The National Union of Journalists issued a statement to deplore Monday’s demonstration by British National Party members outside its London office, saying: “The union condemns all attempts by the BNP to harass and intimidate journalists and anybody else.”
The BNP said it was protesting at “anti-white bias” in the press.

Results from the latest Association of Online Publishers’ membership survey, the AOP Census, show that 82 per cent of online publishers already charge for online content or plan to charge in the next 12 months.
Display advertising remains the most important source for members, but the next most important source is now paid-for content at 13 per cent.

The latest developments in the newspaper industry, from new designs and formats to best practices for gaining circulation, are to be examined in a new series of reports by the Shaping the Future of the Newspaper project of the World Association of Newspapers.
The five reports, to be released between now and June, are the product of year-long research by the SFN team.

Claire Mitchell has been appointed to the role of regional events manager for the Newcastle Chronicle and Journal and Gazette Media Company.
She has events and sponsorship sales experience, having worked on a number of corporate and sporting events including the 2001 British Lions Tour in Australia, Leicester Tigers European Cup Final in Paris and the Six Nations International at Twickenham.

Archant Life, part of community media group Archant, has launched a new title to add to its fast growing portfolio of county magazines.Oxfordshire Life joins the 14 existing titles, which stretch from Sussex and Devon Life to Cotswold and Cheshire Life.

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