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How can journalists be sure of getting the right quote from a suitable expert at the right time? Despite having a bulging contacts book, the right specialist may not always be the most obvious. And the number of people setting
A journalists’ union leader has attacked the Government over the “long hours, stress and bullying at work” suffered by its members. National Union of Journalists general secretary Jeremy Dear told the Trades Union Congress that British journalists work the longest
Revenue at Northcliffe Newspapers is continuing to rise despite a slight drop in circulation of the company’s daily titles. Income from circulation for the 11 months to August were four per cent ahead of the same period last year, according
Moves to bring a statutory right to privacy have been rejected by the Government. In a report in June the culture, media and sport select committee, led by Gerald Kaufman, “firmly” recommended new legislation to “clarify the protection that individuals
Trinity Mirror plans to cut some 550 jobs as part of a programme to save £25m a year by 2005. An announcement published alongside its interim results said the company’s future would be reached through a three-phase programme of “stabilise,
The Grimsby Evening Telegraph has launched a six-part weekly series of archive newspaper reprints from the 1940s and 1960s. The idea is to resist the annual drop in newspaper sales during the summer months and also provide a learning resource
Readers of the Evening Gazette on Teesside have seen an important change to their newspaper – but it’s only seven words. The Gazette’s strapline – the motto that appears in the paper every day and in promotional material – has
Journalists will be under close scrutiny with the publication of A-level and GCSE exam results today and next week. Academics will be analysing copy for sensationalist coverage as part of a new study. A team from the University of Nottingham
David Waghorne has been appointed deputy managing director of the Nottingham Post Group, part of a move which sees Northcliffe-owned Ad-Mag join the Group. It joins a media portfolio led by the award-winning Evening Post. NPG also publishes the Recorder
Johnston Press made pre-tax profits of £66.7m in the first half of this year, and says it has made a “satisfactory” start to the second half. In its interim results for the six months to June 30, the regional newspaper
The UK newspaper industry boosted its newsprint recycling to 65.1 per cent for 2002, an increase over the previous figure of 63.5 per cent for 2001. The Newspaper Industry Materials Committee of the Newspaper Society has agreed to certain targets
A committee of industry experts – including former Observer editor Donald Trelford – is to decide whether Newsquest’s planned purchase of 23 London newspapers meets guidelines on competition and public interest. They will look at figures that suggest the sale
Guardian Media Group has recorded pre-tax profits of £36.9m with its regional titles remaining resilient, according to its annual report. The group, which publishes more than 40 regional titles, including the Manchester Evening News, Manchester Metro News, Stockport Express and
A new business survey has shown the media sector back on track for economic recovery after pressure on firms following the Gulf War and falling stock markets. But low morale and continued cost-cutting still dominate the sector. The report, from
Regional newspapers are now read by 84.5 per cent of the UK population – 39.9m adults – a year-on-year increase of 1.8 per cent. According to the latest figures published by the Target Group Index, 81 per cent of the
The Sunday Sun, the North-East based Sunday newspaper, is to relaunch next month with a new, three-section format. With more pages in all sections, the total pagination of the Trinity Mirror title will grow by about 20 per cent. The