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Richard Webb has stepped down from his role as managing director of UK nationals at Trinity Mirror with immediate effect, as part of a reorganisation.Mark Hollinshead will replace Webb by combining his current position as managing director of Trinity’s Scottish Daily Record and Sunday Mail with Webb’s former role.Hollinshead will now be responsible for the… Continue reading Richard Webb Set To Leave Trinity Mirror

Ex-Unilever executive Jerry Wright has been appointed as the next chief executive of ABC and will join the organisation on October 13.Wright will take over from Chris Boyd, who has held the chief executive position for eight years.From 2004 to 2006 Wright chaired the Unilever UK Media Trading Committee and as part of this oversaw… Continue reading Jerry Wright Appointed As New ABC Chief Executive

Dennis Publishing is to launch its current affairs magazine, The Week, in Australia at the end of October.The magazine covers opinion and commentary on national affairs and business, as well as sport, food, travel, health, gossip, property and arts.Kevin O’Connor, managing director of the UK edition, said: “The Week has been a huge success, having… Continue reading Dennis Publishing Launches The Week In Australia

Daily Newspaper MarketThe daily national newspaper market showed a year on year dip in circulation of 4.2% overall in August, with the circulation figures for the titles in our analysis down across the board.There were relatively large percentage falls for the Daily Express, Daily Mirror and Daily Star.The Sun performed relatively well, with its circulation… Continue reading ABC National Newspaper Round-Up: August 2008

The latest circulation figures show that the Evening Standard was down 4.6% month on month in August, leaving its total at around 279,000 copies.Afternoon freesheets thelondonpaper and the London Lite remained relatively static month on month. They now have totals of around 401,000 and 500,000 copies respectively.Morning business freesheet City AM now has a total… Continue reading August Sees Circulation Dip For Evening Standard

Haymarket is to close women’s magazine Eve, saying that the title is making an unsustainable level of loss.The announcement follows a detailed review of the Eve portfolio by Haymarket, which led the company to conclude that as matters stand it is not feasible to continue the magazine.Kevin Costello, Haymarket Consumer Media managing director, said: “The… Continue reading Haymarket To Close Eve

The Guardian and Daily Telegraph are to raise their cover prices by 10p this weekend, following a recent increase by The Times.The price of the Saturday Daily Telegraph is rise from £1.50 to £1.60, while the weekday edition will also go up by 10p, from 80p to 90p. The Sunday Telegraph will stay at its… Continue reading Guardian And Telegraph To Raise Cover Prices

The Daily Telegraph has relaunched in full colour after a deal was reached with News International to use its printing division.The paper now features colour coded bars at the top of each page, a redesigned sports section, expanded comment and features and a new look business section.The Telegraph said in today’s edition: “From today, for… Continue reading Daily Telegraph Goes Full Colour

The Times has raised its cover price by 10p to 80p in a bid to match its rival quality papers.The News International paper’s new price sees it match the cost of the Daily Telegraph, the Independent and the Guardian.However, the price of The Saturday Times will stay at £1.40.The Times changed to a tabloid format… Continue reading The Times Ups Its Cover Price

The latest regional ABC figures, for January to June 2008, show that the Manchester Evening News is Britain’s top paid for regional title following the decision by ABC to combine paid-for and free distribution for the first time.In the top ten paid regional newspaper groups, Archant London Group was up by a massive 326.1% year… Continue reading ABC Regional Newspapers: January-June 2008