Regionals
Colin Webb, who has died aged 74, was a highly effective editor of the Press Association from 1986 to 1995 and successfully steered the agency through a crucial period in its history.
Local World chairman David Montgomery has said much of the “human interface” involved in local news publishing will disappear within four years.
The Oxford Mail has criticised a solicitors' firm for its "dogmatic and downright wrong" attempt to overturn a longstanding legal ruling about naming young people in court.
Local newspaper groups have said the Government’s proposed Royal Charter on press regulation could threaten the financial future of many papers. Giving evidence to the Culture, Media and Sport select committee at the House of Commons, regional newspaper publishers warned plans to introduce an arbitration process for complaints could open the way for a wave of small compensation claims that would have a crippling effect on local newspapers’ profitability.
Newsquest’s long-serving chief executive Paul Davidson is expected to retire later this year.
Newsquest is set to cut sub-editors in Wales and Gloucestershire as it introduces a single copy editing hub.
The Liverpool Echo won four awards at the 2012 Regional Press Awards, garnering particular praise for its successful Hillsborough campaign.
A local newspaper editor has warned that the Parliament-backed press regulation Royal Charter would leave mean that titles like his will “struggle to hold local authority to account”.
The National Union of Journalists has called on Trinity Mirror shareholders to demand the company publish the difference in pay between its top executives and regional reporters
Former Daily Echo editor Neal Butterworth has died of cancer aged 55, two years after leaving his job with Newsquest.
More than a quarter of local newspaper editors have received a threat from a public body to suspend advertising as a result of editorial activity, a new survey has suggested.
Johnston Press has seen revenue fall 11.4 per cent in the first four months of the year, compared with the same period in 2012.
The Nottingham Post has appointed Mike Sassi as its new editor.
Two local news websites in Wales are set to launch in print this month as they seek to fill the “gaping hole” in regional coverage caused by editorial job cuts.
The Government has promised legislation to clamp down on the remaining local authority-run newspapers.
West Highland Free Press makes case for employee ownership as path to salvation for local newspapers
By Paul Wood
09 May 9:22
The demise of local newspapers is well documented.
Many have floundered in the face of competition from the internet or simply delivered insufficient profit for their corporate shareholders to view them as viable and have shut up shop.
The Manchester Evening News has produced a special live edition today as Manchester United announced the retirement of manager Sir Alex Ferguson.
The Crediton Courier has announced it is “bucking the trend” by switching from a fortnightly to a weekly publication.
Barking and Dagenham Council has announced the closure of its fortnightly newspaper The News in order to save money.
The Liverpool Echo has launched its first new edition in a decade, on other side of the River Mersey in the Wirral.
