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Johnston Press

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

Talks to soften jobs blow

Talks are under way with more than 40 newspaper staff who are set to lose their jobs at the Lincolnshire Standard Group. LSG was bought by Johnston Publishing earlier this year and the staff cuts are being explained as a

Race to own RIM?

A race to acquire titles at Regional Independent Media is under way after Johnston Press revealed it was asking the Government’s permission to make a bid for RIM’s seven daily titles and 40 weeklies. The revelation came after Gannett UK

"Terrific response" in search for new Whitby editor

Interviews for a new editor of the Whitby Gazette are currently taking place. David Penman, editorial director of Johnston Press’s Yorkshire Regional Newspapers, said there had been “a terrific response” to advertisements for a successor to Phil Pledger. Applications had

Editors change places

Two South Yorkshire editors have swapped jobs. Martin Edmunds has been appointed editor of the Doncaster Advertiser, replacing Linda Waslidge, who has taken over from him at the Mexborough-based South Yorkshire Times. Both titles are owned by Johnston Press’s South

NUJ delighted by Bradford vote

Journalists at the Bradford Telegraph & Argus have votedoverwhelmingly in favour of union rights in the first ballot to be heldin anticipation of new workplace laws which come in to effect next week. Some 86% of journalists at the Newsquest-owned

Increased profits for Southnews

Southnews Plc, the London-based regional newspaper publisher, has announcedincreased pre-tax profits of £12.9 million for the year ending March 31 – up 8% year-on-year. A company statement said that most of the increased revenue came in the second half of

New titles for Johnston

Leading UK regional newspaper group Johnston Press has agreed to buy 14 new titles for £16.5m – subject to approval from the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry. Johnston, which is currently the 4th largest publisher of local and

New post created by Johnston Press

A former managing director of Express Newspapers has been appointed to a newly-created post of Group Managing Director – Publishing, with Johnston Press. The appointment of Nicholas Rudd-Jones, (40), follows a rapid expansion of Johnston’s traditional publishing and new media

Booth to edit Peterborough title

Bristol Evening Post No 2 Kevin Booth (pictured) has been named editor of the Peterborough Evening Telegraph. Mr Booth (42) succeeds Mike Gilson, who has moved to The News, Portsmouth. He will leave Bristol on June 2 and take up

Call for reform of ownership laws

The long-term health of the regional press will be in jeopardy unless newspaper ownership laws are reformed, industry chief executives were told at the Newspaper Society’s Senior Management Forum in London. Tim Bowdler, chief executive of Johnston Press plc and

New media and the regional press

Speakers from the regional press will focus on new media during the two-day Newspaper Society Senior Management Forum which starts tomorrow. The event takes place at The Waldorf, London, and coincides with the 2000 Newspaper Awards – the only awards

Increased profits for Johnston

Johnston Press, the fourth-largest regional newspaper publisher in the UK,has announced increased profits of £49.8 million for 1999. Its end of year report also highlighted the group’s acquisition strategy. Thetakeover of Portsmouth & Sunderland Newspapers had been successful, it said,while

Winners applauded

Regional newspapers were honoured for sales increases at the Newspaper Society’s Newspaper Sales and Promotions Conference and Exhibition. The Peterborough Evening Telegraph won the Bristol Evening Post & Press Award for Best Evening Newspaper, and the Johnston Press Award for

Court ruling "shows contempt for the public"

The Lancashire Evening Post has slammed magistrates who ruled that the paper could not publish specific details about a boy made the subject of an anti-social behaviour order. The Johnston Press-owned newspaper successfully overturned a court order which would have