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PCC censures two papers for running an inaccurate story
The Press Complaints Commission has upheld a complaint made against two free weeklies for running an inaccurate story.Rebecca Morris complained about articles in the Stourbridge News and Halesowen...
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Johnston Press closes free weekly
The Chesterfield Advertiser, a free weekly published alongside Johnston Press's Derbyshire Times, has closed. Staff working for the paper, which has a distribution of 44,000 a week, learned of the...
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Metro International launches paper in Puerto Rico
Metro International is expanding its push into Latin America by launching a version of its free daily in Puerto Rico's capital, San Juan. Preview copies will be available today.Metro is already the...
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Johnston Press closes four free papers
I really need to have a Johnston Press stock headline: "Johnston Press closures."Today's instalment - four free titles have been closed down in Nottinghamshire, south Yorkshire and Derbyshire. The last...
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London Evening Standard goes into profit
The London Evening Standard has achieved its aim of making a profit within three years of going free.Andrew Mullins, the paper's managing director, says that in the year up to 30 September, the...
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Tameside Reporter makes a comeback
The Tameside Reporter, a weekly paper in danger of closing after 157 years, is to be relaunched under new ownership this week.It was rescued by a housing association, New Charter, after its previous...
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Another free weekly goes to the wall
The last edition of the Streatham Guardian appeared today. The free weekly, published in south London by Newsquest/Gannett, announced its demise in a page 3 story (as above) saying the paper is moving...
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Fall in advertising revenue mirrored by fall in print circulations
Technical problems caused severe problems for yesterday's edition of Radio 4's The Media Show. So a contribution I was expecting to make about the state of national newspaper circulations just didn't...
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Shortlist Media to launch French edition of Stylist
'First free premium magazine of its kind in France' is joint venture with publisher of Marie ClaireShortlist Media is to launch its first international edition with a French version of free women's...
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New magazine launches in London
A new magazine is being distributed free in London today. Called The World Weekly, it aims to help readers "make sense of the world we live in" by collating articles from titles across the globe.The...
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Evgeny Lebedev - Evening Standard is profitable
Evgeny Lebedev, owner of the London Evening Standard and the Independent titles, has denied that his British publishing company is facing a financial crisis.In a Sunday Times interview, he said the...
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Print still popular in the City... possibly
Surveys that rely on people responding to requests to take part are not scientific. So I'm unsure what weight we should give this one about the corporate readership of newspapers, which was carried out...
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Departing local paper editor faces political fight in his new PR job
I note that Ian Read, editor of the Kent and Sussex Courier, is leaving to become a "communications advisor" to Tower Hamlets council in east London.Read, 31, is joining Tower Hamlets at a very...
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Trinity Mirror: 10 risks of Birmingham Mail giveaway plan
The regional publisher's strategy of giving away copies could be the last-chance saloon for city papersPenny-pinching pensioners: they're just one of 10 challenges Trinity Mirror faces as it teeters on...
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Hatfield switches from i to TV as London Live's editorial director
Stefano Hatfield, the journalist who loves to launch newspapers, is to help launch a TV channel. Hatfield, editor of i, been appointed as editorial director of London Live by its owner, Evgeny...
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Irish political aide shows how to censor free newspapers - dump them
An aide to an Irish politician has clearly taken the concept of giveaway newspapers to a new level - by treating them as throwaway papers.Tommy Morris, adviser to Derek Keating TD, decided that people...
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Government to crack down on council-run newspapers
After failing to convince councils to obey a code that was supposed to prevent them publishing newspapers in competition with the commercial press, the government is going to enforce obedience.The...
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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...
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Standard 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...
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Newspaper 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...
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