Veteran hack plays newspaper boy
People who enjoy reading the London Evening Standard but happen not to live near a tube station often find it difficult to get hold of a copy.But that problem has been solved for 25 people living in...
View ArticleStandard makes £82,000 profit as Independent titles lose £17.5m
The London Evening Standard turned a big loss into a modest profit last year. According to figures filed today with Companies House, the newspaper made an operating profit of £82,000 during the 12...
View ArticleNewspaper publishers pursue different cover price strategies
Newspapers are price sensitive as we discovered way back in 1993 when Rupert Murdoch launched the national newspaper price war.In a declining market, his strategy has helped to shore up the sales of...
View ArticleStandard shows free content can compete with the paywall brigade
While News Corp aims to 'own' smartphone screens, the London newspaper shows giveaway strategy can still be profitableRupert Murdoch appears to have become a surrogate Yorkshireman. He believes,...
View ArticleKent on Sunday gets a makeover
Kent on Sunday, the free title published by Archant, has been given a new look. The first issue of the redesigned paper was distributed across the county yesterday. The distinctive front page, as you...
View ArticleLondon Evening Standard to boost distribution to 900,000 copies a day
The London Evening Standard is to increase its distribution across the capital in preparation for the launch of its "sister" TV channel.From Monday (13 January) the Standard - which currently...
View ArticleLittle music fanzines making a big noise
From the Fly to Zero Core, the most exciting titles in the music market are put together on a shoestring and given away in shops. We talk to the editors proving that print can still thrive• See the...
View ArticleMetro's Steve Auckland: 'There's a lot of money to be made out of print'
Freesheet's managing director on why he puts print first, wooing the urbanites – and the power of repositioned dump binsA beaming Steve Auckland eases himself into the restaurant seat opposite me and...
View ArticleAn idea for the Lebedevs - how about launching a paper called iMetro?
In his report yesterday about Mail Online assuming responsibility for Metro's website, Mark Sweney noted that the move added to speculation that the paper's ultimate owner, the Daily Mail & General...
View ArticleDaily Telegraph hires City AM editor
Editor of financial freesheet Allister Heath appointed deputy editor of Daily Telegraph to help drive digital strategyAllister Heath, the editor of financial freesheet City AM, has been appointed...
View ArticleEric Pickles: I'll shut council freesheets that publish 'propaganda on the...
Communities secretary targets five Labour-led London boroughs, where he says free press is being put out of businessEric Pickles has threatened to shut free newspapers given out by five Labour-run...
View ArticleNewspaper subjected to dirty tricks campaign offers €5,000 reward
A free weekly newspaper in Ireland is offering a €5,000 reward for information about an attempt to sabotage its business.The Wicklow Times posted the reward after emails were sent to advertisers and...
View ArticleWhy Metro is still worth celebrating
Look around your train and it’s clear there are still people who like to pick up a newspaper and read some real newsThis week’s prime exhibit: a national newspaper with something special to crow about....
View ArticleMetro’s Ted Young: ‘Our job is as an anchor, telling the basic story’
Freesheet editor on being a one-nation paper, property porn - and being punched by Richard DesmondWhen Ted Young took over as editor of Metro he addressed a staff meeting about changes he hoped to make...
View ArticleThe Evening Standard’s Sarah Sands: ‘I’m a journalist with a liking for drama’
Freesheet editor on working with Evgeny Lebedev, the exaggeration of the death of print – and her love of sewersNot long after news breaks that the Independent is to go online only, Sarah Sands calls...
View ArticleCity AM takes a revolutionary step by opening website to advertisers
London’s free business newspaper will allow brands and freelance writers to create content without any editorial involvement A small revolution is going on at the loss-making newspaper City AM, the...
View ArticleWhat lies behind Trinity Mirror's return of four Metro franchises
Newspaper publishers are pursuing different strategies in order to make profits The decision by Trinity Mirror to “hand back” four of its Metro franchises to their ultimate owner, dmg media, “because...
View ArticleMetro climbs to second place in the circulation league
Free newspaper overtakes the Daily Mail and closes on the Sun on weekdays after giving away thousands of copies on London buses Metro, the newspaper given away in British cities on weekdays, has...
View ArticleAmerica's 'news deserts': the death of the great alt-weeklies
The Village Voice’s decision to end print publication is just the latest in an epidemic of free alternative newspaper closures in the US, which have left many cities with no local journalism at all. Is...
View ArticleNew Cue the music: former Q editors join newsletter publishing boom
After the Bauer Media music title’s pandemic-triggered demise last July, Q’s former staff are launching a weekly direct-to-inbox publicationThe former editors of Q magazine, the British music monthly...
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