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Newsquest

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

Pay deal halts strike action

The pay dispute between Newsquest Bradford and the National Union of Journalists has been resolved with an across-the-board £500 pay rise. NUJ journalists – about half the total editorial staff of 90 – had carried out a half-day strike last

Bradford dispute is settled

The pay dispute between Newsquest Bradford and the National Union of Journalists has been resolved. It was announced today that the local chapel of the NUJ had accepted a package of measures put forward by the company. Full story at

Strike action due to hit today

More than 50 members of the NUJ at Newsquest (Bradford) offices were today due to take strike action in protest at a 2.5 per cent pay offer. Group offices, including the Telegraph & Argus in central Bradford, the Keighley News

News offices picketed in Bradford strike

Pickets were on duty from 6.30am yesterday as 48 journalists stayed away from work at Newsquest (Bradford) in protest at a 2.5 per cent pay offer. The action centered on the Telegraph & Argus in central Bradford, the Keighley News

Journalists set to strike

The Telegraph & Argus looks set to be hit by a series of strikes among NUJ members unhappy with a pay offer. The union’s Newsquest (Bradford) members voted to take strike action on three days this month after a management

Grabbing a bigger share of national advertising

The Newspaper Society has recruited a new member of staff to its newly-formed advertising affairs unit as part of a drive to increase the regional press’s share of national advertising revenue. Gerry Boniface joins as advertising affairs executive. He will

Island life reflected in new website

Newsquest Southern has stepped-up its offensive on the Isle of Wight market with the launch of a new website dedicated to inhabitants of the island. The Southern Daily Echo recently introduced a weekly Isle of Wight edition, which is shipped

Sailors' site from Newsquest Southern

Newsquest’s busy Southern Digital Media team has launched a brand new website in time for the Volvo Ocean Race and Southampton Boat Show. Sailsolent.co.uk is a dedicated site for Solent sailors to provide them with news, events, results and information

More than 300 papers get schools news direct

Schoolsnet.com is syndicating its online content to the 305 regional newspapers owned by Newsquest, one of Schoolsnet’s investors. The site was founded by former Sunday Times news editor Greg Hadfield and former Sunday Telegraph education correspondent Joe Saumarez Smith. Editors

Essex Beehive reaches300 mark

The Beehive Community Network from the Essex Chronicle’s website, thisisessex, is celebrating the creation of its 300th site. The latest addition to the network, which brings the total to 300, is the East Colchester Community Partnership. The Beehive, a joint

Foot & mouth site 'built and live' in three hours

A dedicated foot and mouth information site was built and launched in just three hours by a regional digital media team. In response to the escalating crisis in the country, the This is The West Country website launched a dedicated

Fans answered via web

Fans of Darlington Football Club have been given unique access to the club’s controversial chairman through an Internet initiative at The Northern Echo. The chairman, multi-millionaire former safe-cracker George Reynolds, was placed in the firing line over the team’s performance

Readers vote on Robins' website

Page 1 of 2 Webmasters at thisiswiltshire have launched an online questionnaire to help revamp Swindon Town Football club’s presence in cyberspace. The site was launched to coincide with the start of this season and now receives more than 70,000

Giving a good impresssion

Page impressions for This Is Essex have topped the 750,000 mark for January. The breakthrough for the website, which takes news from 22 evening and weekly newspapers in the area, makes it one of the busiest in Essex. You can

Regional press is "No1"

The regional press is still the most consulted information source for job vacancies – with recruitment ads looked at by 79% of people looking for a new job. And because it is a trusted brand, it is in the best

SMG steps up bid for Yorkshire radio licence

Scottish Media Group, publisher of the Glasgow Herald and Glasgow Evening Times, has appointed Beverley Webster to lead Y-Radio, which is competing to win the licence for a new radio station in Yorkshire. SMG, which owns Virgin Radio, faces competition