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Midland News Association
- Head Office: 51-53 Queen Street, Wolverhampton, WV1 1ES
- Website: www.mna-research.com
The Midland News Association is a private newspaper publishing firm owned and run by the Wolverhampton-based Graham family.
Its two flagship daily titles – the Express and Star and Shropshire Star – account for more than 200,000 sales everyday.
The two dailies, along with their sister weekly newspapers, cover Wolverhampton, the Black Country, parts of the West Midlands, Shropshire and Mid Wales.
More information can be found on the company’s website at www.mna-research.com.
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Top-selling regional daily the Express & Star has expanded its digital portfolio and launched an app for Android smartphones. Available from the Google Play online store, the app – which is also available for the E&S’s sister paper, the Shropshire
New job site launched by top-selling regional daily
The UK’s biggest-selling regional daily and its sister titles have launched new job websites. The Express and Star and other titles in the Claverley group, the Shropshire Star, the Jersey Evening Post and the Guernsey Press, appointed HotLizard to create
Long-serving deputy bows out after new daily editor named
Journalist had been candidate for top job
Former reporter returns to Midlands daily as editor
New boss will take over in May
Regional publisher launches employment agency site
A regional publisher which has just launched an employment agency has now created a website for the business. The Midland News Association, which publishes the Express and Star, set up standalone agency Star Employment Services in Wolverhampton to find staff for
Daily which exposed health scandal is first with report
Investigation by Midlands daily sparked major inquiry
Regional daily to discuss new-look website at digital event
Britain’s biggest-selling regional daily is to share details about its new-look website at a meeting of digital editors. The Wolverhampton-based Express and Star relaunched its website in September with a responsive design which automatically resizes the layout according to the
Weekly editor honoured for 25 years with publisher
Former managing director also recognised at ceremony
New weekly edition launched as free newspaper axed
Publisher changes distribution model in Midlands town
Newspaper publisher honours top-performing journalists
The Midland News Association has handed out its annual awards to top-performing company staff. Twenty one awards, covering all departments, were presented to employees at an event attended by 440 guests at Telford International Centre last week. Among the winners
New-look website for biggest-selling regional daily
Site aims to improve mobile and tablet viewing