Journalists’ jobs under threat in planned shake-up of editorial department
Newsquest
- Head Office: 58 Church Street, Weybridge, Surrey, KT13 8DP
- Website: www.newsquest.co.uk
Owned by US-based publisher Gannett, Newsquest is one of the UK’s largest publishers of local and regional newspapers with more than 300 titles.
Its major UK publishing centres include York and Glasgow and it employs more than 8,000 staff.
A relatively young company, Newsquest was born in 1995 from Reed Regional Newspapers and has since acquired long-established publisher Westminster Press.
More information can be found on the company’s website at www.newsquest.co.uk.
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Two new faces at the top for Newsquest in the north-west
Two new publishers have been appointed at Newsquest centres in the North West of England. Derek King, (left), is the new publisher at Newsquest (Merseyside) while Nuala O’Rourke takes up the same role at Messenger Newspapers in Cheshire. Both positions
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Former Cumberland News journalist John Aglionby is to visit Carlisle tomorrow to talk about his experiences in South-East Asia after the tsunami struck on Boxing Day. Now a correspondent for The Guardian, he will be giving a talk at a
New MD for south coast publishing company
John Banks has been appointed regional managing director of Newsquest (Hampshire). Previously holding the same role in Newsquest’s South West region, his new job is based in Southampton. Newsquest (Hampshire) covers publishing centres at Andover, Basingstoke, Salisbury, Southampton and Winchester.
Stround News & Journal gets a new editor
Sue Smith has been named as the new editor of the weekly Stroud News & Journal in Gloucestershire. She succeeds Skip Walker, who moves to the Gloucestershire Gazette as editor from the end of this month, replacing David Cullimore, who
News in brief
Eleanor Underhill has been promoted to managing director of the Warrington-based Guardian Series Newspapers. Currently publisher of the titles – a role she took up in March 2004 – she continues to report to regional MD of the Newsquest-owned titles,
Echo boosts charity support with website presence
The Southern Daily Echo’s website has launched a new initiative devoted to raising awareness of local charities and in-paper campaigns. The section has links from the site’s home page, www.thisissouthampton.co.uk, and provides visitors with news stories and information about their
New digital media boss joins Newsquest
Newsquest Media Group has appointed Roger Green as managing director, Digital Media. Roger Green Previously managing director of Emap Online, he began his new role on September 20 and succeeds Simon Gray who left Newsquest earlier this year. Roger, (52),
ABC figures to be compiled for online editions
Publishers will soon be able to report their digital editions on ABC print certificates under new rules agreed by the ABC Council. The rules, which come into effect from July, mean that the digital editions can be reported on the
Child alert scheme launched on papers' websites
A life-saving scheme to trace abducted children across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight is getting backing from Newsquest’s This is Hampshire website. The website permanently carries information about the Child Rescue Alert scheme. And a Child Rescue Alert button