Trinity Mirror Buying GMG Regional Media For £44.8 Million
From paidContent:UK. Posted February 9 2010, 2.20pm
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New owners set to move MEN journalists to Oldham
From Hold the Front Page. Posted February 9 2010, 2.10pm
Trinity Mirror plans city centre exit after £44m deal... (more)

Marc Reeves: Why is GMG selling the cash cow?
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted February 9 2010, 1.37pm
Marc Reeves, founder of the newly launched Business Desk West Midlands, blogs on news the Guardian Media Group is to sell Manchester Evening News (MEN) to his former employer Trinity Mirror: [T]he key questions: what do GMG and Trinity Mirror get out... (more)

Libel reform may not secure free speech | Alan Dershowitz and Elizabeth Samson
From Media Guardian. Posted February 9 2010, 1.30pm
Radical Islamic groups in the US have proved defendant-friendly laws can still be exploited to stifle criticismRecognising that British courts have become a prime destination for "libel tourists", the House of Lords has recently established a governm... (more)

Crystal Palace advertised for sale in the Financial Times
From The Times. Posted February 9 2010, 1.21pm
The Financial Times may not have a sport section, but in the near future Crystal Palace fans may not have a team, so anything is worth trying. Readers of the newspaper may have spotted an unusual advertisement in its pages today: the chance to buy a football club. (more)

TV product placement gets go-ahead
From Financial Times. Posted February 9 2010, 1.17pm
Broadcasters will soon be able to accept payment for featuring branded goods in their programmes for the first time in the UK, bringing the country into line with most of Europe... (more)

US magazines' newsstand sales fall 9%
From Media Guardian. Posted February 9 2010, 1.02pm
US magazine circulation figures published by the Audit Bureau of Circulations yesterday will make grim reading for the industry. Total circulation for 472 titles was 328.4 million for July to December 2009, down 2.23% compared with the same period the previous year.Newsstand sales totalled 35. (more)

Manchester Evening News: intertwined with the Guardian for 142 years
From Media Guardian. Posted February 9 2010, 12.43pm
Evening paper's profits were 'safety net' during harsh inter-war period, and sustained Guardian following move to LondonThe 142-year history of the Manchester Evening News is closely intertwined with that of the Guardian. (more)

Trinity Mirror buys Guardian regional arm
From Financial Times. Posted February 9 2010, 11.52am
Guardian Media Group sells its regional media business to Trinity Mirror, severing a 200-year relationship with Manchester, where The Guardian newspaper was founded... (more)

Manchester Evening News sold to Trinity Mirror
From Hold the Front Page. Posted February 9 2010, 11.51am
Dodson out as Guardian group sells regional arm for £44m... (more)

Palace sale advertised in the FT
From BBC News. Posted February 9 2010, 11.40am
Financially-stricken Crystal Palace advertise the sale of the club in a national newspaper as their search for a buyer continues. (more)

GMG to discuss 'range of options' for Channel M's future
From Press Gazette. Posted February 9 2010, 11.34am
Guardian Media Group is to consult with staff over the likely future of its regional television station after agreeing to sell off its regional newspaper business. (more)

Ian Burrell: Guardian cuts historic link with Manchester
From The Independent. Posted February 9 2010, 11.28am
Guardian Media Group, owners of The Guardian and The Observer, has severed its historic ties with Manchester by selling its regional media arm to rival media organisation Trinity Mirror. (more)

Guardian Media Group offloads regional newspaper arm
From The Times. Posted February 9 2010, 11.25am
Guardian Media Group (GMG) this morning sold its regional newspaper division, including the flagship Manchester Evening News, to Trinity Mirror for £45 million, ending an 85-year relationship. (more)

No return for telly Wogan | Media Monkey
From Media Guardian. Posted February 9 2010, 11.13am
Sir Terry Wogan has been lined up for a new TV chatshow. He's been lined up, but he's not going to do it, according to the Daily Mirror. "I know what I am, I'm lazy," he told the Radio Times. (more)