2020 was the year when people rediscovered local news, Reach audience chief David Higgerson
Reach plc Chief Audience Officer, David Higgerson says 2020 allowed readers to discover the value of local news – a…
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‘I don’t want to be the CEO that shuts titles’: Archant’s Lorna Willis is on a mission to save local journalism
New Archant CEO Lorna Willis may have been promoted from within, but she has the revolutionary verve of an outsider.…
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Newsquest jobs: Regional publisher to put £1.5m a year into digital journalism following subscriptions success
Newsquest has said it will create 50 digital journalist jobs as its subscriptions success has led it to reinvest £1.5m…
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Sun leads publisher boycott of social media with four-day Twitter suspension in protest over racism
Publishers joining the social media boycott led by English football to protest racist abuse and discrimination online include The Sun,…
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Traffic to UK local news websites surged in 2020 – but digital revenue plummeted
New analysis from Press Gazette shows that traffic to local news websites in the UK surged last year, with Reach-owned…
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Charted: UK media ad revenue collapsed in 2020 for everyone except the tech platforms
The UK advertising market shrank by 7% (£1.8bn) last year to £25.3bn, with regional news brands the worst hit outside…
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David Montgomery says he has already made £4m in annual savings by stripping out JPI Media management
David Montgomery’s National World has said it has already made £4m in annual cost savings at JPI Media, with a…
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Oldham Chronicle to relaunch in print as post-Covid recovery makes it ‘perfect time’
Update: 21 April 2021 The Oldham Evening Chronicle is to be relaunched from Friday 25 June for its first regular…
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