Newsquest motoring expert Alyson Marlow is back in the rallying hot seat asthe Hampshire-based rally co-driver heads to Dumfries for the Scottish roundof the Peugeot 206 Super Cup. She has teamed up with top Canadian rally driver Pat Richard for
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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.
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New editor announces appointments
The new editor of the Basingstoke Gazette has moved quickly to stamp his mark on its editorial team by announcing three new senior appointments. Just two weeks after landing the top job at Gazette Newspapers, Mark Jones has promoted three
Tamsin on top of Somerset's news
Tamsin Jones has been appointed as news editor at Newsquest’s Taunton centre. In her new role, Tamsin will be responsible for the editorial content of the Somerset County Gazette and its sister free paper, The Star, which covers Taunton and
£20m press hall plans agreed
Newsquest Oxfordshire has been granted planning permission to build a £20m press hall at its Osney Mead base. Oxford City Council has given the newspaper publisher the go-ahead for the development which will see a new press replace outdated machinery.
Mark Jones steps up to editorship
Mark Jones is the new editor of Gazette Newspapers at Basingstoke. Mark (right) – who started his career in 1985 at the Evening News in Worcester, has been deputy editor at Gazette Newspapers since February 1997. Prior to working in
Man with an eye for figures steps down after 25 years
Company accountant Alan Ward has retired from Newsquest North-East after 25 years of service. Alan, (60), joined the company, then owned by Westminster Press, on January 1, 1977 as a management accountant and became company accountant in 1983. Alan said
BBC radio show broadcast from newsroom
BBC Radio Oxfordshire broadcast for several hours from Newsquest offices in Oxford earlier this week. It coincided with the launch of the first BBC Radio Oxford Magazine, published by Newsquest Oxfordshire for the BBC. Managing director Shamus Donald, one of
Mail in pioneering move with television news
A local television presenter is teaming up with the Oxford Mail in what is believed to be the first tie-up of its kind in the UK. Wesley Smith, from TV’s Central News, is teaming up with the Newsquest title to
T&A scores new hit
A glossy booklet called ‘Leagues of their Own’ aimed at amateur soccer clubs has ‘scored’ for Bradford’s Telegraph & Argus. Described as an ‘A-Z of Bradford & District Amateur Football’, each club had a page containing a picture and team
News in brief
The Cambridge Evening News has begun the countdown to Cambridge United’s LDV Vans trophy showdown with Blackpool on Saturday.The paper has produced hundreds of car stickers to mark the Millennium Stadium event and had the trophy on show at its
Award-winning supplement in new edition
The 16th annual edition of the North-East’s award-winning leisure guide has been published free with The Northern Echo. Northern Leisure 2002 features 670 places in six different regions. For the second year, it includes Edinburgh, Liverpool, Manchester and Chester, as
Fiona rises through the ranks to be named editor
Fiona Phillips has been appointed editor of the Western Telegraph. Fiona, currently the title’s features editor, has broad experience in the newspaper industry and has served in almost every editorial role on the Western Telegraph since joining as a trainee
Third editorship for Bill
Bill Browne, editor-in-chief of Gazette Newspapers, is leaving Basingstoke to take up his third editorship. After six years Bill will leave the Gazette on March 22 and take up his new role as editor of the Salisbury Journal and Avon
Generation X makes a difference
The North London Guardian group has launched redesigns of five titles to reflect the findings of Newsquest’s Generation X working group. It took in most of the elements of design that the group highlighted as attracting the 18-35 age group
Cash awards from Newsquest/Gannett
A total of £360,000 has been made available in the form of grants for registered charities across England and Wales thanks to Newsquest Media Group and the Gannett Foundation. The Oxford Mail and its sister paper, The Oxford Times are
What readers really want
Newspapers across the Newsquest group are conducting surveys of their readers to find out how best to tailor the product to their tastes. The survey, running at 21 Newsquest centres nationwide, is a follow on from last year’s Generation X