The Lowestoft Journal has been given a bright new look as part of a project to redesign and relaunch a number of weekly titles published by Archant. The newspaper group plans to revamp all of its titles in its Norfolk
Archant
- Head Office: Prospect House, Rouen Road, Norwich, NR1 1RE
- Website: www.archant.co.uk
Based in Norwich and privately-owned, Archant employs around 2,600 people across England and has an annual turnover of £194m.
Its newspapers division, Archant Regional, produces four regional daily newspapers, around 60 weekly titles and many of the group’s 160 websites.
Archant also owns three magazine companies, which between them produce around 80 lifestyle and consumer magazines.
More information can be found on the company’s website at www.archant.co.uk.
What we have written about Archant
Weekly widens its reach with new edition
A new edition of the Hertfordshire-based Comet has been launched to cover Biggleswade, Potton, Sandy and the surrounding villages. The new publication will be delivered free to 11,000 homes in the Biggleswade area and will include more than a dozen
News in brief
The Chard and Ilminster News is stepping into the battle to save a village post office.Unless a buyer can be found within three months, South Chard Post Office will close, leaving no local alternative for customers. Novelist and broadcaster Libby
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A large and valuable collection of books belonging to the late journalist Robert McLaughlan has been donated to Glasgow Universities Chrichton Campus in Dumfries.Robert, who died in 1999, was a graduate of the university and a leader writer, financial commentator
What a difference a (couple of) days makes…
The biggest change in the 120-year history of two Cambridgeshire newspapers will take place tomorrow, when their Friday publication day is moved forward to a Wednesday. Archant Anglia titles The Cambs Times and Wisbech Standard newspapers have had a Friday
News in brief
Under-the-counter copies of the Peterborough Evening Telegraph were the only ones available at a city supermarket after it took exception to an article it published explaining how the shop has stopped collecting donations for troops in Iraq.Store management at Sainsbury’s
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A newspaper’s quiz compiler is to get his chance at the big one – on TV’s Who Wants to be a Millionaire?Bob Ginger, who writes the crosswords for the Bucks Free Press, is keeping quiet about the outcome of his
Weekly auctions its sign of the times
The Newham Recorder is giving its readers the chance to own a piece of the paper’s history and help raise money for its annual Toy Appeal. After 35 years, the distinctive sign above the Archant paper’s offices in High Street
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Vijay Vaghela is appointed group finance director for Trinity Mirror Plc with immediate effect, succeeding Margaret Ewing, who left the group at the end of June 2002 to join BAA. Vijay, (36), has been acting finance director since July 1.National
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Bristol Evening Post features editor Bill Davis was an expert on broken bones by the time his health feature on the subject was printed.In the time between writing it and publishing it, he managed to break two of his fingers
Mercury gets a birthday makeover
The Weston & Somerset Mercury is celebrating its 160th anniversary with the unveiling of a new look. Launched as The Westonian on April 1, 1843, the weekly title now has a new masthead, with its familiar red banner being ditched
New era for Barry and The Herald
Barry Hunt is hoping to make his mark at The Herald in East Herts after becoming the paper’s new editor. Together with the rest of the Herald’s editorial team, Barry is currently looking at ways the paper can be improved.
Recorder hits all-time high – in face of fierce competition
The Barking and Dagenham Recorder has burst through the 5,000 sales mark – in a week when the opposition paper cut it’s cover price to just 15p. Staff were celebrating as the weekly recorded 5,236 sales – a figure which
Royal coverage adds thousands more copies
A visit by the Queen to Havering in London brought a welcome circulation boost for the Romford Recorder. Her Majesty decided to visit on press day – but that didn’t stop the paper from producing a total of six pages
Tributes paid as Roy dies at 51
Tributes have been paid to long-serving Romford Recorder local government reporter Roy Weal. He had been battling a serious illness and died aged 51. All three of the area’s MPs, as well as other political figures from the local scene
New title hits the streets of Suffolk
A new monthly magazine has hit the streets, published by Archant Suffolk. Targeting the over 50s in the county, the new publication, called Let’s Talk!, will be edited by former Ipswich Evening Star assistant editor, Anne Gould. The title’s launch