Johnston Press chief exec paid nearly £1m
John Fry, chief executive of regional publishing group Johnston Press, was awarded £959,000 in pay, benefits and bonuses in 2009.…
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New weekly paper set to launch in Birmingham
It seems the rumours about a new paper launching in Birmingham as a rival to Trinity Mirror’s now weekly Post…
ByLocal Heroes 2010 regional news conference: half price for Press Gazette subscribers and members of NUJ
Press Gazette subscribers and members of the NUJ benefit from a 50 per cent discount on attending a one-day conference…
ByJobs to go at Stratford Herald
Family-owned Midlands newspaper, the Stratford Herald, is to drop three of its ten journalists, according to reports. Editor Chris Towner…
ByNew York Times in deal with blog aggregator Fwix to provide local content
The New York Times company has made an agreement with “real time local newswire” Fwix to use content it has…
ByScottish plan to allow councils to cease press ads abandoned
Public notices will continue to be published in local and regional newspapers in Scotland after ministers dropped plans to shift…
ByJohnston Press starts rollout of new websites
Johnston Press has begun rolling out new versions of its websites – and not before time. HTFP reports that The…
ByLocal reporter finds sex offender in Switzerland
A local press reporter worked with a photographer from a second paper to track down a convicted sex offender who…
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