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Trinity Mirror plc has announced the appointment of Eirik Svendsen in the newly created role of group chief technology officer. Eirik has been an executive at Schibsted Media Group, an international media group, since 2011. His career history to date has included internet-centric companies across Europe, with roles at world-leading broadcasting software company Vizrt and publishing software company [...]
FELICITY Morse has been appointed digital news editor of inews.co.uk, the new website for the i paper that is due to launch next week. Ms Morse joins the Johnston Press title from BBC Radio 1’s Newsbeat, where she was social media editor. She has also held roles at The Huffington Post and The Independent. The appointment follows [...]
THE EDITOR’S CHAIR: Gary Cullum enjoys a look back – and forwards at an industry focused on the future I HAVE had a great couple of days trawling through the PJ archive to research the past two decades of newspapering. I’ve come across some amazing stories and fantastic headlines in back copies of PJ (Production Journal). My browse through the back [...]
Now in their third year, the annual Stationers’ Innovation Excellence Awards, provide an opportunity to promote the key role that the Communications and Content industries play in the UK economy. The awards invite organisations to demonstrate best practice in product design, services, campaigns or business process development, highlighting the industries’ outstanding innovation and creativity. Entries are [...]
The Daily Mail was awarded newspaper of the year for the fourth time in 11 years at the London Press Club Awards lunch which took place on Tuesday 5 April at the Corinthia Hotel. The judges praised the Daily Mail’s ‘vigorous campaigns’ and ‘star-studded roster of columnists’ and said the paper was ‘not to be missed’. They also praised its [...]
Nearly 100 workers, who worked at Aylesford Newsprint in Kent, have been awarded about £750,000 for being dismissed without consultation, Unite, the country’s largest union, has announced. However, because the Larkfield-based company went into administration early last year, Unite’s members, who are classed as unsecured creditors, will only receive £321,000 of that figure. However, this may be boosted by [...]
Eastman Kodak Company (NYSE: KODK) has announced strategic decisions related to its Enterprise Inkjet and silver metal mesh touch sensor businesses, following in-depth management reviews of these business operations and discussions with customers, partners and other industry participants. The statement reads: KODAK PROSPER Enterprise Inkjet Business Kodak is in talks with prospective buyers about offers [...]
Trinity Mirror’s network of regional websites averaged 1.9m daily unique browsers in the last six months of 2015, a 40.1% year-on-year surge. The Manchester Evening News, the UK’s most popular regional news website, increased its daily browser numbers by 34.5% to 558,095, according to today's ABCe release. The Liverpool Echo, increased 59.6% to 422,360, Wales Online, rose [...]
Trinity Mirror’s Perspecs news app has been awarded a six-figure sum of funding from the Google Digital News Initiative (DNI), one of only two large projects in the UK to have won investment. The DNI is a collaboration between Google and news publishers in Europe to support high quality journalism and encourage a more sustainable news ecosystem through technology and innovation. [...]
After all the rumours, Trinity Mirror has announced that the first standalone national daily newspaper for 30 years is being launched in the UK. The new title, called The New Day, will be available from Monday 29 February across the UK. The New Day will be a paid-for daily paper published Monday to Friday, available through all key [...]
