Regional newspapers in the Trinity Mirror Group have seen operating profits grow by 10% to £66.8m in the last six months. Revenue profits have grown by 6.1% to £245.3m in the same period. Papers in the group – formed a
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Paul Gascoigne’s move to Merseyside may have caught a few of the nationals napping, but Liverpool’s two daily papers were leading the way. David Prentice, of the Echo, and Paul Joyce, from the Daily Post, were the only two journalists
North West Newspaper Awards 2000
The award-winning Blackpool Gazette has another trophy to add to its cabinet – scooping the North West Daily Newspaper of the Year Award for the second time in three years. Editor Gerard Henderson picked up the BNFL Society of Editors
BT UK Regional Press and Broadcast Awards 2000
Newcomer of the Year: Judith Moritz, BBC Look East The runner-up was:Derek Lambie (now Scottish Express), for Newsflash Press Agency The other nominations were:Krissy Lloyd, Basingstoke GazetteTania Branigan, Manchester Evening NewsJonathan Gibson, Carlton Westcountry TVBryn Jones, Daily PostChris Bucktin, Hull
Cut restrictions to save the Press – says Trinity Mirror
Local newspapers could end up losing out because of merger rules pushed through Parliament 27 years ago, publishing group Trinity Mirror is claiming. The Fair Trading Act 1973 still governs newspaper mergers today. The group is claiming it imposes unfair
BT UK Regional Press and Broadcast Awards 2000
Business Journalist of the Year: Steve Brauner, North West Business Insider (now assistant editor, Daily Post) The runner-up was:Chris Starkie, Evening Post, Bristol The other nominations were:Simon Bain, The HeraldDavid Litterick, The News, PortsmouthJennifer Chapman, Cambridge Evening NewsMark Currie, Daily
Awards hopefuls line up for prestigious BT final
The cream of the regional media will be saluted on Thursday as the prestigious BT national awards for excellence are handed out. A quality field of entrants, already crowned regional winners in nine heats across the country, has been chosen
News In Brief from around the regions
Regional press news – this story updated 23.6.2000 News In Brief from around the regions by HoldTheFrontPage staff THE BEAUTIFUL GAME: Football fans can now log on and share poetic thoughts on a new Internet site. The Gloucestershire Echo reported
News In Brief from around the regions
Regional press news – this story updated 10.6.2000 News In Brief from around the regions by HoldTheFrontPage staff CROWNING GLORY: A quiet Bolton street has been unmasked as the most famous neighbourhood in the country. The row of terraced houses
Builders arrive at Old Hall Street
Headquarters of the Liverpool Echo and the Daily Post are in the middle of a major regeneration scheme in the city’s business district. The length of Old Hall Street is getting a facelift and the newspaper offices’ main entrance area
Elgar letters up for auction
Letters written by the composer Sir Edward Elgar to a Birmingham Daily Post music critic go up for auction at Sotheby’s in London on Friday. Elgar and fellow composer Sir Granville Bantock both wrot letters to the critic Ernest Newman
MEN bids for seven titles
The Manchester Evening News dominates the shortlist for this year’s BT North West Press and Broadcast Awards. The paper is up against the Liverpol Echo and the Carlisle News & Star in the North West Daily Newspaper of the Year
BT/Society of Editors Newcomer of the Year
BT Welsh Press and Broadcast Awards 2000 by HoldTheFrontPage staff BT/Society of Editors Newcomer of the Year Entrants were competing for the Rhian Evans Award, named in memory of a previous award winner who was killed in a car crash.
Welsh Journalist of the Year Daily Journalist of the Year
Welsh Journalist of the YearDaily Journalist of the Year by HoldTheFrontPage staff Wales on Sunday chief reporter Martin Shipton was named Daily News Journalist of the Year and Welsh Journalist of the Year in the BT Press and Brodcast Awards
Feature Writer of the Year
BT Welsh Press and Broadcast Awards 2000 by HoldTheFrontPage staff Feature Writer of the Year As always, this category was hotly contested. Judge Jim Anderson, a Sunday Telegraph columnist and former managing editor of the Daily Star, said: “While so
Business Journalist of the Year
BT Welsh Press and Broadcast Awards 2000 by HoldTheFrontPage staff Business Journalist of the Year This category produced a high standard of entries with writers on low-circulation papers submitting work equal to that from organisations with much greater resources. Winner: