Welcome to our main news index. Here you will find all the news stories that have appeared on the site since our launch in February 2000.
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The circulation of Trinity Mirror’s regional titles is showing signs of improvement. But advertising revenues among its regional titles have been hit hard, with a fall of 11.6 per cent in the South East and London, according to a trading
Regional newspapers all over the country removed some of the mystery surrounding the industry as they reached out to their readers for Local Newspaper Week. The event, run by the Newspaper Society, celebrates the work carried out by the industry
Public authorities across the country are being targeted by the Newspaper Society in a bid to promote openness. They will receive letters from regional newspaper editors asking them to work with the media as they prepare to implement the Freedom
A celebration of the newspaper industry is being hailed a record year for raising the profile of the regional press. Early figures from the Newspaper Society show that participation in Local Newspaper Week increased this year by more than 25
Sharon Edwards is a firm believer that justice should not only be done – but that it is also seen to be done.The Lincolnshire Echo senior reporter successfully persuaded a court to lift reporting restrictions on a youngster who had
Newsplan is the project which aims to preserve back-copies of local newspapers all over the UK.Here, Newsplan panel chairman Elizabeth Melrose explains how one area is widening access to local papers. Researchers are well aware of all the mesmerising facts
SMG is prepared to play a full part in the “exciting changes” about to hit the media industry, the group’s chairman has told investors. Don Cruickshank also said the group, which publishes The Herald, the Sunday Herald and the Evening
The incoming president of the Newspaper Society has vowed to build on the organisation’s vital role for the industry. Tim Bowdler (right), chief executive of Johnston Press, will take over as president on July 1. At the NS annual meeting
Sales of the Littlehampton Gazette have smashed through the 10,000-barrier for the first time in many years. After posting successive ABC sales increases for both halves of last year, the West Sussex paper’s circulation has continued to go from strength
While the nation has been football crazy over the World Cup, it’s also been a boom time for local newspapers which have been bringing readers up-to-date match reports and analysis from Korea and Japan. The national press has been forced
As Newsplan 2000 gets underway to preserve the content of fragile old UK newspapers, new research has been carried out to chart how back copies on file or microfilm are being used around the country. More than 1,600 of the
Global media developments and journalists’ safety around the world will be the key issues for Press Freedom Day. The United Nations General Assembly has proclaimed May 3 as World Press Freedom Day. It will mark the fundamental principles of press
What turns a paper like the Exeter Express and Echo into a winner?With a circulation below 30,000 it has beaten the ‘big guns’ in its region to be named BT South West Daily Newspaper of the Year.We talk to editor
Total circulation and distribution figures show the regional press now sells and distributes 76m newspapers every week. The latest ABC figures show that half of all regional press titles under its membership have increased circulation over the past year, the
The latest ABC figures show that half of all regional press titles under its membership have increased circulation over the past year, the weeklies showing the strongest progress. Top performers among the weeklies were the St Albans Observer Series (+42.19
April saw the launch of award-winning journalist and former Matlock Mercury editor Don Hale’s book Town Without Pity. It tells the story – both skillfully and graphically – of the author’s successful eight year campaign to clear local man Stephen