Following the Competition Commission’s “brutal” ruling for Global Radio yesterday, Raymond Snoddy argues that there could also be severe repercussions for Local World as the OFT examines David Montgomery’s regional newspaper initiative.
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Woman’s Weekly, one of the UK’s most iconic consumer newsbrands, has agreed a deal with Pedigree Books that will see it publish two yearbooks as it treads into the the world of book publishing amid declining magazine sales.
Placing the Sun online behind a paywall is an all-or-nothing bet by News International, so you can be certain the company will be throwing a considerable amount of promotional cash at the platform to lure in and maintain readers says Dominic Mills. However, it’s the newsbrand’s competitors who have the most to get excited about – and whoever the first port of call for Sun readers is, the one thing they won’t be doing is putting up a paywall…
With so much news coming out of Google I/O, it’s inevitable some of the announcements won’t get the attention they deserve, so this week Simon Andrews takes a look at the lesser discussed, yet hugely interesting developments.
The latest figures from NRS for the period April 2012 – March 2013 show that the national newspaper market experienced, with only two exceptions, further year on year declines. The ‘i’ and the Financial Times were the only papers to see any growth, up 3.2% and 3.7%, respectively.
From 1 August the Sun is to introduce a £2 per week charge, giving users access to Premier League football highlights.
The former managing partner of MediaTel Group will support the launch of newly won London Live in his new role at ES Media, starting with immediate effect.
The latest ABC National Newspaper results for April show that not much has changed over the month, with just the Sunday titles seeing a marginal -0.3% period on period decline.
Speaking at Wednesday’s annual PPA conference in London, leading editors, past and present, of some of the UK’s best known magazines say print is still a core part of the publishing business.
Trader Media Group has completed its transition to an online digital business and will publish the final edition of its entire magazine portfolio next month after huge declines in print sales over the last ten years – but with 11 million unique users to Autotrader.co.uk each month, things still look good for the business.
