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The Mail on Sunday has hired former Bauer executive Marcus Rich as managing director, replacing Stephen Miron who left last November to join Global Radio.Rich will also take on the additional role of deputy managing director of Mail Newspapers after the company integrated its daily and Sunday sales departments, according to reports.He will report directly… Continue reading Mail on Sunday appoints new MD

Dennis Publishing is set to close its monthly Computer Buyer title after 18 years in order to focus on its Computer Shopper magazine.The March issue of Computer Buyer will be the last copy of the magazine to hit the shelves – the title has seen its circulation decline significantly over the past few years, down… Continue reading Dennis publishes last Computer Buyer magazine

Trinity Mirror has raised the Daily Mirror‘s cover price by 5p to 45p today, making it the most expensive red-top tabloid.The Mirror‘s price increase, which makes the paper 15p more than the Sun and 25p more than the Daily Star, promptly sparked an attack from its News International rival.The Sun took out a full page… Continue reading Daily Mirror ups its cover price

The Financial Times is set to make up to 80 staff redundant across its global operations as part of its restructuring plans, in a bid to sustain its “financial strength”.The FT‘s chief executive John Ridding has started negotiations with 80 employees about possible redundancy measures today, warning journalists that 2009 will be “crucial year for… Continue reading FT plans 80 redundancies

Daily Newspaper MarketThe national daily newspaper market suffered an overall circulation fall of more than 5% year on year in December.The Independent saw the largest fall of the national titles, down 12.3% year on year, followed by the Daily Mirror, down by almost 10% year on year. National Newspaper ABC Figures – December 2008 Daily… Continue reading ABC National Newspaper Round-Up: December 2008

Daily Newspaper MarketThe national daily newspaper market suffered an overall circulation fall of more than 5% year on year in December.The Independent saw the largest fall of the national titles, down 12.3% year on year, followed by the Daily Mirror, down by almost 10% year on year. National Newspaper ABC Figures – December 2008 Daily… Continue reading ABC National Newspaper Round-Up: December 2008

December saw business title City AM‘s distribution decline by a significant 14.5% month on month, to around 87,000 copies, due to the Christmas period.However, the Evening Standard also experienced a relatively large month on month dip of 5.2%, taking its circulation to just over 287,000 copies last month.Meanwhile, London’s morning freesheet only slipped by 0.8%… Continue reading City AM sees month on month circulation dip

The Daily Sport‘s publisher Sport Media Group has recorded a £18.2 million pre-tax loss in the year to 31 July, after stripping £20.7 million off the value of its assets.SPMG was forced to write down the value of Sport Newspapers, which it bought for £50 million in December 2007, by around one third due to… Continue reading Daily Sport publisher records £18.2m loss

Last year was pretty gloomy for newspapers, with circulations continuing to fall and the financial downturn beginning to bite, while a question concerning many was the migration to digital.One of the biggest stories of the year, at least as far as regional publishers were concerned, came in November as the BBC Trust rejected the Corporation’s… Continue reading 2008 round-up: Newspapers

British consumers pay more attention to print ads rather than online ads, according to Deloitte’s new Media Democracy survey into the media consumption habits of Brits aged between 16 and 74. The study found that 59% of consumers pay the greatest attention to print ads in magazines, while 56% pay more attention to ads in… Continue reading Consumers pay more attention to print ads than online ads