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Newsquest

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.

What we have written about Newsquest

New Sunday Herald editor named

Sunday Herald deputy editor Richard Walker is to succeed Andrew Jaspan as editor of the Glasgow-based newspaper. The 49-year-old, who has been at the paper since it launched in 1999, will take over in October when Andrew leaves to take

New editor for Yorkshire title

Chris Buxton has been appointed as the new editor of the Gazette & Herald in Yorkshire. Currently assistant editor at the Evening Press in York, Chris will take over from Bob McMillan who will retire from the Gazette & Herald

Bolton boxer's success boosts Evening News sales

The Olympic success of boxer Amir Khan has provided the Bolton Evening News with its own success story – with its coverage of the local boy’s rise to glory resulting in year on year sales increases of more than five

Weekly editor packs his bags to take up new challenge

Wiltshire Times editor Toby Granville is leaving the paper to become assistant editor at the Oxford Mail. He has been in his current job for two years and will replace Peter Unsworth, who retired in July. Before moving to Wiltshire,

From work experience to editor in six years

Wiltshire Times news editor Holly Robinson is to take on her first editorship just six years after joining the paper on work experience. Holly, (pictured), has been appointed editor of the two-edition Bridport & Lyme Regis News and will join

'Mixed feelings' as editor looks to new role in Australia

Sunday Herald editor Andrew Jaspan is to become editor-in-chief of the Melbourne Age. Andrew, (51), is to make the move after being headhunted by owners Fairfax, and is expected to take up his role in the Autumn. But although he

Times helps sports charity get on the move

The Harrow Times has helped a local sports charity get on the move with a donation of £1,000. Harrow Special Olympics, for people with learning disbilities, will use the cash from the weekly newspaper to fund travelling costs for its

'Story lifting' row is resolved by editors

The editor of a weekly newspaper has threatened his rival with legal action after stories and quotes were lifted word for word from his publication. The row blew up after the Somerset Standard, owned by Northcliffe Newspapers, set up a

Mail bids farewell to retiring assistant editor

Staff at the Oxford Mail have bid a fond farewell to retiring assistant editor Peter Unsworth at a party attended by more than 100 colleagues and the Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire. The popular Yorkshireman served Westminster Press and Newsquest for

Echo staff go on the run

A 40-strong team of women from the Southern Daily Echo are gearing up for a 5km run to raise money for Cancer Research UK. Staff from several departments at the newspaper will join 10,000 other women in the Race for

Newsroom quintet completes Race for Life

Five journalists from the Warrington Guardian in Cheshire were among hundreds of women who ran in the Race For Life to raise cash for Cancer Research UK. Deputy editor Nicola Priest, sub-editor Melanie Moore, features sub-editor Michelle Corbett, reporter Jenni

News in brief

The regional press increased advertising revenue by 7.2 per cent in the first quarter of 2004, against total growth of 4.8 per cent across all media, according to figures from The Newspaper Society. This made it the fastest growing major

Life-saving editor visits paper that launched appeal

An American editor who saved a girl’s life with a transatlantic bone marrow transplant has paid his first visit to Britain as the special guest of her family – and called in on the York paper which set the ball

'Haunted' Chronicle on the move after 200 years

Staff at the Hampshire Chronicle are to move to new offices later this year. Editorial, advertising, newspaper sales and marketing staff at the Winchester paper will move to a new building with improved facilities in the autumn. But there is

Tindle profits up more than20 per cent

The success story at Tindle Newspapers has continued with pre-tax profits for the year up more than £1m, to £6.4m – an increase of almost 21 per cent. The rate of growth doubled in the second six months of the

News in brief

Archant South West chief photographer Simon Horn has been awarded the Licentiateship of the Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain after submitting his work.Simon said: “The portfolio took around three years to put together and contained photographs chosen to demonstrate