Journalists on Local World titles face pay and benefits ‘discrimination’ despite ‘One Trinity Mirror’ policy
Trinity Mirror “discriminates” against staff on Local World titles by giving them poorer pay packages, according to union members at…
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How the rise of online ads has prompted a 70 per cent cut in journalist numbers at big UK regional dailies
Former editor of the Leicester Mercury and Derby Telegraph Keith Perch is now a lecturer at Derby University. Here he…
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Leicester Mercury allowed to republish pupil’s online comments about school uniform without parental consent, IPSO rules
The Leicester Mercury was entitled to include a teenage school girl’s online comments about a “controversial” school uniform policy in…
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Leicester Mercury journalists found out about their office move through council interview
Staff at the Leicester Mercury first found out about plans to move them from their headquarters at a press interview…
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Spiked column by star writer on Leicester Mercury railed against ‘risible’ standard of clickbait online journalism
The Leicester Mercury’s multi award-winning features team has now been made redundant by new owner Trinity Mirror. But today Press…
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Leicester Mercury drops weekend supplement More as it cuts features content
Leicester Mercury’s weekend magazine supplement, More, has published its last standalone edition as the paper’s features team is hit by…
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Trinity Mirror appoints new editors to Leicester Mercury and Cambridge News
Trinity Mirror has appointed the Evening Gazette’s George Oliver as the new editor of the Leicester Mercury. Oliver is currently…
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The Leicester Mercury features team has dominated the regional press awards for a decade, so why are they facing redundancy?
Leicester appears to be thriving at the moment. Its football club has just won the Premier League for the first…
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