Trinity Mirror is set to close eight weekly titles in the Midlands and turn the Birmingham Post into a weekly or biweekly paper.The group’s regional plans, which will see expenditure reduced by as much as £2.5 million, could also include turning evening title the Birmingham Mail into a morning paper.The National Union of Journalists claims… Continue reading Trinity Mirror to close eight Midlands titles
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Half of the UK’s local and regional newspapers could close within the next five years, according to Claire Enders, chief executive of Enders Analysis.Speaking to a commons committee yesterday, Enders said that newspapers would close as revenues will collapse by 52%, or £1.3 billion, between 2007 and 2013.“We are expecting that up to half of… Continue reading “Half of local and regional newspapers to close in five years”
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
Advertising revenue at Trinity Mirror’s regional division was down 36% year on year in for the 17 weeks to the 26 April. In an interim management statement released today, the company revealed that group advertising revenue declined by 30% year on year. Its regional division was down 37% in January and February and 35% in… Continue reading Trinity Mirror’s regional ad revenues down 36%
Kent Messenger has revamped the eight titles in its free Extra series and plans to trial user-generated content in the Canterbury edition in a bid to push its paid-for titles.The regional publisher has redesigned the Extra series, which include the Ashford Extra, Canterbury Extra, Folkestone & Dover Extra, Gravesend, Dartford & Swanley Extra, Maidstone Extra,… Continue reading Kent Messenger revamps its Extra series
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
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
ITV and the BBC have signed a memorandum of understanding that could see the pair co-locating regional news centres and sharing technical facilities.ITV said that it estimates that there is the potential for a saving of £1.5 million in 2011 rising incrementally to around £7 million per annum by 2016.According to ITV, the current cost… Continue reading ITV and BBC could share regional news centres
Up to 300 jobs are likely to be cut at local weekly paper owner MEN Media and regional newspaper publisher Observer Standard Media Group.Around 150 jobs are under threat at the Observer Standard Media Group, which currently has the administrators in, after it announced that it is looking for a buyer for nine of its… Continue reading Regional publishers to cut up to 300 jobs