The Yorkshire Post and the Hinckley Times were named Daily and Weekly Newspapers of the Year in the prestigious BT UK Regional Press and Broadcast Awards 2000. An audience of 240 journalists at the Royal Garden Hotel, Kensington, heard praise
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Countdown to BT awards for cream of the weeklies
Staff at nine weekly newspapers will find out tomorrow (Thursday) if they have scooped one of the top prizes in British journalism. The papers were regional winners in the annual BT Press and Broadcast Awards and have gone on to
Weekly Newspaper Awards 2000
The Newspaper Society’s Weekly Newspaper Awards 2000 were announced at a gala dinner in Newcastle after the Weekly Newspaper Conference. Here is the full list: Best advertisement feature – Paid-for weekly newspapers Winner: Somerset County Gazette Highly Commended: Luton News/Dunstable
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
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
Sales figures show winners and losers
MORE than 50 regional daily newspapers lost sales in the second half of 1999, new figures show. But the message from the Newspaper Society was upbeat after data for 1,224 daily and weekly titles was published on the same day
Complaints against five newspapers
Latest resolved complaints dealt with by the PCC. This story 13.6.2003 The majority of complaints made to the Press Complaints Commission, which raise a possible breach of the Code of Practice, are resolved directly between the Commission’s staff, editors and
Latest circulation figures highlight strong performers
New figures from the Audit Bureau of Circulations show a number of successes among regional titles. Smaller daily titles have performed particularly well, and while some larger titles have been affected by the reduction in bulk sales, a number of
Base sale growth main feature in latest ABCs
Latest circulation figures show that almost all regional newspapers are “actively purchased”, with figures no longer taking into account bulk drops and free copies. The Audit Bureau Circulations data for January to June this year shows that 80 per cent
40m adults a week read local newspapers: Latest ABCs
Local newspaper readership has grown to 40m adults every week, according to new figures issued by the Audit Bureau of Circulations. The latest figures for July-December 2003 show the fastest-growing UK regional paid-for weekly is the Mansfield CHAD, adding 28.4
Regional titles remain 'resilient'
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
Increased sales for half of all regional press titles
The regional press now sells and distributes 70m newspapers every week, to an audience of around 40m people, according to the latest ABC figures. Almost half (48 per cent) of all regional newspapers under ABC membership have increased sales between
Contenders line up as judges make their choices
The finalists for the Newspaper Society Weekly Newspaper Awards 2004 are: Editorial categories Aberdeen IndependentBangor & Anglesey MailBirkenhead NewsBristol ObserverCornish GuardianDunfermline PressEdgware & Mill Hill TimesEssex ChronicleHinckley TimesHunts PostIsle of Man CourierKent on SundayKentish Express (Ashford)Kentish Gazette (Canterbury)Manchester Metro NewsNorth
Weekly Newspaper Awards – nominations announced
Page 1 of 2 The nominations for the Newspaper Society’s Weekly Newspaper Awards 2001 have been announced. The competition, open to all paid-for and free weekly newspapers in the UK in current membership of Newspaper Society marketing, is designed to
News & Star named top daily
Page 2 of 2 DAILY NEWSPAPER OF THE YEARWinner: News & Star, CarlisleNominees: Manchester Evening News; News & Star, Carlisle; Lancashire Evening Post WEEKLY NEWSPAPER OF THE YEARWinner: Chester ChronicleNominees: Chester Chronicle; Manchester Metro News; Lancaster Guardian NEWS REPORTER OF
News & Star named top daily
Page 1 of 2 The News & Star, Carlisle, has been crowned the North-West’s top daily newspaper at the 10th annual BNFL-sponsored North-West Newspaper Awards. The winners of the prestigious competition were announced at the JJB Sports Stadium in Wigan,