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Newsquest
- Head Office: 58 Church Street, Weybridge, Surrey, KT13 8DP
- Website: www.newsquest.co.uk
Owned by US-based publisher Gannett, Newsquest is one of the UK’s largest publishers of local and regional newspapers with more than 300 titles.
Its major UK publishing centres include York and Glasgow and it employs more than 8,000 staff.
A relatively young company, Newsquest was born in 1995 from Reed Regional Newspapers and has since acquired long-established publisher Westminster Press.
More information can be found on the company’s website at www.newsquest.co.uk.
What we have written about Newsquest
Editor leaves regional dailies to take charge of sister title
News chief to take up post next month
Editor turned regional press marketing boss dies aged 54
Death came days after major surgery
Weekly scrapped 24 hours before planned launch revived online
Regional publisher establishes title as digital-only operation
Publisher criticised for margin cuts aimed at giving weeklies ‘sustainable future’
Retailers left ‘reeling’ by new measure
Editorial roles at risk in publisher’s post-Covid cutbacks
Full extent of savings proposals revealed by union
Regional publisher wins print honour at national awards
Hyperlocal website also receives prize
Redundancies in store at Newsquest as CEO admits staffing cannot return to pre-Covid levels
‘Vast majority’ of editorial roles to survive
Hancock thanks readers as Newsquest’s NHS fundraising campaign tops £500k
Health secretary releases video for use across publisher’s network
Centre wins hat-trick at regional publisher’s annual awards
Daily’s editor and trainee reporter score individual honours
Sister titles launch independent business guide after free ad campaign
Newspapers aim to help companies through coronavirus crisis
Publisher launches new title after rival publication shelved
Edition launched for area hit by coronavirus suspension
Messages to grandparents score commercial hit for publisher
Plus: Sister titles honour key workers and our daily round-up of other coronavirus-related news
Publisher urges ministers to refund student nurses on coronavirus front line
Joint campaign launched after daily’s tuition fees probe
Publisher brings in paywall option on dozens of weeklies’ websites
Move follows measure introduced at dailies last month
Three sister dailies to quit offices after lease talks break down
Publisher seeking new premises in same city