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From paperboy to news print expert

By |2020-10-20T19:15:21+01:00October 20th, 2020|News|

DAVID CROW earned his first wage packet as a schoolboy with an early morning paper round. He is now managing director print and logistics group services division at JPIMedia, a member of the Newspaper Industry Materials Committee, chairman of the industry’s Contingency Planning Group, a chartered engineer and has served the industry for 43 years. [...]

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We’ve heard the rhetoric; now let’s see some action

By |2020-10-20T19:07:53+01:00October 20th, 2020|News|

THE EDITOR’S CHAIR: It’s time the government recognised that readers need us, says Gary Cullum JOURNALISM Matters – none more so than now when reliable and trustworthy news brands have served the public effectively during the coronavirus pandemic. But how much longer will they have an effective voice if the government doesn’t act quickly to [...]

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Slow news is good news

By |2020-10-19T15:25:46+01:00October 19th, 2020|News|

  Slow journalism and ‘unbreaking news’: Is this the way forward? ALAN GEERE sets off to find where journalism may be heading in these uncertain times and wonders if ‘slow news’ can be seen as a potential solution ’news fatigue’.

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dmg media buys JPIMedia print plants: David Crow, David Smith and print team transfer with the business

By |2020-10-19T12:00:06+01:00October 19th, 2020|News|

JPIMedia informed staff at the weekend of the sale of its three print plants to dmg media. The company has confirmed the sale of JPIMedia Print Holdings Ltd and its subsidiaries – which owns its sites at Portsmouth, Dinnington and Carn – to dmg media. No jobs are affected by the move and JPIMedia’s newspapers [...]

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dmg media strengthens its UK print operations with acquisition of JPIMedia’s three print plants

By |2020-10-19T11:41:32+01:00October 19th, 2020|News|

dmg media has reached an agreement to acquire JPI Media’s print operations at Dinnington, Portsmouth and Carn in Northern Ireland, from JPI Media. These three printing plants will enable dmg media to better manage the printing of its national newspapers across the UK. As well as dmg media’s newspapers, the plants will continue to print [...]

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World Without News: Nation value role of journalism more since pandemic

By |2020-10-18T22:36:21+01:00October 18th, 2020|News|

A MAJOR new study World Without News has revealed how the nation’s appreciation and value of journalism has increased significantly since the onset of the global coronavirus pandemic. Against a backdrop of fake news, disinformation and attacks on free speech, 66% of people surveyed said they “appreciate and value journalism more since the global coronavirus [...]

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Edward Iliffe and Fowlers buy Lymington and New Milton Advertiser titles

By |2020-10-12T11:30:36+01:00October 12th, 2020|News|

The future of another independent newspaper series has been secured following its purchase by a consortium of Iliffe News and Media and Peter and Rory Fowler. The New Milton Advertiser and Lymington Times has joined the stables of titles acquired by the partnership. The New Milton Advertiser was founded in 1928 and bought by Frederick [...]

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Local editors call on Government to take action on tech giants

By |2020-10-05T18:54:44+01:00October 5th, 2020|News|

Local editors have issued a stark call for Government to intervene in the UK digital advertising marketplace to curb the activities of Google and Facebook which could wipe out local journalism if left unchecked. Published for the first time today during the News Media Association’s weeklong Journalism Matters campaign, a survey of local editors reveals [...]

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Her Majesty the Queen: Having trusted, reliable sources of information is vital

By |2020-10-05T01:40:03+01:00October 5th, 2020|News|

HER Majesty the Queen has spoken of the importance of having trusted and reliable sources of information in a message of support for this week’s 2020 Journalism Matters camapign. “The Covid-19 pandemic has once again demonstrated what an important public service the established news media provides, both nationally and regionally. As our world has changed [...]

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Henry Faure Walker: Trusted journalism is a crucial part of our response to the Coronavirus crisis

By |2020-10-05T01:12:17+01:00October 5th, 2020|News|

News Media Association chairman Henry Faure Walker writes an open editorial for the association’s Journalism Matters campaign which runs this week “This year has been one of the most disruptive and uncertain in living memory. The coronavirus has swept the globe leaving a trail of misery and hardship in its wake. Governments have been grappling [...]

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