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Reach unveils plans to transform the business – 550 jobs lost

By |2020-07-07T23:07:51+01:00July 7th, 2020|News|

Reach has today unveiled its plans to accelerate its customer value strategy - the plans will result in 550 lost jobs Here’s the announcement in full:  Reach plc, one of the UK's leading commercial national and regional news publishers, today provides a trading update and announces plans to transform the business to enable an accelerated [...]

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Working with the new normal

By |2020-07-01T08:44:16+01:00July 1st, 2020|News|

The Editor’s Chair: Pandemic throws up fresh challenges for an industry experienced in change, writes Gary Cullum I’M back working in my office just off the village High Street, less than a stone’s throw from home. I can hear the increase in traffic as life slowly returns to the ‘new normal’. The majority of news [...]

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The million ad file man

By |2020-07-01T08:33:43+01:00July 1st, 2020|News|

The Adfast advertising artwork delivery system reached its landmark 20 year milestone this summer. The News Media’ Association’s Rob Fogwill, the man behind the ground-breaking internet-based scheme, is the subject of this month’s 10pt Talking Point. For a subscription to printed PJ, click here

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The newsawards winners that beat virus lockdown

By |2020-07-01T02:41:15+01:00July 1st, 2020|News|

The judging of the majority of newsawards 2020 categories failed to beat the Covid-19 lockdown in March, but a number of digital and business categories made the cut, as did the two Printer of the Year categories, all of which were judged remotely. And here are the winners... See story in June/July printed PJ, the [...]

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Piers Morgan backs NCTJ virtual summer school

By |2020-07-01T02:34:08+01:00July 1st, 2020|News|

The NCTJ has launched an online summer school, designed to provide an introduction to journalism for beginners. Over the next two months, it will release a video masterclass each week via its YouTube channel, on topics such as newsgathering, interviewing skills and broadcasting. NCTJ alumnus Piers Morgan has welcomed the launch of the project in [...]

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The newsawards that beat the virus lockdown

By |2020-07-01T02:01:56+01:00July 1st, 2020|News|

ST CLEMENTS PRESS, the printing arm of the FT, and Newsquest Oxford have won the prestigious Printer of the Year categories at newsawards 2020, run in association with Fujifilm and PJ. The annual newsawards gala dinner and presentation evening at the Royal Lancaster Hotel, London, was one of the many casualties of Covid-19. Although judging [...]

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And in other news…

By |2020-06-25T13:05:10+01:00June 25th, 2020|News|

Harry, Meghan and Egypt’s assault on journalists continue to make headlines, despite the long shadow cast across the globe by Covid-19. PJ’s ALAN GEERE has been keeping tabs on the other events that have been happening worldwide, and the impact they are having on journalism and publishing. PJ is available in the PJ archive at [...]

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News veteran who’s ‘perfect for the job’

By |2020-06-25T12:41:57+01:00June 25th, 2020|News|

In this month’s 10pt Talking Point, Society of Editors executive director Ian Murray - a news industry veteran of 40 years and avid amateur historian – gives PJ readers an insight into his world, which includes having a soft spot for Cairo and Caligula During the Covid-19 pandemic can read PJ online at www.pjnews.co.uk. You [...]

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Communities secretary Jenrick praises vital role of regional press and urges everyone to buy a paper

By |2020-05-06T21:36:37+01:00May 6th, 2020|News|

On the day that newsawards 2020 was due to take place at London’s Royal Lancaster Hotel in front of an industry gathering of 500-plus news media folk, supply industry executives and guests, the Government has praised the vital role of regional newspapers in serving their communities. Speaking on behalf of the Government, Communities secretary Robert [...]

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Newsquest and JPIMedia ‘go blue’ to support NHS

By |2020-04-30T23:48:50+01:00April 30th, 2020|News|

More than 30 of Newsquest and JPIMedia’s newspapers have joined forces today to turn their mastheads “blue” in support of the NHS. The initiative came as the two news brand publishers wanted to show their solidarity for NHS and key workers on the front line. Titles to have “turned blue” at Newsquest include The Telegraph & [...]

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