Radio listeners will hear how the Shuttle/Times and News is put together in a week-long series being broadcast on the area’s local BBC radio station this week.
BBC Hereford and Worcester broadcaster Mike Dickins tracked production through from the original news conference through to press day.

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The ‘Monday Sport’ section of The Herald in Glasgow is being relaunched with a new size and increased pagination, offering extensive coverage of every Scottish League game.
It is also to carry reports of the English Premiership as well as all the other sporting action away from football. There will be space for columnists, fans’ comments and sports writers to give their views.

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The US-based Online Publisher’s Association is running a conference from March 1 to 3 in London to offer debate and discussion on key topics including business models for media firms, content creation, and the advertising outlook.
Speakers at OPA ’06: Forum for the Future include Bill Murray from the AOP, Larry Kramer of CBS Digital Media, Reuters’ Tom Glocer and Hindustan Times editor Shekhar Bhatia. More information from online-publishers.org/globalforum.

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People who work in publicity-related businesses in the Bristol area have a new opportunity to network and celebrate their success with the creation of a West of England & South Wales Publicity Association.
More details can be found at
thisisbristol.co.uk/publicity.

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A campaign to thwart walk-in burglars in the Evening Gazette circulation area on Teesside has been hailed a success with police revealing that the number of raids in December had gone down.
Editor Darren Thwaites said: “We’re delighted to have supported this high-profile campaign but we can’t afford to be complacent. We need to keep working together to make life difficult for burglars and thieves.”

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