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Johnston rolls out smartphone websites

Regional publisher Johnson Press has taken the next step in its digital strategy by launching mobile versions for all 211 of its local websites. Read the full story

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Print’s not dead, says JP’s new digital-savvy exec

The new chief executive of Johnston Press staunchly believes that “newspapers in print are not dead”, despite his new employer announcing a consecutive fall in advertising revenue. Read the full story

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Editor ‘unscrupulously’ sacked by Johnston Press

An editor whose staff have been on strike for a month has been made redundant by Johnston Press. Read the full story

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Johnston Press offers staff free bingo to pad out wages

Johnston Press offers staff free bingo to pad out wages

The National Union of Journalists has claimed that Johnston Press is offering its “underpaid” journalists free games of bingo to supplement their wages, but there’s no chance of landing the jackpot – they’ve also been barred from winning the top prizes. Read the full story

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Call to limit Beeb to three stories per city online

The chief executive of Johnston Press has called for the BBC to be limited to “three online news stories per day per city”. Read the full story

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Irish press industry takes more hits

The Irish newspaper industry is facing yet more turmoil, after Johnston Press announced that it is to make more job cuts, this time at its Irish outlets. Read the full story

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DMGT worried about outlook for regional division

Daily Mail & General Trust admits it was too optimistic when it predicted earlier this year that its regional division, Northcliffe Media, would return to profit. Read the full story

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"The Daily Mail is being far too modest… the runaway success of the website owes very little to piggy-backing on 'the strengths of the newspaper'."


The Media Blog‘s Will Sturgeon credits Mail Online’s picture desk as the “engine room” of its booming growth after comScore named it the world’s biggest newspaper site.


(Source: The Media Blog)