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- Candis pays tribute to agony aunt Denise Robertson: 'she answered every reader letter or email'
- Express Newspapers owner Richard Desmond gives up porn
- Shark spotted at Redcar, giant strawberries in Swindon, left-handed sandwiches developed in Bolton
- Six new journalism jobs found today including: The New Day and Royal College of Nursing
- Telegraph launches redesigned mobile-first website
- Ten-strong British team compete in Ski Club of International Journalists competition
Latest news
Wires and Agencies | 1 April 16 : 08.31
A press agency boss has dubbed some journalism courses “Del Boy degrees” as they don’t make 100 minutes minute shorthand compulsory.
Television | 1 April 16 : 07.37
Sky’s economics editor Ed Conway has accused the Financial Times of “statistical plagiarism” after he claims the business title took data from his blog without attribution.
Appointments | 31 March 16 : 10.43
A number of senior Independent journalists are included on the 50-strong new editorial team of i as it transfers over to Johnston Press ownership.
Regionals | 31 March 16 : 14.11
Journalists working at Northern Irish publisher Alpha Newspapers have voted overwhelmingly in favour of strike action in a dispute over pay and trade union recognition.
Regionals | 31 March 16 : 10.07
An independent local newspaper publisher has launched a fourth paid-for weekly newspaper in Wales in the space of four years.
Nationals | 30 March 16 : 09.27
The Times and Sunday Times have merged their websites and relaunched them with a focus around “editions” rather than rolling news.
Nationals | 31 March 16 : 08.26
Buzzfeed has suggested Daily Mail editor Paul Dacre is guilty of hypocrisy because his Scottish estate received £60,000 in CAP funding from the EU in 2014.
Mobile | 31 March 16 : 08.52
Buzzfeed has launched an international news app in the UK which will be staffed by a small London-based team of reporters and will link to content from other publishers such as the Guardian and the BBC.
Wires and Agencies | 30 March 16 : 16.24
News agency SWNS has been awarded a six-figure grant by Google to develop a new content syndication platform.
Consumer | 29 March 16 : 16.44
Economist deputy editor and head of digital strategy Tom Standage has revealed some of the secrets behind his title’s 35m-strong social media following.
B2B | 30 March 16 : 07.33
Haymarket Media Group is folding its 85-year-old monthly specialist title Marketing magazine into sister advertising magazine Campaign saying that “silos are increasingly untenable” in trade journalism.
Nationals | 29 March 16 : 17.26
Broadsheet newspapers are stepping up their promotional activities, as they look to mop up print readers from the Independent following its closure.
Nationals | 26 March 16 : 08.06
The Sun breached the Editors’ Code by publishing a “significantly misleading” front page headlined “1 in 5 Brit Muslims’ sympathy for jihadis”.
Regionals | 29 March 16 : 08.50
The Liverpool Echo has raised concerns about lack of accountability for academy schools after finding it impossible to find someone who would answer questions about the closure of a sixth form.
Nationals | 26 March 16 : 09.03
The final print edition of The Independent has been sent to press as the title moves to a digital-only format.
Nationals | 24 March 16 : 14.02
A politician who used parliamentary privilege to expose soccer star Ryan Giggs as the celebrity protected by a privacy injunction says he has concerns about judges barring a tabloid newspaper from reporting on a "well-known" man's "extramarital activities".
Media business | 23 March 16 : 12.03
Times Newspapers, the publisher of The Times and The Sunday Times, has swung into the black and made a pre-tax profit of £10.9 million in the year ending 28 June 2015.
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News | 31 March 16 : 18.34
Shortlist Media has axed the weekly tablet edition of Stylist magazine after just over two years, blaming its demise on the closure of Apple’s online hub for publishers’ content. The tablet edition of the women’s weekly title was averaging around 28,000 readers an issue.
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Nationals
Senior journalists from The Independent among 50-strong editorial line up for i under Johnston Press
A number of senior Independent journalists are included on the 50-strong new editorial team of i as it transfers over to Johnston Press ownership.
Regionals
Journalists at Alpha Newspapers in Northern Ireland vote to strike over £7.85 an hour wages
Journalists working at Northern Irish publisher Alpha Newspapers have voted overwhelmingly in favour of strike action in a dispute over pay and trade union recognition.
Broadcast
Express Newspapers owner Richard Desmond gives up porn
Daily Express owner Richard Desmond has sold his adult TV channels in a six –figure management buyout, severing Desmond’s links with the adult entertainment business.
Digital
Buzzfeed launches international news app in the UK featuring content curated from other publishers
Buzzfeed has launched an international news app in the UK which will be staffed by a small London-based team of reporters and will link to content from other publishers such as the Guardian and the BBC.
Media law
Sun censured by IPSO over 'significantly misleading' front page story: '1 in 5 Brit Muslims’ sympathy for jihadis'
The Sun breached the Editors’ Code by publishing a “significantly misleading” front page headlined “1 in 5 Brit Muslims’ sympathy for jihadis”.
B2B
Marketing Magazine closes and folds content into Campaign because 'silos are untenable'
Haymarket Media Group is folding its 85-year-old monthly specialist title Marketing magazine into sister advertising magazine Campaign saying that “silos are increasingly untenable” in trade journalism.
