD at Derbyshire papers
Johnston Press has appointed its youngest managing director to head operations in North Derbyshire. Nick Mills has taken on the role at Wilfred Edmunds Ltd, which includes the Derbyshire Times, Matlock Mercury and Buxton Advertiser. Nick, (31), has worked for
Disability guide an annual success
A magazine to highlight information that disabled people might need has become an annual publication after being launched by the Eastbourne Herald & Gazette. The only guides available to people with a disability were various old borough council pamphlets. But
Delay to proposed papers purchase
Johnston Press and Trinity Mirror will ask the Government for permission to transfer eight weekly newspaper titles between them. Johnston is ready to pay more than £16m for the Peterborough Herald & Post, the Northampton Herald & Post, the Derby
Big changes for Lincolnshire weeklies
The face of weekly newspapers in Lincolnshire is changing, with the launch of a new free weekly newspaper. Welland Valley Newspapers, part of Johnston Press, has launched the Citizen, which will be distributed in Louth, Skegness, Boston and Sleaford to
Lynn News denies asbestos charges
The Lynn News has denied three charges of failing to ensure the health and safety of its staff and other people working at its offices in King’s Lynn. Anglia Newspapers pleaded not guilty to three charges each relating to the