Yorkshire Evening Post breached woman’s privacy by reporting claim she had mental illness
The Yorkshire Evening Post breached the IPSO Editors’ Code after reporting the erroneous claim that someone had schizophrenia. The Independent…
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Press and Journal publisher DC Thomson books £180m loss – but predicts recovery after ‘one-off’ Covid hit
DC Thomson swung from a pre-tax profit of £21m in 2019 to a loss of £180m in the year ending…
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Facebook Instant Articles format boosts article readership by third, Reach finds
An experiment conducted by Reach, the UK’s largest newspaper publisher, found that Facebook Instant Articles get seen by almost a…
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Local news media collaborate with £1m from Google to make planning notices ‘fit for 21st century’
The UK local news sector is collaborating to create an online planning notice portal “fit for the 21st century” amid…
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Landlord fined £200 over malicious Facebook post which caused editor to fear attack
A hyperlocal news editor who feared his office and home could be attacked following a malicious Facebook post about him…
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‘Newspaper man’ David Montgomery’s local vision for JPI welcomed by staff – but it will need investment
JPI Media insiders have welcomed David Montgomery’s plan to give decision-making powers back to local newsrooms. And former editors at…
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Halifax Courier’s failure to protect source led to her being sacked from shop job, IPSO finds
A source who raised concerns to her local newspaper about conditions in the shop where she worked during the first…
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Midland News Association turnover fell 10% in 2019 – but Covid hit not as bad as feared
Regional publisher Midland News Association furloughed 29% of its staff in the first UK lockdown and said it does not…
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