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Press Gazette: Conde Nast appoints three editorial managers across 12 websites
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted September 18 2008, 3.33pm
Three of Conde Nast's senior editorial managers will control content across its 12 websites, as 'channel managers'. The three will split responsibility for fashion, beauty, and entertainment and lifestyle. (more)

Press Gazette takeover talks scrapped
From Hold the Front Page. Posted September 17 2008, 6.30am
Wilmington Group no longer up for sale (more)

Press Gazette to hire online reporter
From Media Guardian. Posted September 16 2008, 6.33am
Journalism trade title Press Gazette is looking to hire an online reporter - a month after dumping its regular weekly magazine to go monthly. By Oliver Luft (more)

Press Gazette: Telegraph threaten injunction against staff strike ballot
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted September 9 2008, 11.03am
Telegraph Media Group has threatened an injunction against a staff ballot proposing industrial action over recent changes to the number of casual staff from October 13. (more)

Press Gazette: Telegraph astonishment at proposed strike
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted September 1 2008, 11.36am
The Telegraph Media Group has expressed surprise at the NUJ announcement for a strike action ballot. (more)

The Mail’s man in America saw it all for Press Gazette too
From Press Gazette. Posted August 20 2008, 12.00am
?Daily Mail reporter in the USA Jeffrey Blyth was also one of Press Gazette’s first columnists with his Dateline New York page. As a new era is about to dawn for Press Gazette as a monthly magazine, he looks back at times... (more)

The Mail’s man in America saw it all for Press Gazette too
From Press Gazette. Posted August 20 2008, 12.00am
Daily Mail reporter in the USA Jeffrey Blyth was also one of Press Gazette’s first columnists with his Dateline New York page. As a new era is about to dawn for Press Gazette as a monthly magazine, he looks back at times... (more)

Press Gazette to drop weekly print edition
From Hold the Front Page. Posted August 8 2008, 4.00pm
Trade magazine to become feature-led monthly (more)

Press Gazette: Freelancers must register or face fine, warns ICO
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted August 8 2008, 2.22pm
The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has urged freelance journalists to register as 'data controllers', because the personal information the handling as part of their work is covered by the Data Protection Act. Freelancers who do not register with the ICO could face a substantial fine. (more)

Journalism trade magazine Press Gazette goes monthly
From Media Guardian. Posted August 8 2008, 12.32pm
Press Gazette, the journalism trade publication, is to drop its weekly print edition and become a monthly. By Stephen Brook (more)

Press Gazette to relaunch as monthly magazine from September
From Press Gazette. Posted August 8 2008, 12.00am
Press Gazette will be relaunched this month with a new focus and frequency. (more)

Press Gazette: Subscriptions to WSJ.com rise by 88 per cent
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted August 6 2008, 12.49pm
Subscriptions to the Wall Street Journal's pay-for website have risen 88 per cent over the last year, according to News Corporation's end of year results. Total profit for the company is up from £1.7 billion to £2.7 billion. (more)

Press Gazette owner mulls online-only future
From Media Guardian. Posted August 6 2008, 9.59am
The management of Press Gazette is understood to be considering turning the magazine into an online-only publication. By Stephen Brook and Oliver Luft (more)

Press Gazette: Mygazines creator says site will ‘fortify the industry’
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted August 5 2008, 10.52am
In a letter to Press Gazette, the creator of magazine sharing website Mygazines has defended the venture against criticism from publishers and the PPA, who are concerned about copyright infringements on the site. "John Smith" - the name under which the website is registered - has said he wants to work with the industry to find new revenue models for magazines. (more)

Press Gazette: Round-up of UK media’s Olympic plans
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted August 4 2008, 11.59am
Cross-media will be key to covering the Beijing Olympics. Organisations will need to make the most of online to keep up with the games - particularly because of the eight hour time difference. To handle this, News International is pooling its reporters from Times Online and News.com.au to offer rolling online coverage. (more)

Press Gazette: Tory MP sues Telegraph for online libel
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted July 31 2008, 2.16pm
Alan Duncan MP is suing the group over two print articles and two online articles relating to a 'sleaze inquiry' into the Conservative party members, which he claims were defamatory. He is also seeking an injunction to prevent the allegations from being repeated. (more)

Press Gazette "may go monthly"
From Hold the Front Page. Posted July 30 2008, 6.50am
Uncertainty over future of weekly journalism magazine (more)

Telegraph.co.uk: Press Gazette owner Wilmington faces takeover
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted July 28 2008, 12.57pm
Private equity group HgCapital is considering a formal bid for Wilmington, which publishers journalism trade magazine Press Gazette. (more)

Press Gazette: Associated win battle with cybersquatter over domain name
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted July 24 2008, 12.59pm
Associated Newspapers has won its case against a cybersquatter, who was using the domain name www.scottishdailymail.co.uk. As a result of the case Associated now have ownership of the web address, which was being used as a listings site including links to its competitors. (more)

Press Gazette: Automated news will free up journalists, says agency report
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted July 22 2008, 12.59pm
Automated news - produced by machines for machines - is set to become an increasingly important part of the news agency's arsenal, according to a report released by Thomson Reuters. The news provider hopes the increase of such automated news, for financial information in particular, will free up journalists to write analysis of this info instead. (more)

Press Gazette: Chief executive Gary Hughes leaves CMPi
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted July 6 2008, 11.00pm
A restructuring of the publisher into four 'market-focused' divisions has made Hughes' role redundant. (more)

Press Gazette: BBC iPlayer to be available on third-party websites
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted July 4 2008, 6.22am
The BBC is to make its on-demand web TV and radio player, iPlayer, embeddable on other websites, according to TV news site Channel 21. The move means viewers will be able to watch clips of BBC programmes on third party websites such as Facebook. (more)

Terror notes journalist to speak at Press Gazette Media Law Conference
From Press Gazette. Posted June 19 2008, 12.00am
Shiv Malik – the journalist who today won a major victory in his legal campaign to keep his sources secret – is to be a key-note speaker at the Press Gazette and Press Association Media Law conference next Wednesday. (more)

Press Gazette Regional Press Awards 2008: The winners
From Press Gazette. Posted June 13 2008, 12.00am
The Hull Daily Mail's coverage of the city's disastrous flooding has earned it the daily newspaper of the year prize (over 40,000 circulation) at the Regional Press Awards. (more)

Press Gazette: GNM agree equal rights deal for print and online
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted June 12 2008, 11.00pm
Guardian News and Media has forged a deal with the National Union of Journalists (NUJ), which will see its print and online journalists covered by the same terms and conditions. The new agreement includes improved terms on copyright, grievance and severance, Guardian managing editor Chris Elliot has said. A deal on multimedia working, settled between the parties in November, will also be incorporated. It also includes a clause on staff copyright, which will be retained by the company on all web content. (more)

Press Gazette: Mosley sues NoW in French courts over Nazi orgy story
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted May 29 2008, 10.50am
Motorsport boss Max Mosley has launched a libel claim in the French courts against the News of the World over allegations he engaged in a Nazi-themed orgy. The UK Sunday newspaper alleged that Mosley had been involved in a London orgy with five prostitutes and posted video of the affair on its website. Moseley failed with a legal attempt in the English courts to get the video taken down and has now decided to pursue the matter in the French courts. The action has been made possible because the print edition of News of the World is available in France and the online version was also accessible. Moseley is also about to embark on a separate breach of privacy case in the UK. This issue has been scheduled for court in July. (more)

Press Gazette: Latest Trinity Mirror relaunch includes hyperlocal community features
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted May 23 2008, 11.20am
Trinity Mirror has relaunch the website of West London's Hounslow Chronicle. The new site includes hyperlocal community features - pioneered by Trinity's Teesside Gazette - for areas of Hounslow, Feltham, Isleworth and Brentford. (more)

Press Gazette: Rusbridger says integration of Guardian and Observer will ‘unlock creativity’ of staff
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted May 19 2008, 11.30am
The independence of the Guardian's three national titles - Guardian.co.uk, Observer and Guardian in print - will not be compromised by the integration of the news production process across the titles, editor Alan Rusbridger told the Press Gazette. Speaking ahead of a meeting tomorrow with staff to discuss the future of the newspapers, Rusbridger claimed that combining the titles would 'unlock the creativity' of his staff but that the distinct voices of each title would remain. (more)

Press Gazette: Express editor Hill leaves PCC after McCann libel payout
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted May 15 2008, 12.21pm
Daily Express editor Peter Hill has left the Press Complaints Commission. The move follows two months after his newspaper (along with its sister Sunday and the Star and Sunday Star) published front page apologies and paid the parents of missing child Madeleine McCann £550,000 in libel damages. He's replaced on the 17 strong commission by Mail on Sunday editor Peter Wright. (more)

Press Gazette: ‘Many millions’ more visitors needed to Guardian.co.uk before it can stop relying on print
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted May 15 2008, 12.20pm
Guardian.co.uk needs to rethink its 'challenging' business model if it is ever to survive on its own without the printed paper, according to its head of editorial development, Neil McIntosh. Press Gazette reports McIntosh speaking at the opening of the Brighton Festival, where he said 'many millions' more visitors would be needed to the newspaper's website to sustain current levels of investment in journalism it is making on the web. (more)

Press Gazette: ‘Mant millions’ more visitors needed to Guardian.co.uk before it can stop relying on print
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted May 15 2008, 12.20pm
Guardian.co.uk needs to rethink its 'challenging' business model if it is ever to survive on its own without the printed paper, according to its head of editorial development, Neil McIntosh. Press Gazette reports McIntosh speaking at the opening of the Brighton Festival, where he said 'many millions' more visitors would be needed to the newspaper's website to sustain current levels of investment in journalism it is making on the web. (more)

Press Gazette launches The Environmental Press Awards
From Press Gazette. Posted May 8 2008, 12.00am
?Enter the Press Gazette Environmental Journalism Awards and you could leave your colleagues green with envy (more)

Press Gazette: Telegraph developer weekend: The possibilites of Google Earth
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted April 28 2008, 9.03am
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Press Gazette: BBC News opens multi-platform newsroom
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted April 24 2008, 10.49am
News 24 Journalists and colleagues from radio and the TV news bulletins have become the first to move into the BBCâ (more)

Press Gazette: FT Alphaville wins digital journalism award
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted April 18 2008, 12.00pm
The FT's Alphaville blog has become the first recipient of the Harold Wincott Award for online financial journalism. The annual ceremony recognises the best in financial journalism and inaugurate its prize for online journalism this year. (more)

Press Gazette: MPs want ITV to spell it out over regional news
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted April 18 2008, 11.00am
In the wake of last week's Ofcom report which suggested ITV could end its public service commitment , MPs have asked the broadcaster for clarification on its plans for regional news. Chair of the culture committee, John Whittingdale, Conservative MP called for greater public funding to ensure future public service material broadcast on commercial TV remained the most viable option. (more)

Climbdown on FoI follows Press Gazette campaign
From Press Gazette. Posted October 25 2007, 12.00am
News that the Government is backing down on plans to water down the Freedom of Information Act comes 10 months after Press Gazette launched a massive campaign opposing the changes. (more)

Ex-Press Gazette editor joins University of Kent
From Press Gazette. Posted September 28 2007, 12.00am
Former Press Gazette editor Ian Reeves has joined the University of Kent to help set up a new journalism degree at the Medway Campus in Chatham. (more)

Firmly set for the future: the new-look Press Gazette launches this week
From Press Gazette. Posted May 21 2007, 8.00am
Press Gazette has had more new looks over the years than David Bowie (whose career spans back nearly as far). (more)

Lord Falconer to face grilling at Press Gazette law conference
From Press Gazette. Posted May 10 2007, 8.00am
Journalists and media lawyers have a unique opportunity to put Lord Falconer in the spotlight next week. (more)

Press Gazette to relaunch in print and online
From Press Gazette. Posted May 10 2007, 8.00am
Six months after Press Gazette's buyout by Wilmington, it is to undergo a major relaunch both online and in print. (more)

Law conference relaunched by Press Gazette
From Press Gazette. Posted March 12 2007, 1.35pm
Press Gazette and the Newspaper Society have relaunched their media law conference. (more)

Only in Press Gazette magazine this week
From Press Gazette. Posted February 28 2007, 5.50pm
The national newspaper publishing its first edition in mobile phone format...Exclusive interview with CNN''s Chris Cramer... (more)

Kearney named as new World At One presenter - from Press Gazette
From Breaking Radio. Posted February 24 2007, 11.49am
4.30pm: Martha Kearney has been announced as the new presenter of BBC Radio 4's The World At One. (more)

Dacre: the "subsidariat" hit back...only in Press Gazette magazine
From Press Gazette. Posted February 1 2007, 10.27am
The revenge of the "subsidariat", Coulson's anger at jailing of Clive Goodman, British Press Awards boycott over... (more)

Press Gazette Freedom of Information Campaign breakthrough
From Press Gazette. Posted February 1 2007, 9.49am
Press Gazette scored a significant breakthrough in its campaign to save the Freedom of Information Act this week as Government minister Baroness Ashton gave an assurance that new FoI regulations will not be rushed through. (more)

NUJ throws weight behind Press Gazette FoI campaign
From Press Gazette. Posted January 23 2007, 2.18pm
2.15pm: NUJ general secretary Jeremy Dear has urged all union members to sign our petition opposing changes to FoI. (more)

Don't Kill FoI: An introduction to Press Gazette's campaign
From Press Gazette. Posted January 18 2007, 2.11pm
The Freedom of Information Act over the last two years has improved the openness of British democracy. (more)

Press Gazette campaign: Don't Kill FOI
From Press Gazette. Posted January 11 2007, 10.07am
Join our campaign to save the Freedom of Information Act (more)

Only in Press Gazette magazine...
From Press Gazette. Posted January 4 2007, 12.52am
Massive new privacy curb on press, exclusive interview with Reuters editor-in-chief, C4's Alex Thomson on Saddam coverage... (more)

New editor for Press Gazette
From Press Gazette. Posted December 18 2006, 12.40pm
Press Gazette has a new editor following its take-over by Wilmington Media. (more)

Press Gazette has moved
From Press Gazette. Posted December 7 2006, 12.00am
Following Press Gazette's purchase by Wilmington this week, we have moved offices. Click here for our updated contact details. (more)

Wilmington buys Press Gazette - Press Awards back on
From Press Gazette. Posted December 5 2006, 9.59am
10am: After going into administration, and closing last week, Press Gazette has been bought by specialist information group Wilmington. (more)

Wilmington buys Press Gazette
From Press Gazette. Posted December 5 2006, 9.59am
After going into administration, and closing last week, Press Gazette has been bought by specialist information group Wilmington. (more)

Press Gazette back on the newsstand
From Press Gazette. Posted December 4 2006, 11.58am
After being off the newsstand last week Press Gazette will be back this Friday following an approach from a new buyer. (more)

Press Gazette refuses to lie down
From Press Gazette. Posted November 30 2006, 6.00am
Promising talks between a potential buyer and Press Gazette administrator Robert Allen suggest that the 41-year history of the title may not be over after all. (more)

How to get hold of Press Gazette staff
From Press Gazette. Posted November 24 2006, 11.43pm
Contact numbers and emails for former PG staffers (more)

Press Gazette closes after 41 years
From Press Gazette. Posted November 24 2006, 5.33pm
Press Gazette is to close after 41 years reporting on journalism. (more)

Consortium pulls out of Press Gazette talks
From Press Gazette. Posted November 23 2006, 6.37pm
Hopes that an industry-wide consortium would buy Press Gazette from the administrator were dashed this afternoon. (more)

Press Gazette to publish next week
From Press Gazette. Posted November 17 2006, 6.05pm
Press Gazette will appear next week, after an interim funding agreement was reached this evening. (more)

Press Gazette to publish this week
From Press Gazette. Posted November 17 2006, 6.05pm
Press Gazette will appear this week, after an interim funding agreement was reached on Friday evening. (more)

Press Gazette trio recognised at New Journalist Awards
From Press Gazette. Posted November 17 2006, 4.34pm
Press Gazette's Martin Stabe has picked up the Periodicals Training Council award for best new online journalist, and his colleagues Zoe Smith and Sarah Lagan were both highly commended in the features and news categories respectively. (more)

Administrator seeks Press Gazette deal
From Press Gazette. Posted November 9 2006, 12.00am
The search for a new owner for Press Gazette is continuing this week after Press Gazette Ltd went into administration. (more)

Editor confirms Press Gazette is in administration
From Brand Republic. Posted November 6 2006, 3.11pm
LONDON - Ian Reeves, editor of Press Gazette, has confirmed that the industry journal is now in administration, but that it intends to continue publishing this week and for as long as it can continue to do so. (more)

Press Gazette in the balance
From Press Gazette. Posted November 2 2006, 7.30am
7.30am: A solution is still being sought for the ownership of Press Gazette, which is expected to go into administration today. (more)

Press Gazette solution sought
From Press Gazette. Posted November 2 2006, 7.30am
A solution is still being sought for the ownership of Press Gazette, which is expected to go into administration today. (more)

Press Gazette: Trust in us
From Press Gazette. Posted October 26 2006, 12.00am
We believe that the journalism industry itself should own Press Gazette. (more)

Industry's chance to own Press Gazette
From Press Gazette. Posted October 26 2006, 12.00am
A radical new ownership structure for Press Gazette, in which the industry itself owns the title in the form of a Trust, is being proposed by the magazine. (more)

Freud confirms Press Gazette sale
From Media Guardian. Posted October 19 2006, 1.00am
10am: Matthew Freud today confirmed that he is to sell trade magazine Press Gazette. By Julia Day. (more)

Freud reviews Press Gazette ownership
From Press Gazette. Posted October 17 2006, 10.38pm
Press Gazette's main shareholder is reviewing his ownership of the business, citing a lack of support for the British Press Awards. (more)

Press Gazette hat trick in Young Journalist of the Year awards
From Press Gazette. Posted October 12 2006, 4.50pm
5pm: Three journalists from Press Gazette have been nominated in the Periodical Training Council New Journalist of the Year awards. (more)

Harman to give Press Gazette law speech
From Press Gazette. Posted October 12 2006, 2.00pm
Constitutional Affairs minister Harriet Harman will give the first keynote speech at the PG Media Law Conference (more)

Harriet Harman to give Press Gazette law speech
From Press Gazette. Posted October 12 2006, 2.00pm
Constitutional Affairs minister Harriet Harman will give the first keynote speech at the PG Media Law Conference (more)

Murdered Russian reporter's interview with Press Gazette
From Press Gazette. Posted October 9 2006, 5.32pm
Five years ago Press Gazette interviewed Anna Politkovskaya, the Russian journalist murdered on Saturday. Here is the interview repeated in full. (more)

Press Gazette launches journalist talent search
From Press Gazette. Posted September 7 2006, 10.19am
For a second year, Press Gazette has joined forces with Camelot in its search for a new generation of editorial talent. (more)

Back to the future: Press Gazette moves to Fleet Street
From Press Gazette. Posted August 31 2006, 12.00am
Bankers and lawyers beware — the hacks are back. The Press Gazette is making a symbolic return to Fleet Street. (more)

Journalism's going home - Press Gazette moves to Fleet Street
From Press Gazette. Posted August 30 2006, 6.09pm
After 40 years of reporting on the reporters, Press Gazette is moving offices to journalism's spiritual home - Fleet Street. (more)

thelondonpaper hires Press Gazette award winner
From Press Gazette. Posted August 24 2006, 1.35pm
The Press Gazette student interviewer of the year has been hired as a feature writer for thelondonpaper. (more)

O’Sullivan to chair Press Gazette magazine awards panel
From Press Gazette. Posted August 9 2006, 11.00pm
Sally O’Sullivan is to chair the judging of Press Gazette’s new magazine awards. (more)

Press Gazette to launch Magazine Journalism Awards
From Press Gazette. Posted August 2 2006, 11.00pm
Press Gazette is launching a new set of awards which will be the first dedicated solely to recognising excellence among all UK magazine journalists. (more)

Juval Aviv, the man behind Spielberg's Munich, talks to Press Gazette
From Press Gazette. Posted July 20 2006, 12.00am
Juval Aviv is an unconfirmed former lethal Mossad assassin and inspration for Spielberg's Munich. He now works as a top corporate private investigator living in New York and has probed the Lockerbie bombing and Daily Mirror pension scandal. (more)

Press Gazette student journalism winners announced
From Press Gazette. Posted June 30 2006, 2.16pm
The winners of the Press Gazette Student Journalism Awards were announced today at a lunchtime ceremony at the London headquarters of Reuters. The overall student journalist of the year was Felicity Hay of the University of Sheffield who was also named student news writer of the year. Other winners were: Student feature writer of the year: Robert Gibson, Belfast Institute of Further and Higher Education. Student interviewer of the year: Julia Buckley, Harlow College. Student scoop of the year: Chloe Smith, Highbury College, Portsmouth. Student radio journalist of the year: Hannah Emerson- Thomas, Cardiff Journalism School. Student television journalist of the year: Ben Chapman, Cardiff University. Student online journalist of the year: Andrew Haigh, Cumbria Institute of the Arts. Student team of the year: Gravitas, University of Westminster. Student photographer of the year: Sarah Washbourn, Norton College, Sheffield. The event, now in its fifth year, is sponsored by Camelot Group plc, and judges for the final stages include Loaded editor Martin Daubney, ITN managing editor Robin Elias, Sun crime editor Mike Sullivan, LBC head of news Jonathan Richards and Reuters editorial training manager Nigel Stephenson. (more)

PA and Press Gazette in regional newspapers ads deal
From Press Gazette. Posted June 29 2006, 1.49am
The Press Association has struck a deal with Press Gazette to sponsor regional newspaper recruitment advertisements in the magazine. (more)

Press Gazette enlists Hall of Fame panel to pick regional press heroes
From Press Gazette. Posted May 11 2006, 12.00am
Forty of the most important names from regional journalism in the modern era are to be honoured forever in the industry’s first Hall of Fame. (more)

Press Gazette pair in running for mag industry "oscars"
From Press Gazette. Posted March 17 2006, 12.13pm
The Periodical Publishers Association has unveiled the shortlist for this year’s PPA Awards, with two Press Gazette writers in the running for prizes in the B2B categories. (more)