Monday, 8 September 2008
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Trinity Mirror Midlands staff consider strike action as ballot papers are sent out

4 September 2008

Ballot papers were today sent to NUJ members affected by 65 compulsory redundancies planned for Trinity Mirror’s Midlands titles as staff decide whether to strike over the cuts and wide-ranging changes to staff jobs.

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RBI and Guardian lead the nominations in the Association of Online Publishers awards

2 September 2008

Reed Business Information leads the field with 12 nominations in the Association of Online Publishers awards shortlist announced today.

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Telegraph NUJ chapel confirms strike ballot over contract changes and axing of casuals

28 August 2008

Journalists at Telegraph Media Group NUJ chapel are to ballot for strike action over the axing of more than 30 casual staff and changes to staff contracts.

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Online to overtake radio in global advertising spend as credit crunch slows UK growth

27 August 2008

The internet is set to overtake radio and become the world’s third most popular advertising medium behind TV and print, according to media communications agency Carat.

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Profits dip at Johnston Press as regional giant reports further plunge in ad revenues

27 August 2008

Regional newspapers giant Johnston Press has reported half-year profits down 15.6 per cent year-on-year to £81.6 million on revenue down 6.3 per cent to 293.1 million.

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Top level editorial shake-up at Press Association as it phases out multimedia editor role

26 August 2008

The Press Association has undergone a major shake-up of its senior editorial staff as it seeks to further integrates its newswire, picture and video services.

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Telegraph set for 40 'new world' jobs as all casual staff are axed

26 August 2008

Telegraph Media Group is to stop using casual staff altogether next month when it creates 40 new permanent jobs focusing on new media skills such as mapping and managing data.

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Journalists in strike ballot over Trinity Mirror Midlands job cuts

22 August 2008

The four National Union of Journalists chapels affected by Trinity Mirror’s huge shake-up in the Midlands are to ballot for industrial action.

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ABCe: Guardian web lead grows in July

21 August 2008

The Guardian widened its lead over other national newspaper websites in July, newly-released ABCe figures show.

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Prime Minister leads tributes to campaigning journalist Adrian Sudbury

20 August 2008

Journalists and industry figures have paid tribute to Adrian Sudbury, who died last night after helping thousands of cancer sufferers around the world understand the disease with his website, Baldy's Blog.

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'Baldy Blogger' Adrian Sudbury dies

20 August 2008

Adrian Sudbury, the journalist who ran a countrywide campaign for increased awareness of leukaemia as he fought a two-year battle against the illness, died last night aged 27.

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Birmingham Post relaunches as business news-led tabloid

19 August 2008

The Birmingham post will be given a major re-launch this autumn as a Monday to Friday tabloid, with a renewed focus on business and an accompanying mobile site.

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Trinity Midlands titles get £7.5m newsroom revamp as up to 65 jobs go

19 August 2008

Trinity Mirror is set to create a new single, integrated multi-media newsroom for its Birmingham titles as part of a claimed £7.5m investment in new technology and working practices and premises.

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Judge warns of increasing internet risk to fair trials

19 August 2008

An Old Bailey judge has protested over increasing difficulties in ensuring that criminals trials are conducted without the risk of jurors being prejudiced by material from the internet after having to discharge a jury in a child cruelty trial.

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David Parsley opens one-stop editorial shop

15 August 2008

The former editor of free financial daily newspaper City AM has started a company offering outsourced editorial coverage on everything from weddings, DIY and motoring to weekly celebrity columnists.

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Football agent wins damages and apology from gossip website

12 August 2008

Football agent Anthony McGill has accepted substantial damages and a public apology from the publisher of a soccer transfer gossip website which published a story which falsely suggested he was "tapping up".

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Press Gazette to relaunch as monthly magazine from September

8 August 2008

Press Gazette will be relaunched this month with a new focus and frequency.

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Jonathan Isaby: 'Multimedia pressure means missed stories'

7 August 2008

Reporters are missing out on stories because they no longer have the time to trawl through parliamentary record s, according to Jonathan Isaby, who has left the Telegraph to become co-editor of the political blog ConservativeHome.

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Mygazines creator defends mag-sharing website

5 August 2008

The man behind a magazine-sharing website currently under threat of legal action from a number of leading publishing companies has said he wants to work with the industry.

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Metro launches digital edition

4 August 2008

Associated Newspapers's national free newspaper Metro today launched a web-based e-version of the 1.36m distribution title giving readers customised content based on their preferences.

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