News diary 29-5 September: Trump hosts Netanyahu, UK party conferences and Taylor Swift releases new album
A look ahead at the key events leading the news agenda this week, from the team at Foresight News.
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Former Observer big-hitters launch new title with redundancy payouts
The Nerve promises “hard-hitting investigations” blended with “fun”.
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STV to make 60 job cuts with two news programmes merging
One 6pm news programme to be produced instead of current pair from Glasgow and Aberdeen.
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Haymarket acquires Marketing Week and Creative Review from Centaur
The £3.9m deal also includes the Festival of Marketing.
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Channel 4’s Unreported World proves young people can care about long-form journalism
Unreported World brand has “thrived, not just survived” during digital revolution.
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Hearst UK losses grow as search changes hit digital ad revenue
Magazine publisher builds strategy around membership as page views decline.
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Police in Northern Ireland tried to identify journalists’ sources more than 20 times
But covert surveillance of journalists not found to be “widespread or systemic”.
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The Observer hires first chief commercial officer
Brand also launching creative studio in months after Guardian sale.
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