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Andy Burnham, the culture secretary, has ruled out the possibility of the Government providing subsidies to help support the struggling regional press industry.However, Burnham did offer some support to local newspapers by hinting at a “package” to assist the regional sector and also condemned local authorities for launching titles that compete with the local press.In… Continue reading Burnham rules out government subsidies to local newspapers

Alpha Media Group, the US firm that bought Maxim, Stuff and Blender magazines from Felix Dennis in 2007, has closed Blender‘s print edition in a bid to achieve more success with an online-only version of the title.The music monthly, first launched in 2001, is due to cease publication after next month’s edition, following a 31%… Continue reading Former Dennis magazine Blender to close

Arnaud de Puyfontaine has been appointed new chief executive of NatMags, replacing Duncan Edwards.De Puyfontaine, former head of Emap France, will report to Edwards, who was promoted to president and chief executive of non-US operations at NatMags’ parent company Hearst in January.De Puyfontaine joined Emap France in 1995, becoming chief executive three years later. When… Continue reading Natmags appoints new chief executive

The National Magazine Company’s long-running Good Housekeeping magazine has undergone its first major redesign in 10 years.Good Housekeeping, which was launched in 1922, will relaunch with its new-look on April 2, with changes that include two new columnists, professor Tanya Byron and TV presenter Aggie MacKenzie.Channel 4’s How Clean is Your House? presenter MacKenzie will… Continue reading Good Housekeeping set for relaunch

Carat predicts that UK adspend will fall 7.1% this year, with worldwide spend falling 5.8%.2009 declines are led by negative growth in almost every major advertising market, with the exception of China, said Carat.Jerry Buhlmann, CEO of Aegis Media, said: “These forecasts represent widespread adoption of a much more cautious approach to spending in the… Continue reading Carat forecasts 7.1% drop in UK advertising spend this year

The specialist magazine publisher Future is set to relaunch its gadget title T3 with a host of new features in a bid to distinguish the title from its rival, Stuff magazine.The revamped May issue, which is due to hit newsstands next week, will place Future’s gadget title as a “broadsheet” alternative to Stuff‘s “tabloid magazine”,… Continue reading Future revamps T3 magazine

The Society of Editors has written to culture secretary Andy Burnham asking him to support the struggling regional newspaper industry.In the letter, which outlines how the Government could help the regional press industry, the society has requested that Burnham look at ways of preventing content aggregators from profiting from third-party news content, without paying the… Continue reading Editors ask Burnham to back regional papers

Independent News & Media’s Belfast Telegraph will become a compact newspaper across all of its afternoon editions from tomorrow (March 25).The paper, which has been printed as a broadsheet since 1870, introduced the compact format in February 2005 with a new Saturday morning edition. This was followed by the daily morning edition in March 2005.… Continue reading Belfast Telegraph goes compact

Children’s book and magazine publisher Egmont is set to release a collection of classic Roy of the Rovers comic strips next week.The 64-page Roy of the Rovers special collector’s edition will go on sale next Wednesday – the first in the four part collection of classic comic strips to be released by the publisher, according… Continue reading Roy of the Rovers returns

The Independent and the Times are understood to be considering plans to introduce paid-for content on their websites.The new chief executive of Independent News & Media, Gavin O’Reilly – who has stepped up to succeed his father Sir Anthony O’Reilly (see Sir Anthony O’Reilly is set to leave INM) – confirmed that he has been… Continue reading National newspapers consider charging for online content