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Rumours are being quashed by News International following speculation that James Murdoch was considering axing the londonpaper.The loss making paper has had rumours growing around it over the last two weeks, but today News International issued a public statement supporting the freesheet.A spokesman said: “The londonpaper has established itself as the capital’s leading afternoon paper… Continue reading Rumours of Scrapping thelondonpaper Quashed

The Independent On Sunday has slashed its cover price to £1.The Sunday title has reduced its price from £1.80 after rolling out a campaign of regional discounts this year.Since it relaunched as a new slimmed-down version in June 2007, the newspaper has seen various price-cuts and now intends to keep to the £1 price, which… Continue reading Independent On Sunday Cuts Cover Price to £1

Independent News & Media looks at an alternative distribution model following plans to cancel its delivery agreements with newsagents in Northern Ireland.The company, which owns the Independent and Independent on Sunday, said it was forced to take the step because circulation of the Belfast Telegraph has suffered owing to inadequate delivery services, according to the… Continue reading Independent News & Media Is Set To Cancel Delivery Deal

New research from the World Newspaper Congress on the media habits of young people in three countries found that television continues to be their most important source of news and information for the young, despite the rise of the internet. The research, looking at 15-29 year olds in the US, the Netherlands and Finland, showed… Continue reading Television Is Number One Source For News Among 15-29 Year-Olds

Lloyd Embley has been appointed as the new editor of the People six months after he took over as acting editor.Embley took over as acting editor of the Sunday tabloid after Mark Thomas left the job last November.Trinity Mirror, owner of the paper, also announced that its deputy editor, Ben Proctor, is leaving the company.Daily… Continue reading People Appoints New Editor

Italy claimed a 2 – 0 victory over France last night, knocking them out of the competition in front of a 6.9 million audience on BBC One.One of the pre-tournament favourites, France lost two key players in the first half after Franck Ribery was taken off with a serious injury and Eric Abidal was shown… Continue reading France Knocked Out Of Euro 2008

News International will shut its News Magazines unit that loses £10 million a year as the first step of widespread changes due to take place in the company.The News Magazines unit was launched by News International in 2005 and currently publishes the free monthly magazine SkyMag and The Sunday Times Travel Magazine.James Murdoch, who was… Continue reading News International Set To Close Magazines Unit

The acting editor of celebrity magazine Heat, Julian Linley, has been permanently appointed to the post.He has been acting editor of the magazine since Mark Frith stepped down earlier this month.Linley joined Heat in 2000 and was Frith’s deputy for five years before leaving to become launch editor of First.In May last year he helped… Continue reading Heat Appoints Editor

Daily Newspaper MarketThe daily national newspaper market was down by 1% year on year overall in May, according to the latest ABC figures, with just one daily title in our report showing a year on year circulation increase.The Sun was up by almost 106,000 copies year on year, although the Daily Mail remained relatively static… Continue reading ABC National Newspaper Round-Up: May 2008

The Evening Standard saw its circulation grow by almost 7% from April to May, an increase in real terms of over 19,000 copies.It now has a circulation of more than 300,000.Evening freesheets thelondonpaper and London Lite saw their circulations remain relatively static month on month, at more than 500,000 and 401,000 copies respectively.Morning freesheet Metro… Continue reading Evening Standard Records Circulation Increase