Midland News Association Covid-19 impact: Turnover down a third, 66 jobs cut, £1.4m furlough cash claimed
Turnover at regional publisher Midland News Association fell by almost a third in 2020 because of the Covid-19 crisis. The…
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Dominic Cummings: I ‘drove the media mad’ with decision to stop briefing ‘almost all’ except BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg
Dominic Cummings has claimed it “drove the media mad” and that he “essentially stopped talking to almost all journalists almost…
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Reach in £4m U-turn to pay back staff who had salary cut at start of pandemic
Reach has agreed to pay back up to £4m to employees who took pay cuts at the start of the…
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CEO Zillah Byng-Thorne on the rise and rise of Future as mag giant defies Covid to more than double profits
The magazine industry is supposed to be under pressure at the moment – with print sales and advertising in decline.…
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How the pandemic ushered in a golden era for celebrity interviews
Freelance lifestyle and entertainment journalist Nick McGrath explores an unlikely up-side to coronavirus for journalists As social distancing restrictions fall…
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Metro editor Ted Young says title is ‘building back’ as it trumpets 1m copies milestone
The Metro’s free circulation has topped the 1m mark for the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic hit the UK…
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How newsrooms can deal with delayed mental health fallout from covering Covid-19 pandemic
Journalist and trained psychologist Sian Williams of 5 News has warned news organisations about the mental health fallout as the…
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Archant and Newsquest increase furlough claims, pushing up news industry total for February
Archant increased its furlough claim in February to become the top-claiming UK media publisher using the Government scheme supporting jobs…
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