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Internet director of the Tindle Newspapers Group, Rob Fogwill, has been appointed technical support manager for the Adfast digital artwork transmission system. He will head up the sales and support team from July 2. He will provide upload and download
Northcliffe Electronic Publishing has selected a tool called Autonomy to enhance the ‘This Is…’ regional community portals. Autonomy enables visitors to the sites to navigate their way around by automatically prompting news and stories similar or relevant to the one
Veteran Derby journalist Jim Brennan has his finger on the political pulse and will share a compilation of news and views through his new web venture, Fairplay UK. The online newsletter is a sideways look at UK politics, the first
The onset of summer – and an impending General Election – has prompted the launch and development of several new websites from Northcliffe Electronic Publishing in the Midlands. Four new NEP sites will carry all the local election news from
Derbyshire County Council’s website www.derbyshire.gov.uk, published by the NEP Midlands team, is one of the top 20 council sites in the country. More than 440 sites were examined by the Society of Information Technology Management as part of its third
The Peterborough Evening Telegraph’s online election companion is growing by the day. It is at peterboroughnow.co.uk and offers a wealth of information about the local and national elections. It offers: information on Peterborough’s prospective candidates including biographies, email addresses, explanations
The South Wales Argus has taken the General Election campaign online. The paper’s recently-launched thisisgwent website has a special election section featuring full details of the six constituencies in the Argus circulation area, candidate profiles and results from previous Westminster
Fans of British soul sensation Craig David will be able to keep up to date with his latest moves following the launch of a new website from the Southampton Daily Echo. ThisIsSouthampton has unveiled the new site dedicated to local
Key figures from the world of digital information will be sharing their knowledge at a major newspaper conference. The Newspaper Society’s New Media Conference is aimed at people involved in the development of electronic media and e-commerce in the regional
A Huddersfield paper is hoping to bring people closer together through the Internet. A number of new features are being introduced to the Huddersfield Examiner’s web site, ichuddersfield.co.uk, to increase communication between readers. Users can now access a chat room,
An increase in the page-count for the online version of the Shropshire Star has coincided with an increase in the information available to readers. Page impressions have gone up from 528,000 in February to 667,000 in March, the latest figures
Two new websites have been added to the Manchester Online network run by Guardian Media Group. Stockportexpress.co.uk and Rochdaleobserver.co.uk offer news and sport headlines with content being sourced daily from the newspapers. The sites also provide users with access to
Manchester Online is getting its own dedicated foot and mouth section. The web site, run by the Manchester Evening News, is aiming to become the region’s definitive source of information on the crisis. The new section will tell users which
Northcliffe Electronic Publishing has launched what is believed to be the world’s first daily updated site aimed at fans of ‘Bollywood’ movies – produced from the talent of Bombay’s Hollywood. Content for www.thisisbollywood.co.uk is being supplied by Kash Sahota, of
Schoolsnet.com is syndicating its online content to the 305 regional newspapers owned by Newsquest, one of Schoolsnet’s investors. The site was founded by former Sunday Times news editor Greg Hadfield and former Sunday Telegraph education correspondent Joe Saumarez Smith. Editors
The Northern Echo has landed an online scoop by getting former Northern Ireland Secretary Peter Mandelson to launch an Internet initiative. New media editor Sarah Andrews persuaded Mr Mandelson to launch ‘The Interview-e’ and put himself foward to tackle questions