Successor to Mike Norton is named – plus more senior appointments at Northcliffe
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Cost reduction programme launched at Northcliffe
£20m savings a year sought in two-year project to focus on policies and processes
Barrie Williams to take early retirement
Alan Qualtrough will take on new editor-in-chief role following the departure of WMN editor
Sub-editor Abby is catapulted to stardom as she becomes a circus star
Journalist was attached to a bungee band and ricocheted all over the ring
Gledhill leaves the Bath Chronicle
A successor is sought as editor steps down after 11 years
Dimond takes charge of biggest-selling weekly
Nine of Kent Messenger Group’s weeklies will now come under the responsibility of Bob Dimond, who has been appointed senior editor (north and west Kent). His responsibility has expanded from the Medway Messenger and Medway Extra to embrace the six
Editor Gledhill set for vice presidency role
Bath Chronicle editor David Gledhill is set to become the next vice president of the Society of Editors. He will be unanimously nominated by the board at the AGM during next month’s conference in Newcastle, and if the nomination is
Chronicle coverage sparks national media frenzy
The Bath Chronicle sparked a national media frenzy with its reports about a house which had been taken over by squatters – ending with The Sun paying £2,000 to evict them. Claire Simpkins and Chris Davis had taken up residence
Ten years at the top for Chronicle editor
Bath Chronicle editor David Gledhill is celebrating 10 years at the helm of the newspaper. And to mark the anniversary a charity dinner party has been held in his honour, which raised almost £16,000 for four local causes. More than
Insight into life at the Chronicle
An insight into life running The Bath Chronicle will be given by editor David Gledhill as he speaks to the city’s business community. He will speak at the next Bath Chronicle Business Breakfast event on June 29 as part of
News in brief
The Bath Chronicle is sending a dossier of features highlighting the trauma of domestic violence to local MPs after a week-long series of double-page pieces launched the Chronicle’s Enough is Enough campaign.The series began with a heartbreaking and powerful account
Editor treads the boards in "nightmare" experience
Bath Chronicle editor David Gledhill has taken to the stage for the first time in more than 30 years, in an experience he has described as “a nightmare”. David, (44), took the male lead in the Agatha Christie play A
Supporters' rivalry leads to a verbal pasting in the press
On-field rivalry spread to the pages of two westcountry publications before a crunch rugby match at the weekend. Even before a ball had been kicked in he massive rugby clash between Gloucester and Bath, hostilities were well and truly under
Euro tour hacks to report from all ten new member states
A team of freelances will be setting out on their most adventurous assignment – when they cover one of the biggest European stories in the past 20 years. Phil Chamberlain, Rich Cookson and Matt Cardy are preparing to report on
I was punched in the face – editor
People in the news rarely vent their anger on journalists – but Bath Chronicle editor David Gledhill was thumped in his local pub last week. Here is what he wrote in the paper about his thoughts on the attack. I
New editor and deputy for the Mercury
County Durham weekly the Teesdale Mercury has appointed a new editor and deputy editor. Editor Matthew Mills joins the Mercury from the Evening Post in Bristol where he was an overnight chief sub. Matthew was previously features editor and assistant