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BT Awards website launched

A new website dedicated to the BT Media Awards has today been launched by the publishers of www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk. Managed by Northcliffe Electronic Publishing (Midlands), the site has been published on behalf of BT. www.bt.com/mediacentre/awards allows local and regional journalists, broadcasters

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Happy Birthday HoldtheFrontPage

HoldtheFrontPage is five years old today. From being the new kid on the block back in 2000, this website has grown to become a major player in bringing news and job opportunities to journalists in the regional press. During that

Wider role for NEP editor

Keith Perch has been appointed to the joint role of managing director and editor of Northcliffe Electronic Publishing. Keith, who is already editor at NEP, will take up his new position on March 1, succeeding Richard Karn who is leaving

Top table at Derby iscomplete

Derby Evening Telegraph editor Mike Norton has put his senior editorial team into place. Andy Wright, who has been acting assistant editor since October, has been permanently appointed to the post. Mick Hill, the acting news editor for the same

White smoke at Derby

Mike Norton has been appointed as editor of the Derby Evening Telegraph. He has been acting editor since September when Keith Perch left to take up a new post as regional director of Northcliffe Electronic Publishing (Midlands). Mike joined the

New role shows Northcliffe's commitment to new media

Keith Perch, editor of the Derby Evening Telegraph, has been promoted to become the Regional New Media Director for the Midlands area for Northcliffe Electronic Publishing. In his new role, which he takes up at the start of October, he

Adoption website launched

The Derby Evening Telegraph is taking a major role in a drive to find adoptive parents for children in care. The newspaper, in partnership with Derbyshire County Council, has launched a new website aimed at speeding up the adoption process.

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Why I don’t fear for the future of local newspapers By Keith Perch Fifteen years ago, when I was News Editor at the Derby Evening Telegraph, there was not a single computer in the editorial department. Today, there are more

'Internet will not kill local newspapers'

Internet ‘will not kill local papers’ The Internet would be the saviour rather than the destroyer of local newspapers, Derby Evening Telegraph editor Keith Perch told newspapers executives from across the UK. “The Internet will not kill local newspapers –

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