News UK to distribute London weeklies
Sun and Times publisher agrees deal with Archant to distribute 14 newspapers including the Ham & High and Islington GazetteNews UK, the publisher of the Sun and Times, has agreed a deal to...
View ArticleArchant reports first increase in revenues and profits in eight years
Regional publisher says it has limited advertising decline to 1% – this compares with 13.7% and 5.1% slides at Trinity Mirror and Johnston Press respectivelyArchant has reported its first revenue and...
View ArticleRegional newspaper publishers are seeking digital skills - at last
Survey suggests employers are recruiting more journalists with online abilities What skills should a young journalist have nowadays in order to obtain a job on a newspaper?Year by year, since the dawn...
View ArticleDon't make the BBC bail out the busted flush that is local TV
Memo to John Whittingdale: Hunt was wrong so let his project wither on the vineWhy should the BBC offer a helping hand to loss-making local TV channels? And why should Ofcom relax its programming...
View ArticleLocal World digital chief Matt Kelly joins rival Archant
Kelly takes on new role of chief content officer as regional newspaper publisher builds its online presenceRegional newspaper group Archant has appointed Matt Kelly, Local World’s digital chief, to the...
View ArticleArchant promises newsagents £370,000 extra profit with price rises
Norwich-based regional publisher increases cover prices at 40 titles Three months after posting its first revenue and profit growth in eight years, regional newspaper publisher Archant has increased...
View ArticleArchant boosts profits and pays first dividend since 2012
Local newspaper publisher, whose titles include the Eastern Daily Press and Ham & High, achieves 20% increase without cutting staffLocal newspaper publisher Archant is to pay its first dividend...
View ArticleArchant appoints Local World's Steve Anglesey in top digital role
Executive follows former colleague Matt Kelly to rival newspaper groupLocal newspaper group Archant has hired a second senior executive from Local World with the appointment of Steve Anglesey as...
View ArticleFacebook endorsements are good for news sites, but where's the money?
Social media ‘currency’ is all very well, but it doesn’t fund journalismTrinity Mirror regularly publishes the numbers of its Facebook and Twitter followers and likes (example here). Archant has also...
View ArticleArchant launches pop-up paper to serve people who voted remain
The New European will give a voice to those dismayed by the Brexit vote A regional publisher is to launch a “pop-up” newspaper this week aimed at people dismayed by the Brexit vote in the EU...
View ArticleAlastair Campbell calls for a second EU referendum
Former No 10 director of communications calls on Theresa May to hold a second referendum on Britain’s membership of the European UnionThe New European has landed something of a scoop in its second week...
View ArticleAnti-Brexit paper the New European outsells the New Day and makes profit
‘Pop-up’ title estimated to have sold more than 40,000 copies, and may see an extension to its four-issue runPro-Remain newspaper the New European is thought to have sold more than 40,000 copies of its...
View ArticleThe New European to continue publishing after making profit
‘Pop-up’ pro-EU newspaper has beat its targets, selling more copies than short-lived national title the New DayPro-EU newspaper the New European is to continue publishing beyond its four-week trial...
View Article'National newspaper for the north' closes after just five weeks
The 24 newspaper couldn’t find an audience, which isn’t much of a surprise because titles founded solely on market research and a hunch rarely workAnother hopeful newspaper launch has come to grief....
View ArticleThe New European on the 'brainwashing of Britain over immigration'
Pop-up paper devotes its 11th issue to the way in which rightwing national newspapers have distorted the debate about migrants The latest issue of The New European, the weekly newspaper dedicated to...
View ArticleThe New European wins serial rights to Alastair Campbell's new book
First extract reveals that Tony Blair thought of leaving No 10 in 2004 and harboured hopes of securing the European commission presidency The New European has landed a genuine political scoop by...
View ArticleThe New European publisher puts up to 60 roles at risk in digital move
Newspaper and magazine owner Archant to create dozens of new web roles as it cuts back print operationThe publisher behind titles including pro-remain newspaper the New European and the Eastern Daily...
View ArticleNewsquest targets Archant as newspaper consolidation gathers pace
Owners have discussed takeover amid battle for advertising revenue with digital giantsNewsquest, the UK’s second-biggest regional newspaper group, has held takeover talks with Archant, owner of titles...
View ArticleArchant chief to step down and jobs to go at local newspaper group
Jeff Henry to leave as firm stops printing own titles after more than 170 yearsThe chief executive of one of Britain’s largest regional newspaper groups is to leave and almost 100 jobs are at risk as...
View ArticleNewspaper group Archant up for sale 18 months after private equity buyout
Exclusive: Publisher of dozens of local titles was sold to Rcapital in deal that promised ‘bright future’Archant, the publisher of dozens of titles including the Eastern Daily Press, London’s Ham &...
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