Journalists call strike ballot at North West Evening Mail
NUJ members at the North West Evening Mail are to ballot for industrial action over parent company Cumbrian Newspapers’ proposals…
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Newsquest mulls closure of York printing plant
Newsquest is proposing to close its printing press in York next month with the loss up to 22 jobs. York-based…
ByRhys Jones court case blog a success with readers
The Liverpool Echo’s live blog of the Rhys Jones murder trial has proved a success with readers, claims the paper,…
ByReporters cut hours to avoid redundancy
Journalists on Newsquest papers in west Wales have offered to cut their hours in order to avoid one of them…
ByNew weekly editor is handed redundancy notice
New editor of the Wiltshire Times Neville Smith has been handed a redundancy notice less than six months after taking…
ByScottish journalists to boycott Scottish Press Awards
Journalists at the Scotsman Group are considering boycotting next year’s Scottish Press Awards in protest over proposed cost cutting at…
ByNorth Yorkshire weekly switches to tabloid after 200 years
The weekly Gazette and Herald paper in Ryedale, North Yorkshire, has gone tabloid after 200 years as a broadsheet. HoldTheFrontPage.co.uk…
BySub who helped create first free news empire has died
The journalist who helped found Britain’s first free newspaper has died aged 77. Tony Mather had been a sub-editor on…
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