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Johnston Press is at risk of breaching its banking covenants after it ditched the planned sale of its Irish titles.In a trading statement issued this morning, the regional publishing group said despite “considerable interest” to buy its titles in the Republic of Ireland, which includes the Leinster Leader series, the board had been unable to… Continue reading Johnston Press ditches Irish sale

The Evening Standard is launching the next stage of its advertising campaign in support of today’s relaunch as the London Evening Standard.The activity, created by McCann Erickson, includes a 60 second TV ad and a print and outdoor campaign featuring the words “we promise”, with the next stage set to feature outdoor and bus-side ads… Continue reading Evening Standard relaunches today with promises of better behaviour

The Wall Street Journal is set to start charging casual users for access to individual online articles following owner Rupert Murdoch’s plans to expand the pay model.WSJ‘s managing editor Robert Thomson said the micro-payment system will apply to non-subscribers who want to read individual articles and will give existing subscribers access to premium niche markets,… Continue reading Wall Street Journal to implement new payment system

Afternoon freesheet thelondonpaper has relaunched its website with a fresh look designed to be more engaging to users.The new-look site, designed by agency Nomensa, features more advertising opportunities and allows readers to include their interactions with the paper on their Facebook page.Serena Kutchinsky, former managing editor of Time Out has been hired as editor of… Continue reading thelondonpaper revamps website

The Evening Standard will be distributed across London for free on Monday in a bid to promote its relaunch.The newspaper, which usually runs with a coverprice of 50p, is set show off its new-look with 650,000 free copies, which will be handed out across the capital.The freebie move follows a teaser ad campaign that has… Continue reading Evening Standard to go free for a day

Daily Newspaper Market Overall, the daily newspaper market was down by almost 5% year on year in April, although the Daily Star bucked the general downward trend and reported impressive year on year growth.The Independent suffered the largest circulation decline, although other daily titles also recorded significant falls. National Newspaper ABC Figures – April 2009… Continue reading ABC National Newspaper Round-Up: April 2009

The latest ABC figures, for April 2009, show that the Evening Standard‘s circulation was down 6.4% year on year, leaving its total at 263,312 copies.Elsewhere, afternoon freesheets thelondonpaper and the London Lite remained relatively static, with distribution figures of around 500,800 and 400,100 respectively.NewsLine reported earlier today that thelondonpaper racked up losses of almost £13… Continue reading ABC London Newspaper Focus: Apr 2009

thelondonpaper racked up losses of almost £13 million and nearly doubled the size of its overdraft to over £26 million in the 12 months to the end of June 2008.News International’s NI Free Newspapers subsidy, which was specifically set up to publish the Murdoch-owned freesheet, reported a pre-tax loss of £12.9 million, according to accounts… Continue reading thelondonpaper cuts losses but doubles overdraft

IPC Media has launched its third international edition of interiors monthly title Living etc in India.The English-language magazine, which will be published by Images Group under a licence in India, is set to launch with a cover price of 100 Rupees (£1.35).IPC has also launched international versions of Living etc in Thailand and Cyprus.“The last… Continue reading Living etc launches in India

Rupert Murdoch said he plans to charge users to read The Times‘ and The Sun‘s online content following the success of the Wall Street Journal‘s pay model.Murdoch said he would test the pay model on his stronger titles, in a similar way he charges people for the WSJ’s online business news, and if it proves… Continue reading Murdoch set to charge for online content