Journalism hopeful Andy Plowman is the latest trainee reporter to be taken on by the Evening Press in York, after proving he has the Write Stuff. Andy, (21), scooped the job after winning a competition run by the newspaper to
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.
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Newsquest’s American parent company Gannett has said its second-quarter profits success has been helped by the UK subsidary’s operations.Stronger advertising revenue at Newsquest, which publishes more than 300 titles, including 17 dailies, and atotal weekly circulation/ distribution of 10.8m copies,
48-page supplement marks newspaper's big day
Gazette Newspapers in Basingstoke has produced a 48-page souvenir supplement to celebrate The Gazette’s 125th anniversary. And a sales drive by the advertising team resulted in nearly all of the adverts for the publication being sold in one day. The
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The Conservative Front Bench Treasury team has hosted a seminar for a range of freelancers’ groups, including Shout99 and representatives from the creative and media world.They want to identify areas where Conservative policy could be formulated to help freelance workers,
Editor's question time all part of the job
Newsquest Buckinghamshire editor Steve Cohen took time out from the newsroom last week to hold a current affairs class at Amersham and Wycombe College. A group of adult learners gathered at the college’s Flackwell Heath campus to hear the editor
Property pages double weekly's size
The Ealing Times has more than doubled in size after launching a new full-colour property section. The free West London title grew from 28 to 72 pages overnight after 23 estate agents committed their business to the Newsquest-owned publication. The
Newspaper team shows it's in peak condition
Staff at Newsquest Oxfordshire have raised more than £2,000 for charity after completing the gruelling Three Peaks Challenge. A 10-strong team from the company, which publishes the Oxford Mail and The Oxford Times, took up the challenge to climb Britain’s
Budding journalists bid for Evening Press job
The Evening Press in York will soon be welcoming a new reporter into its newsroom – after recruiting them through a contest to win a job in journalism. It launched the Write Stuff competition earlier this year to find the
Pay deal reached for Shopper staff
The National Union of Journalists and management at the News Shopper series in south east London have reached agreement on pay negotiations which will see staff receive a 2.5 per cent pay rise. This will also be topped up with
Editor moves north for Evening Press job
Kevin Booth, editor of the Peterborough Evening Telegraph, has been appointed editor of the Evening Press, York. Kevin has been editor at Peterborough for the last three years. He has held a number of senior positions on daily newspapers, including
Bradford strikers back at work
National Union of Journalists members at Newsquest in Bradford have returned to work, putting an end to an “indefinite” strike despite no resolution being reached. Members at the Telegraph & Argus, Keighley News, Ilkley Gazette, Craven Herald and Wharfedale Observer
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A dying desert rat soldier’s final wish became reality thanks to work by the Archant-owned Glasgow Extra, but war veteran Bobby Clarke died before seeing donations flood in.He had been behind a campaign to erect a plaque in Libya in
Agreement over wages in Bolton
Management and journalists at Newsquest Bolton, publishers of the Bolton Evening News and Bury Times Group, have reached agreement over the 2003 pay review. Under the agreement journalists and photographers will receive a two per cent increase on basic pay
Newsquest chief to retire
Jim Brown, non-executive chairman of Newsquest Media Group, will retire at the end of July following a long and distinguished career in the newspaper industry. Jim has been chairman of Newsquest Media Group since its formation in 1996, after he
Newsquest chapel agrees pay deal
The National Union of Journalists and management at Newsquest title the Southern Daily Echo have reached agreement on pay negotiations for the year 2003-4. The Southampton Chapel has agreed an increase of 2.5 per cent across the board for journalists
Journalists due to start "indefinite" strike in Bradford
Pay talks between management and staff at Newsquest Bradford have failed to reach a conclusion – and the journalists taking industrial action are due to start an “indefinite” strike at midnight on Sunday. The company says publication of its titles