Johnston Press, which also owns the Yorkshire Post, has debts of £220m and failed to find a buyerJohnston Press, the owner of the i, the Scotsman and Yorkshire Post, has gone into administration after being brought to its knees by debts of more than £200m.The publicly-listed newspaper publisher, which put itself up for sale last month in a last-ditch effort to save the business from going under, has gone into administration admitting that its shares are now worthless. Related: Daily Mail owners reportedly interested in buying i newspaper Related: Johnston Press falls prey to capitalism and greed | Roy Greenslade Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
[ The Guardian | 2018-11-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A newspaper that allowed its local police force to publish an article directly on to its website should be wary of celebrating the initiative.Torbay police posted a "story" on the site of the Torquay Herald Express, headlined "Who is this man?" over a picture of the said gentleman in a... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-03-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New eMarketer research forecasts mobile ad spend to top £2bn this year, and for total digital media to reach £9bn by 2017UK mobile advertising spend is forecast to top £2bn and overtake newspaper ad revenue for the first time in 2014, according to new research.Total digital media advertising... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-03-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This essay is excerpted from The Meat Racket: The Secret Takeover of America’s Food Business, by Christopher Leonard, published by Simon & Schuster. Read another excerpt from The Meat Racket, about how Tyson keeps chicken prices high. Continue reading at Slate
[ Slate | 2014-03-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A legal battle is being fought over the will of the late newspaper publisher, Deirdre Romanes, that could affect the future of the titles she loved. Romanes, who was chief executive of the Dunfermline Press group, died in 2010 with an estate estimated, according to HoldTheFrontPage, at £4.6m.In... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-03-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Leicester Mercury down 14.4% on the year while rival titles belonging to Johnston Press and Trinity Mirror also sufferSeveral Local World flagship evening regional newspapers suffered double digit year-on-year circulation falls, according to the latest ABC figures.Many of its regional rivals... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-02-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Journalists on three titles in northern England owned by Gannett are to strike over plans to move editing work to south Wales. But this is of a piece with the US firm's attitude to print mediaHere's a claim to savour. "The strength of [our] network lies in its ability to penetrate local... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-02-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bauer's Closer, Hearst's Best and IPC's Now, and OK! all record double-digit falls, year on yearRichard Desmond's Star magazine has jumped into the top 10 biggest sellers in the women's weeklies market, after reporting a 16.5% sales surge in the second half of 2013.But there were double digit... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Johnston Press employees in Ireland have received notices informing them that the terms of their employment contracts will be switched to a new company, Formpress Publishing Ltd, later this week.They believe it to be a precursor to the publisher's newspapers being sold to the company, which was... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-02-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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2 years ago it was "nice to have" a mobile strategy for large and medium-sized companies. But today the reality is that a mobile strategy is a must-have for all businesses of all sizes. And the publishing industry is no exception. Toda ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2014-02-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Newspaper publishers in Sudan are being harassed and intimidated by the arbitrary confiscation of newspaper issues and through sudden orders to cease printing.There have been at least seven confiscations since the start of 2014 following more in the preceding months, according to the... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Four weeks after Weltbild's owners, a consortium of 12 diocese of the Catholic Church,... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Emily Hall, 25, whose family purchased Main Street Books in St. Charles, Mo., earlier this week, says that she will continue in retiring owner Vicki Erwin's footsteps. Hall will officially become a full-time bookseller on Feb. 15. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-01-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The sale of The Panoramic Publishing Group, publisher of the weekly Laker newspaper and 10 other ancillary publications, to Daniel L. Smiley, general manager of Turner Publishing in Turner, ME has been completed. Brad Lipe had bee ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2014-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Main Street Books in St. Charles, Mo. will officially change ownership on Feb. 14. Current owner, Vicki Erwin has signed a contract with an area resident, a 25-year-old woman who works in the financial industry. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-01-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Nicola's Books in Ann Arbor, which was founded in 1991 as a Little Professor franchise, is for sale. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The SNPA Foundation is launching a new "two-way" mentorship program called Nex Gen this month that will pair young newspaper professionals with experienced industry experts in a structured mentorship program. "It is billed as a 't ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2014-01-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A weekly newspaper is about to be published without having an office, reports HoldTheFrontPage. The Hemel Hempstead Gazette, having left its headquarters, will operate in future largely through computer screens.Editor John Francis tells me there will be weekly face-to-face meetings of the half... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-01-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The change is subtle, but its message is clear: Facebook has entered the news business.It's no secret that Facebook is changing what appears in your feed dramatically. Whereas memes used to rule supreme--making basically anything shared by George Takei go viral--Facebook has reweighted its... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2014-01-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Should Australian newspapers, like Fairfax, publish opinion pieces that deny or seek to cast doubt on man-made global warming?Should Fairfax — or other media publishers — give a platform for climate change denialist opinion pieces?The most recent example is Fairfax publishing a piece by John... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-01-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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