Media UK

Daily Mirror - news archive

This is an archive of news about Daily Mirror. Some links may no longer work, due to the transient nature of the internet.

NUJ to ballot over possible action at Trinity Mirror's Midland's titles
From Media Guardian. Posted September 4 2008, 4.13pm
The National Union of Journalists at Trinity Mirror's Midland's titles are to ballot over industrial action after the company announced sweeping changes to its operation. By Oliver Luft (more)

Trinity Mirror Midlands staff consider strike action as ballot papers are sent out
From Press Gazette. Posted September 4 2008, 12.00am
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. (more)

Mirror.co.uk: Selina Scott sues for age discrimination
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted September 1 2008, 11.35am
The newsreader Selina Scott claims she was ditched by Channel 5 because she is too old, and is fighting for up to £1million in compensation. (more)

Chief executive Sly Bailey: Trinity Mirror problems are cyclical
From Press Gazette. Posted August 28 2008, 12.00am
Trinity Mirror chief executive Sly Bailey has made a spirited defence of the troubled publisher and said that the deterioration of advertising revenue and support from City investors in the company is based on cyclical trends. (more)

Trinity Mirror launches Welsh language website
From Media Guardian. Posted August 27 2008, 3.11pm
Trinity Mirror newspaper the Daily Post Wales has launched its first Welsh language news website, in North Wales. By Oliver Luft (more)

Trinity Mirror launches Welsh-language news site
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted August 27 2008, 12.06pm
Trinity Mirror’s Daily Post Wales has launched a Welsh news website. DailyPostCymraeg.co.uk, which went live today, will focus on North Wales, but also feature main UK news headlines, a release from the publisher said. The site includes forums, blogs and video content aimed at a Welsh-speaking audience, and will be published alongside the Daily Post’s English-language site. (more)

Trinity Mirror launches Welsh language news website
From Hold the Front Page. Posted August 27 2008, 10.50am
News, videos and blogs for Welsh speakers on new Daily Post website (more)

Trinity Mirror: NUJ to ballot over Midlands shakeup
From Media Guardian. Posted August 26 2008, 12.13pm
Members of the National Union of Journalists at Trinity Mirror's Midlands titles have called for a ballot on industrial action over plans to cut up to 65 jobs. By Oliver Luft (more)

Read NUJ chapels' letter to Trinity Mirror bosses
From Media Guardian. Posted August 26 2008, 12.05pm
Read a letter from Midlands NUJ chapels telling Trinity Mirror bosses their members have voted to ballot for industrial action (more)

Journalists in strike ballot over Trinity Mirror Midlands job cuts
From Press Gazette. Posted August 22 2008, 12.00am
The four National Union of Journalists chapels affected by Trinity Mirror’s huge shake-up in the Midlands are to ballot for industrial action. (more)

MediaGuardian: Trinity Mirror announce redundancies for all 300 editorial staff in Midlands
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted August 20 2008, 4.39pm
According to the Guardian, all 300 editorial staff at Trinity Mirror’s Midlands titles have been made redundant and are being asked to reapply for new roles. The mass restructuring of editorial staff will pave the way for the integration of multimedia, production and news desks across Trinity’s titles in the region. A central multimedia desk will be [...]ShareThis (more)

MediaGuardian: Trinity Mirror announces redundancies for all 300 editorial staff in Midlands
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted August 20 2008, 4.39pm
According to the Guardian, all 300 editorial staff at Trinity Mirror’s Midlands titles have been made redundant and are being asked to reapply for new roles. The mass restructuring of editorial staff will pave the way for the integration of multimedia, production and news desks across Trinity’s titles in the region. A central multimedia desk will be [...]ShareThis (more)

Trinity Mirror: 300 Midlands staff told to reapply for new jobs
From Media Guardian. Posted August 20 2008, 2.48pm
All 300 editorial staff working on Trinity Mirror newspapers in the Midlands have been made redundant and asked apply for new roles. By Oliver Luft (more)

Trinity Mirror: 300 Midlands staff told to reapply for jobs
From Media Guardian. Posted August 20 2008, 2.48pm
All 300 editorial staff working on Trinity Mirror newspapers in the Midlands have been made redundant and asked apply for new roles. By Oliver Luft (more)

Trinity Mirror overhauls senior management in Midlands
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted August 19 2008, 4.08pm
Trinity Mirror has announced a host of changes to the senior management of its Midlands newspaper titles. Steve Dyson, who will remain in his post as editor of the Birmingham Mail, is to become additionally responsible for the Sunday Mercury. He will also oversee the introduction of new centralised multimedia, newsroom and production operations to the region. Marc [...] (more)

Trinity Mirror to close or sell Northampton and Long Eaton titles
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted August 19 2008, 3.53pm
Trinity Mirror is to close or ’seek a sale’ for its titles in Northampton and Long Eaton. The decision, which was made because of ‘difficult trading conditions’ and following a review of Trinity’s Midlands operations, will affect seven titles in total: Five free papers: Northampton Herald & Post; Wellingborough, Rushden, Kettering and Corby Herald & Post; Market [...] (more)

NUJ attacks Trinity Mirror's Midlands cutbacks
From Media Guardian. Posted August 19 2008, 3.50pm
The National Union of Journalists has condemned sweeping changes to Trinity Mirror's Midlands publishing operation. By Oliver Luft (more)

Trinity Mirror newspapers could be sold off
From Hold the Front Page. Posted August 19 2008, 3.50pm
Is this the end for Derbyshire and Northampton titles? (more)

Trinity Mirror seeks job cuts and integration in Midlands shakeup
From Media Guardian. Posted August 19 2008, 2.08pm
Trinity Mirror is to switch the Birmingham Post from broadsheet to tabloid and axe 65 editorial posts in the Midlands. By Oliver Luft (more)

Trinity Mirror integrates Midlands' newsrooms resulting in job losses
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted August 18 2008, 11.00pm
Publisher is seeking voluntary redundancies as it introduces centralised multimedia and production desks (more)

Netimperative: Mirror Group selects SEO firm for shopping site
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted August 14 2008, 8.48am
Mirror Group Newspapers has appointed search engine optimisation firm Mediarun to improve the search rankings of its shopping website. (more)

Freesheet closures: axe falls on Johnston Press and Trinity Mirror titles
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted August 12 2008, 2.01pm
Johnston Press is to close two of its free titles in Scotland, as part of further cost-cutting by the publisher. According to MediaGuardian, Glasgow East News and Ayrshire Extra will cease publication resulting in the loss of 15 jobs. The move follows the publisher’s recent decision to restructure Scotsman Publications, resulting in the loss of up to [...] (more)

Trinity Mirror warns ad gloom will continue
From UTalk Marketing. Posted August 1 2008, 7.38am
Ad revenue falls sharply (more)

Trinity Mirror chief says advertising revenue fall is fastest for 20 years
From Daily Telegraph. Posted August 1 2008, 12.01am
Trinity Mirror chief executive Sly Bailey said newspaper advertising revenues are falling faster than at any time in the past 20 years, as she announced a halving of the group's dividend and a decline in turnover of 8pc to £461m. (more)

Media: Shrinking Trinity Mirror reflects hard times
From Media Guardian. Posted July 31 2008, 11.07pm
July revenues down 15% compared to last year as company notes 'deteriorating advertising environment' (more)

Grim outlook for Trinity Mirror interims
From Financial Times. Posted July 31 2008, 8.32pm
The outlook for Trinity Mirror's second half is worse than for its first, the media group said on Thursday after it reported lower profits and revenues (more)

FT.com: Trinity Mirror profits fall by 8 per cent
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted July 31 2008, 1.28pm
The group, which publishers more than 100 local and regional newspapers, posted half-year revenues for its continuing operations of £460.8 million - an 8 per cent drop. Advertising revenues also fell by 15 per cent year-on-year. (more)

Trinity Mirror announces 8% sales dive
From The Times. Posted July 31 2008, 9.36am
Trinity Mirror, the owner of the Daily Mirror, has reported an 8 per cent drop in first-half sales and a 15 per cent decline in July advertising revenue, prompting it to implement further cost-cutting measures. It needs to save a further £20 million next year. (more)

Trinity Mirror revenues fall as ad sales sink
From Financial Times. Posted July 31 2008, 9.06am
The newspaper publisher said difficult economic conditions led to an 8 per cent fall in half-year revenues though it pared its pre-tax loss (more)

Trinity Mirror operating profits down by £15m
From Media Guardian. Posted July 31 2008, 7.17am
Operating profits for newspaper group Trinity Mirror have fallen by £15m to £80m for the half year to June 29, down from £95.6m in the same period last year. By Stephen Brook (more)

Trinity Mirror's Sly Bailey warns ad gloom will continue
From Media Guardian. Posted July 31 2008, 7.17am
Trinity Mirror chief executive Sly Bailey said today that advertising revenue is falling more sharply than it did during the early 1990s recession. By Stephen Brook (more)

More cuts planned as Trinity Mirror profits fall 16%
From Press Gazette. Posted July 31 2008, 12.00am
Trinity Mirror has announced plans to cut a further £20m in costs after a "serious downturn in advertising" led to a 16 per cent profit slump. (more)

Kerry Katona: Sunday Mirror pays damages after prostitute story
From Media Guardian. Posted July 28 2008, 10.44am
Kerry Katona has accepted substantial damages after taking a libel action against the Sunday Mirror, which falsely claimed her mother was about to expose her as a prostitute. By Stephen Brook (more)

Kerry Katona wins payout from Sunday Mirror over prostitution claim
From Press Gazette. Posted July 28 2008, 12.00am
The Sunday Mirror has paid “substantial” damages to former pop singer Kerry Katona after publishing an allegation that she worked as a prostitute before she became famous. (more)

Times of India group to approach Trinity Mirror?
From Biz Asia. Posted July 25 2008, 9.59pm
Bennett, Coleman & Co, the media group behind the Times of India newspaper has denied it has approached Trinity Mirror, publishers of The Mirror. Market speculation doing the rounds indicated that some shareholders had been approached; this resulted in Trinity Mirror's share price touching a high of 94p at 16:00 yesterday. Bennett, Coleman & Co is a part of a consortium that acquired Virgin Radio in a £53m deal last month. Trinity Mirror has become a natural market rumour stock following a share price collapse, sparked by a negative trading update last month, which has seen the company fall to a record low of 41.5p last week. However, some sources have argued that the size of Trinity Mirror's pension liabilities, just over £1.5bn with a pension deficit of around £125m, makes it an unattractive takeover prospect. Trinity Mirror put out a statement last week, clarifying its debt facilities and pension fund contributions. A spokeswoman for the Times of India group told MediaGuardian: "There is no truth in the rumours circulating in the press. "There are no immediate plans to acquire another British media asset as our focus is on the rebrand and further development of our recent acquisition". Related links: New owners of Virgin Radio back digital radio Times of India group acquires Virgin Radio Asian radio industry gives DAB backing (more)

Times of India owner yet to approach Trinity Mirror
From Media Guardian. Posted July 25 2008, 10.12am
Trinity Mirror is not understood to have received an approach from the media group behind the Times of India newspaper, despite market speculation. By Mark Sweney (more)

Trinity Mirror shares boost after buy-out speculation
From Hold the Front Page. Posted July 25 2008, 9.40am
Newspaper publisher's shares see spike amid Indian take-over talk (more)

Trinity Mirror prepares to launch new mobile sites
From Hold the Front Page. Posted July 25 2008, 8.30am
Newspaper publisher plans mobile phone news sites for 12 regional titles (more)

Indian suitor for Trinity Mirror
From The Scotsman. Posted July 25 2008, 12.00am
RUMOUR OF THE DAY (more)

Mirror accuses Independent of stealing its tips campaign
From Press Gazette. Posted July 25 2008, 12.00am
Journalists at The Daily Mirror have accused The Independent of foul play over the title's "Fair Tips, Fair Pay" campaign. (more)

Mirror.co.uk joins competitors with homepage redesign
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted July 23 2008, 3.23pm
Not wanting to be left out following a new look for The Sun's homepage last Friday, a Telegraph.co.uk redesign and the last stage of the Guardian's site revamp, Mirror.co.uk began its relaunch on Monday. Starting with changes to the homepage, the rest of the site will follow suit and new features will be introduced in the [...] (more)

Mirror unveils new-look web site
From Press Gazette. Posted July 23 2008, 12.00am
The Mirror has unveiled the long-rumoured redesign of its website, which was developed with Cases i Associats, the Spanish design firm that has also redesigned of the Daily Mirror print edition. (more)

Winehouse husband and fixers jailed thanks to Daily Mirror sting
From Press Gazette. Posted July 22 2008, 12.00am
Amy Whitehouse's husband was jailed yesterday after being exposed for trial fixing by the Daily Mirror. (more)

Trinity Mirror's share fall is verdict on chief's five years
From The Times. Posted July 18 2008, 12.00am
Sly Bailey, Trinity Mirror's chief executive, should have felt the noose tighten on Wednesday. She has run the newspaper group for just over five years, and the share price has gone from 370p when she arrived in February 2003 to 41p on Wednesday morning. That is only a tad more than the price of her group's Daily Mirror, which led with a story about Paris Hilton being snubbed by Cristiano Ronaldo. Ms Bailey would have to hope that her chairman, Sir Ian Gibson, freshly recovered from the Northern Rock debacle, is feeling more accommodating than the Portuguese footballer. (more)

Trinity Mirror shares bounce back after torrid 48 hours
From Media Guardian. Posted July 17 2008, 4.05pm
Trinity Mirror's share price continued its recovery today, rising by more than 20% as investors regained confidence in the newspaper publisher. By Mark Sweney (more)

Trinity Mirror acts to reassure markets
From Daily Telegraph. Posted July 17 2008, 12.01am
Publisher issues statement to counter share price fall, reports Juliette Garside. (more)

Trinity Mirror bounces back after covenants scare
From The Times. Posted July 17 2008, 12.00am
Trinity Mirror was yesterday forced to tell the City it had no liquidity problems or borrowing problems to fight a collapse in its shares after they lost a quarter of their value in morning trade. (more)

Trinity Mirror denies crisis
From The Scotsman. Posted July 17 2008, 12.00am
MEDIA group Trinity Mirror insisted it was trading comfortably within the covenants for its debt facilities after shares tumbled following market concerns. (more)

Trinity Mirror statement plays down cash worries
From Media Guardian. Posted July 16 2008, 2.12pm
Trinity Mirror has moved to scotch market speculation that it could be facing financial difficulties with its debt facility and pension scheme. By Mark Sweney (more)

Trinity Mirror plays down cash worries
From Media Guardian. Posted July 16 2008, 2.12pm
Trinity Mirror has moved to scotch market speculation that it could be facing financial difficulties with its debt facility and pension scheme. By Mark Sweney (more)

Trinity Mirror shares slide over pension fears
From Media Guardian. Posted July 16 2008, 9.53am
Trinity Mirror's share price has continued to sink over market fears it will have to plough more funds into its pension scheme. By Mark Sweney (more)

Trinity Mirror shares rally after pension assurances
From Press Gazette. Posted July 16 2008, 12.00am
Reassurances from newspaper publisher Trinity Mirror over its trading and... (more)

Trinity Mirror hits back at City over pensions
From The Times. Posted July 4 2008, 11.10pm
Trinity Mirror rejected City concerns that it may have to make substantial payments to help to prop up its £1.5 billion pension fund. (more)

Trinity Mirror to merge features subs on national titles
From Media Guardian. Posted July 3 2008, 3.00pm
Trinity Mirror is axing 11 subeditors as it integrates some subbing operations across national titles the Daily Mirror, Sunday Mirror and the People. By Stephen Brook (more)

Trinity Mirror axes 11 jobs in subbing merger
From Press Gazette. Posted July 3 2008, 12.00am
Trinity Mirror has called for voluntary redundancies as it merges some subbing operations across the Daily Mirror, Sunday Mirror and the People in a bit to save costs following a downbeat trading update earlier this week. (more)

Why Mirror's boss is not the next Greg Dyke
From Daily Telegraph. Posted July 2 2008, 12.01am
He's a jammy fellow, Greg Dyke. He doesn't see it that way, but it's true. Having been slung out by the BBC after the Hutton inquiry, Dyke still fizzes with a sense of injustice. Never mind, it's not as though he vanished into obscurity. (more)

Mirror staff incredulous at 'visions and values' statement
From Media Guardian. Posted July 1 2008, 3.09pm
Trinity Mirror management has sent a document outlining the company's core values to all of its staff (more)

Times: Trinity Mirror shares suffer record 28 per cent fall
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted July 1 2008, 11.15am
Trinity Mirror shares suffered a record one-day fall yesterday after the newspaper publisher admitted that advertising at the Daily Mirror and its sister titles had collapsed by between 12 per cent and 14 per cent in May and June. Shares in newspaper group Trinity Mirror plunged 28 per cent yesterday after it said profits would be 10 per cent lower than expected. (more)

Trinity Mirror freezes its graduate trainee scheme
From Media Guardian. Posted July 1 2008, 10.52am
Trinity Mirror chief executive Sly Bailey has frozen the Mirror graduate training scheme, axing this autumn's annual intake of two trainees (more)

£100m wiped off Mirror publisher after profit warning
From Daily Telegraph. Posted July 1 2008, 12.01am
Trinity Mirror lost more than a quarter of its stock market value after warning that operating profit for the year would be 10pc lower than expected because of a "marked" decline in advertising revenues during May and June. (more)

Trinity Mirror shares suffer record fall
From The Times. Posted July 1 2008, 12.00am
Trinity Mirror shares suffered a record one-day fall yesterday after the newspaper publisher admitted that advertising at the Daily Mirror and its sister titles had collapsed by between 12 per cent and 14 per cent in May and June. (more)

Trinity Mirror profit warning hits shares
From The Scotsman. Posted July 1 2008, 12.00am
SHARES in newspaper publisher Trinity Mirror tumbled 28 per cent yesterday as it warned the City over its full-year profits. (more)

Trinity Mirror freezes recruitment on all titles
From Press Gazette. Posted July 1 2008, 12.00am
Trinity Mirror has announced a recruitment freeze across all of its titles and has scrapped the August intake of its training scheme, blaming the economic climate. (more)

Newspapers: Trinity Mirror shares fall 28% in a day after it warns City of advertising slump
From Media Guardian. Posted June 30 2008, 11.06pm
Rising prices and credit crunch blamed for Newspaper group's 12.6% fall in underlying advertising revenue (more)

Trinity Mirror shares tumble by 25% after forecasts of low profits
From Media Guardian. Posted June 30 2008, 9.59am
Trinity Mirror shares today crashed 25% after the group said profits would be 10% lower than expected. By Stephen Brook (more)

Trinity Mirror hints at dividend cut on warning
From The Times. Posted June 30 2008, 8.58am
Trinity Mirror, the publishing group which owns the Daily Mirror, today warned that its full-year profit could be up to 10 per cent lower and hinted it may cut its dividend after dumping its share buy-back programme. (more)

Trinity Mirror warns as ads suffer
From Financial Times. Posted June 30 2008, 8.06am
The owner of the Daily and Sunday Mirror, and the Daily Record in Scotland, hinted it could cut its dividend at the year-end and stopped its share buyback plan with immediate effect (more)

Trinity Mirror warns on profits
From BBC News. Posted June 30 2008, 6.53am
Trinity Mirror Group issues a profits warning, blaming a deteriorating advertising market and the credit crunch. (more)

Trinity Mirror issues profit warning as ads slump
From Press Gazette. Posted June 30 2008, 12.00am
Newspaper publisher Trinity Mirror has issued a profit warning to the City after posting a 12 per cent year-on-year decline in advertising revenue in the past three months. (more)

Abramovich sues Mirror for £150k over Chelsea management story
From Press Gazette. Posted June 30 2008, 12.00am
Chelsea boss Roman Abramovich is seeking compensation of £150,000 from the publishers of the Daily Mirror. (more)

Profits reflect badly on Mirror
From The Scotsman. Posted June 30 2008, 12.00am
DAILY Record and Sunday Mail publisher Trinity Mirror warned today that profits for the year are likely to fall ten per cent lower than expectations as advertising condition (more)

Trinity Mirror launches YouTube channels for its regional newspapers
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted June 24 2008, 11.00pm
CMS update allows journalists to upload to the video sharing site quickly and easily (more)

Trinity Mirror Triumphs at Scottish Ad Sales Awards
From allmediascotland - Spike. Posted June 23 2008, 7.26am
The Scottish titles of newspaper publishers, Trinity Mirror, pretty much swept the board at awards celebrating the best advertising sales teams in the country. So dominant were the teams from the Daily Record, Sunday Mail and Scottish and Universal Newspapers that, together, they accounted for... (more)

Trinity Mirror Wales site renamed WalesOnline
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted June 16 2008, 8.58am
Trinity Mirror has renamed its icWales website WalesOnline, as part of a ongoing overhaul of its Welsh websites, a press release from the publisher has said. The editorial focus of the renamed site will remain the same, though new developments around user experience on the site are in the pipeline. According to Omniture figures, the website attracts [...] (more)

Mirror launches online community for reader feedback
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted June 8 2008, 11.00pm
Mirror Mouthpiece aims to give readers a more direct way to rate advertising and editorial (more)

Trinity Mirror mulls rollout of regional football blogs network
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted June 5 2008, 11.00pm
Two football blogs already successfully soft launched in Liverpool (more)

Forums the key for passing on multimedia tips at Trinity Mirror
From Hold the Front Page. Posted June 4 2008, 9.30am
Early knowledge "patchy" but media conference told of new success across group (more)

Cash windfall for Racing Post journalists because Trinity Mirror failed to consult
From Press Gazette. Posted June 2 2008, 12.00am
More than 160 journalists working at the Racing Post are to get tax-free bonuses worth six and half weeks’ pay – a total of £700,000 - because they were not consulted properly when Trinity Mirror sold the title. (more)

Trinity Mirror launches new website and newspaper edition
From Hold the Front Page. Posted May 27 2008, 10.40am
Middlesex Chronicle series gets third member as well as new masthead (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)

Trinity Mirror digital recruitment head Andy Baker leaves for Friends Reunited
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted May 21 2008, 4.24pm
ITV has appointed Andy Baker as managing director of its Friends Reunited Group. Baker joins the company from Trinity Mirror, where he was director of digital recruitment. Baker's appointment marks a board-wide shake-up of the group, with Michael Murphy, Tim Ward and Rob Mogford, the co-owners of Friends Reunited, all changing roles by the end of 2008. Current [...] (more)

Trinity Mirror chief's concerns over BBC's ultra-local plans
From Hold the Front Page. Posted May 21 2008, 10.30am
Sly Bailey warns House of Lords committee over possible threat to local press (more)

Trinity Mirror chief executive Sly Bailey warns peers over BBC ultralocal plans
From Press Gazette. Posted May 20 2008, 12.00am
With the BBC about to submit its proposals for ultralocal news, Trinity Mirror chief executive Sly Bailey has told peers that the move could distort the market at the expense of the newspaper industry. (more)

BBC must not be allowed to distort embryonic online markets of the regional press, says Trinity Mirror CEO
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted May 19 2008, 11.00pm
Hyper-local communities are the 'greatest opportunity that digital presents' to regional papers, Bailey tells Lords Committee (more)

Trinity Mirror regional papers launch bone-marrow campaign
From Media Guardian. Posted May 19 2008, 3.25pm
Trinity Mirror regional papers are uniting behind a bone-marrow donor campaign in support of a journalist with leukaemia. By Stephen Brook (more)

New pay deal at Trinity Mirror newspapers
From Hold the Front Page. Posted May 12 2008, 9.20am
Union chapel in Liverpool agrees new wage structure after rejecting last management offer (more)

No reflected glory for the new-look 'Mirror' as 'Sun' continues to shine
From The Independent. Posted May 11 2008, 12.00am
When the Daily Mirror unveiled its new look on 2 April, editor Richard Wallace said he did not want to unsettle readers. The jury is out on whether he achieved that modest ambition. The Mirror's circulation fell in April, continuing a decline that has marooned it below 1.5 million sales, less than half the circulation of its main rival, Rupert Murdoch's Sun, for which price-cutting continues to work magic. The Sun's circulation rose slightly in April and is up 2.8 per cent since last year. (more)

April ABCs: Mirror hits new circulation low while the Sun shows recovery
From Media Guardian. Posted May 9 2008, 12.01pm
The Sun's circulation was up nearly 3% year on year. By Chris Tryhorn (more)

Trinity Mirror ad revenues down by 4% since December
From Media Guardian. Posted May 8 2008, 11.07am
Trinity Mirror has reported a decline in advertising revenues of more than 4% over the first four months of the year. By Chris Tryhorn (more)

Advertising revenues fall at Trinity Mirror
From Financial Times. Posted May 8 2008, 9.34am
The newspaper group said advertisements had fallen significantly so far this year, pushing ad income down 4.3 per cent (more)

Ad revenues fall at Trinity Mirror
From Financial Times. Posted May 8 2008, 9.34am
The newspaper group said advertisements for houses, cars and jobs had fallen significantly so far this year, pushing ad income down 4.3% (more)

Credit crunch and rising costs bring 'difficult and volatile' trading for Trinity Mirror
From Hold the Front Page. Posted May 8 2008, 9.10am
Publisher signals warning about the economic climate (more)

Bad news as Trinity Mirror reflects on downturn in advertising at papers
From The Scotsman. Posted May 8 2008, 12.00am
NEWSPAPER publisher Trinity Mirror said today that advertising markets remain "difficult and volatile" as firms continue to scale back their marketing budgets. (more)

Trinity Mirror set to make savings as ad revenues slide
From Press Gazette. Posted May 8 2008, 12.00am
Trinity Mirror has confirmed it will make £7m in cost savings by the end of the year, and has said it remains "cautious" as advertising revenues slide. (more)

New MD for Trinity Mirror's north Wales and north-west centres
From Hold the Front Page. Posted May 2 2008, 8.20am
Plus - new deal for JobSite, Chronicle publisher's latest book, and more news in brief (more)

Chelsea's Micheal Essien refutes Sunday Mirror no support for dad story
From Press Gazette. Posted May 1 2008, 12.00am
Chelsea footballer Michael Essien has complained to the Press Complaints Commission over a Sunday Mirror story about his relationship with his dad. (more)

Ashley Cole launches new £200k damages bid versus Mirror over 'affair' stories
From Press Gazette. Posted April 28 2008, 12.00am
Soccer player Ashley Cole is suing MGN for damages for invasion of privacy over a series of allegations about his sex life. (more)

Ashley Cole in Mirror damages bid over 'affair' stories
From Press Gazette. Posted April 28 2008, 12.00am
Footballer Ashley Cole is suing Mirror Group Newspapers for damages for invasion of privacy over a series of allegations about his sex life. (more)

Trinity Mirror appoints new multimedia chief
From Hold the Front Page. Posted April 25 2008, 3.40pm
David Higgerson to head up company's drive to improve regional online service (more)

Eight Trinity Mirror newspapers to close in the Midlands
From Hold the Front Page. Posted April 25 2008, 1.30pm
Derbyshire and Peterborough-based titles to go as company looks to refocus attention on other weeklies (more)

Trinity Mirror Regionals appoints new head of multimedia
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted April 24 2008, 11.00pm
David Higgerson, assistant editor (digital) of the Liverpool Daily Post and Echo, to take on the role (more)

Eight Trinity Mirror weeklies to close in the Midlands
From Hold the Front Page. Posted April 24 2008, 5.10pm
Derbyshire and Peterborough-based titles to go as company looks to refocus attention on other weeklies (more)

Trinity Mirror to shut eight newspapers
From Media Guardian. Posted April 24 2008, 5.09pm
Eight loss-making papers in Derby and Peterborough are to be closed with 23 redundancies. By Chris Tryhorn (more)

ABCe: Mirror Group debuts with 4m web users in March
From Press Gazette. Posted April 24 2008, 12.00am
Several national newspaper websites posted record traffic in March as the Mirror Group's debut ABCe figures showed that its site reached 4.4 milion unique users. (more)

Trinity Mirror to shut eight weekly newspapers and cut six editorial jobs
From Press Gazette. Posted April 24 2008, 12.00am
Trinity Mirror is to shut down eight of its weekly newspapers in the Midlands which Press Gazette has learned will make 23 staff redundant, including six in editorial. (more)

Trinity Mirror to shut eight weekly newspapers
From Press Gazette. Posted April 24 2008, 12.00am
Trinity Mirror is to shut down eight of its weekly newspapers in the Midlands which Press Gazette has learned will make 23 staff redundant, including six in editorial. (more)

Massive web gains for Telegraph, Mirror Group debuts with 4.4m uniques
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted April 23 2008, 11.00pm
Telegraph gets record traffic in March, an increase in unique users of 137 per cent year-on-year (more)

Guardian: Mirror Group websites join ABCe
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted April 23 2008, 10.30am
Mirror Group Newspapers will this week begin reporting traffic to its websites by making public the results of monthly ABCe. Traffic for the People, Sunday and Daily Mirror will, for the first time, be judged against that of the other leading newspaper brands when the figures are released on Thursday- all accept for the Independent, which still refuses to make its traffic figures public. According to the Guardian, Trinity Mirror has admitted to having some reservations about the ABCe methodology but is still playing ball. It expects to record a high percentage of its traffic from a domestic audience - unlike the leading UK newspaper websites of The Guardian and The Mail, which draw the majority of their traffic from overseas. (more)

Mirror Group Newspaper websites join ABCe
From Media Guardian. Posted April 22 2008, 2.42pm
Mirror Group Newspapers is set to publish its internet traffic data in the Audit Bureau of Circulations Electronic figures. By Stephen Brook (more)

Trinity Mirror Scottish regionals next to relaunch online
From Press Gazette. Posted April 18 2008, 12.00am
Trinity Mirror's 17 paid-for regional newspapers in Scotland will be the next to relaunch online under the group-wide programme of developing newspaper-branded websites (more)

Mirror titles pay out to GMTV presenter Kate Garraway
From Media Guardian. Posted April 10 2008, 10.09am
GMTV presenter Kate Garraway has won a high court apology and 'substantial' damages over false allegations in the Sunday Mirror. By Tara Conlan (more)

Kate Garraway accepts apology and damages from the Mirror
From Press Gazette. Posted April 10 2008, 12.00am
GMTV presenter Kate Garraway and her husband Derek Draper gazed lovingly into each others eyes at London’s High Court today as a judge was told that they were “faithful, happy and in love.” (more)

Seven-figure investment sets Trinity Mirror Midlands titles on new design path
From Hold the Front Page. Posted April 9 2008, 11.50am
Birmingham Post was today using new package for the first time (more)

Trinity Mirror buys sports web firm Rippleeffect Studio for £6m
From Media Guardian. Posted April 2 2008, 11.48am
Newspaper publisher Trinity Mirror has bought a web firm specialising in sport, in a deal worth a potential £6m. By Chris Tryhorn (more)

Trinity Mirror acquires web design firm
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted April 1 2008, 11.00pm
Purchase of Rippleeffect for up to £5.8m to assist growth of sports publications (more)

Trinity Mirror chief executive Sly Bailey gets £800k maximum bonus
From Media Guardian. Posted March 31 2008, 11.53am
Trinity Mirror chief executive Sly Bailey scooped a maximum bonus payout last year as her remuneration burst through the £1.5m barrier, the company said today. By Chris Tryhorn (more)

Trinity Mirror ramps up hyperlocal drive with Coventry Telegraph launch
From Media Guardian. Posted March 31 2008, 11.29am
Trinity Mirror is rolling out the latest stage in its 'hyperlocal' digital news strategy, relaunching its Coventry Telegraph site and appointing a new digital head of its regional web network. By Jemima Kiss (more)

Daily Mail hires Sunday Mirror exec to edit Femail
From Media Guardian. Posted March 31 2008, 10.34am
The Daily Mail has hired the Sunday Mirror's Nicky Dawson to edit its Femail section - but she won't have overall control. By Stephen Brook (more)

Trinity Mirror appoints new digital director for regionals
From Press Gazette. Posted March 31 2008, 12.00am
Trinity Mirror has appointed Chris Bunyan, a former director of online portal management for Virgin Media, as the new digital director for its regional titles. (more)

Trinity Mirror Regionals appoints Chris Bunyan as digital director
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted March 30 2008, 11.00pm
Bunyan will join publisher from Virgin Media to lead growth of regional web titles (more)

GMTV presenter launches libel battle against Mirror group
From Press Gazette. Posted March 20 2008, 12.00am
Television presenter Kate Garraway has launched a legal battle for libel damages of £250,000 over stories in the Sunday Mirror and Daily Mirror. (more)

Trinity Mirror Midlands interim management team made permanent
From Press Gazette. Posted March 17 2008, 12.00am
The Birmingham Post and Mail’s interim management team has been made permanent. (more)

Former Mirror columnist proves there’s life after 50
From Press Gazette. Posted March 14 2008, 12.00am
A former Daily Mirror columnist has revamped a dwindling mature bi-monthly lifestyle magazine after the publisher’s research showed the over-50s felt the current market was “patronising”. (more)

Trinity Mirror to relaunch all its Scottish local websites
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted March 14 2008, 12.00am
Trinity Mirror's regional publishing arm in Scotland, Scottish and Universal Newspapers, is to relaunch websites for its 17 local titles, whose content was previously housed under regional ic sites (more)

Trinity Mirror plans local web network
From Media Guardian. Posted March 12 2008, 11.05am
After a successful pilot in Teesside, Trinity Mirror plans a national roll out of its network of hyper local community websites. By Stephen Brook (more)

Sun aims to outshine Mirror with revamp
From Media Guardian. Posted March 11 2008, 7.25am
The Sun is planning to steal a march on the Daily Mirror by introducing design changes first. By Stephen Brook (more)

Trinity Mirror reports flat full-year profits
From The Scotsman. Posted February 29 2008, 12.00am
TRINITY Mirror reported flat full-year profits yesterday as the newspaper group prepared for another year of volatility in the advertising market. (more)

Trinity Mirror's advertising revenue falls
From Financial Times. Posted February 28 2008, 4.46pm
Trinity Mirror ad revenue fell about 3 per cent in the first two months of this year and the publisher expects volatility to continue (more)

Trinity Mirror cautious on 2008 as 'flat' 2007 profits are revealed
From Hold the Front Page. Posted February 28 2008, 9.00am
Company anticipates a 'satisfactory performance' despite weak start to 2008 (more)

Trinity Mirror looks to cut £7m in costs after announcing falling regional profits
From Press Gazette. Posted February 28 2008, 12.00am
Trinity Mirror has confirmed it is looking to cut costs by a further £7m, after the company announced flat revenues and falling profits in its regional newspaper division. (more)

Trinity Mirror pilots metric tool to disregard cross-over print readers and measure 'online only'
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted February 26 2008, 12.00am
Trinity Mirror claims new method of audience measurement aimed at readers that only read the web version of a newspaper (more)

10,000-circulation Midlands launch for Trinity Mirror's regionals division
From Hold the Front Page. Posted February 22 2008, 11.05am
New free weekly newspaper for Daventry will be "very local" (more)

Trinity Mirror launches free weekly
From Press Gazette. Posted February 22 2008, 12.00am
Trinity Mirror has launched a 92 page free weekly newspaper in Daventry in the Midlands. (more)

Austin to pen Sunday Mirror political column
From Media Guardian. Posted February 21 2008, 11.27am
ITV news anchor Mark Austin is to be the Sunday Mirror's new political columnist, replacing the late Richard Stott. By Chris Tryhorn (more)

Austin to pen Sunday Mirror column
From Media Guardian. Posted February 21 2008, 11.27am
ITV news anchor Mark Austin is to be the Sunday Mirror's new columnist, replacing the late Richard Stott. By Chris Tryhorn (more)

ITV's Mark Austin to write Sunday Mirror column
From Press Gazette. Posted February 21 2008, 12.00am
ITV News anchorman Mark Austin has been announced as the Sunday Mirror’s new columnist replacing former Daily Mirror editor the late Richard Stott. (more)

Iraq WMD dossier written by former Sunday Mirror journalist is released
From Press Gazette. Posted February 19 2008, 12.00am
The Government is facing renewed calls for a full inquiry into the Iraq war following the release yesterday of the first draft of the notorious dossier on Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction. (more)

Trinity Mirror Regionals multimedia chief named editor of South Wales Echo
From Press Gazette. Posted February 14 2008, 12.00am
In an appointment that reflects newsroom integration efforts, Trinity Mirror Regionals' head of multimedia Mike Hill has been appointed editor of the South Wales Echo (more)

Garraway to sue Sunday Mirror
From Media Guardian. Posted February 12 2008, 9.50am
GMTV presenter Kate Garraway has launched legal action against the Sunday Mirror. By Stephen Brook (more)

GMTV's Kate Garraway sues Sunday Mirror over love-life revelations
From Press Gazette. Posted February 12 2008, 12.00am
GMTV presenter Kate Garraway is suing the Sunday Mirror after it published allegations about her relationship with Anton Du Beke, her partner is the television series Strictly Come Dancing. (more)

GMTV's Kate Garraway sues Sunday Mirror over love-life claims
From Press Gazette. Posted February 12 2008, 12.00am
GMTV presenter Kate Garraway is suing the Sunday Mirror after it published allegations about her relationship with Anton Du Beke, her partner is the television series Strictly Come Dancing. (more)

Trinity Mirror creates new digital role for Scottish titles
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted January 24 2008, 12.00am
Iain Hepburn is named as online editor of the Daily Record and Sunday Mail    (more)

Mirror group reviews ad account
From Media Guardian. Posted January 17 2008, 9.31am
Mirror Group Newspapers is seeking a new ad agency to handle its £10m-plus advertising account after ending its 13-year relationship with M&C Saatchi. By Mark Sweney (more)

Trinity Mirror buys The Career Engineer Limited for £1.9m
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted January 15 2008, 12.00am
Trinity Mirror acquires engineering jobs site for an intial £1.9m    (more)

Mirror and Sun sales woes fuel freesheet talk
From Financial Times. Posted January 12 2008, 4.00am
Low circulation figures, with The Sun's dipping below 3m in spite of a price cut, lead to speculation that one of them would soon be forced to become a free newspaper (more)

Sunday Mirror halts year-on-year rise
From Media Guardian. Posted January 11 2008, 2.01pm
December ABCs: The Sunday Mirror's run of three year-on-year circulation increases came to an end with a 0.57% slip. By Mark Sweney (more)

Mirror editor Richard Wallace linked to New York job
From Press Gazette. Posted January 4 2008, 12.00am
The British editor of the New York Daily News, Martin Dunn, has insisted that he has signed a new contract, following reports in a rival tabloid that Daily Mirror editor Richard Wallace was being considered for his job. (more)

Trinity Mirror reduces pension deficit
From Daily Telegraph. Posted December 20 2007, 12.01am
Trinity Mirror has removed a major obstacle to a demerger or sale of the company after ploughing £108m into reducing its pension scheme deficit. (more)

Trinity Mirror's �175m buy back set to boost share price
From Hold the Front Page. Posted December 20 2007, 12.00am
Buy back will return cash to shareholders as �108m is pumped into pension fund (more)

Trinity Mirror launches £175m buy-back
From Financial Times. Posted December 19 2007, 8.59am
The media group is launching a £175m share buy-back programme after reaching an agreement with the Pensions Regulator over its pension fund deficit (more)

Advert volatility at Trinity Mirror
From Financial Times. Posted December 13 2007, 11.29pm
Daily Mirror publisher says like-for-like advertising sales rose 2.1 per cent in the five months to the end of November, compared with a decline of 1.5 per cent in the first half (more)

Trinity Mirror issues ad warning
From Media Guardian. Posted December 13 2007, 10.23am
Trinity Mirror has warned of a volatile advertising market in 2008 after reporting increased advertising revenues the five months to the end of November. By Stephen Brook (more)

Trinity Mirror revenue up but advertising expected to remain 'volatile'
From Hold the Front Page. Posted December 13 2007, 12.00am
Latest trading statement predicts 2007 performance will be in line with expectations (more)

Trinity Mirror eyes mobile phone service revamp
From Hold the Front Page. Posted December 13 2007, 12.00am
"Personalised content" the key for TM, plus: Pilger lecture and more regional press news in brief (more)

Trinity Mirror reports improved circulation and ad revenue
From Press Gazette. Posted December 13 2007, 12.00am
Trinity Mirror has reported digital revenues in its national newspaper division to have almost doubling in the past five months and advertising income up more than five per cent in the same period. (more)

Mirror titles go full colour
From Media Guardian. Posted December 12 2007, 10.15am
The Daily Mirror and Sunday Mirror have stolen a march on rivals by becoming the first red-top tabloids able to offer full colour. By Stephen Brook (more)

Daily Mirror names two new 3am Girls
From Press Gazette. Posted December 12 2007, 12.00am
The Daily Mirror has confirmed the appointments of Danielle Lawler and Clemmie Moodie to its 3am Girls column. (more)

Daily Record leads Trinity Mirror's Scottish slide
From Media Guardian. Posted December 7 2007, 3.19pm
November ABCs: The UK circulation of the Daily Record dropped below the 400,000 mark for the first time following a 3.6% year-on-year decline in sales. By Mark Sweney (more)

Sunday Mirror circulation up again
From Media Guardian. Posted December 7 2007, 12.55pm
The Sunday Mirror posted its second year-on-year circulation increase last month, selling an average of 1,358,370 copies a week. By Mark Sweney (more)

November ABCs: Mirror stems decline against cut-price Sun
From Press Gazette. Posted December 7 2007, 12.00am
The Daily Mirror was down marginally by 1.98 per cent year on year to 1,518,881 against the cut-price Sun which was down just 0.18 per cent to 3,078,388. (more)

Trinity Mirror buys Globespan Media
From Media Guardian. Posted November 29 2007, 12.01pm
Trinity Mirror has bought an online property business in a deal worth up to £6m. By Chris Tryhorn (more)

Trinity Mirror buys online property sites for £0.9m
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted November 29 2007, 12.00am
Newspaper publisher gobbles up Globespan Media and its online titles    (more)

Trinity Mirror buys online property sites for 0.9m
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted November 29 2007, 12.00am
Newspaper publisher gobbles up Globespan Media and its online titles    (more)

New board member joins Trinity Mirror
From Hold the Front Page. Posted November 27 2007, 12.00am
Five chief exec steps up; Plus - Press Club anniversary and more regional press news in brief (more)

Jane Lighting joins Trinity Mirror board
From Media Guardian. Posted November 26 2007, 9.50am
Channel Five chief executive Jane Lighting is to join the board of newspaper group Trinity Mirror as a non-executive director. By Chris Tryhorn (more)

Five chief executive joins the Trinity Mirror board
From Press Gazette. Posted November 26 2007, 12.00am
Chief executive of Five Jane Lighting has joined the Trinity Mirror board as a non-executive director. (more)

'Metro will overtake the Mirror in 18 months'
From Press Gazette. Posted November 22 2007, 12.00am
UK free national daily Metro is set to overtake the circulation of the Daily Mirror in the next 12 to 18 months. (more)

Accessibility 2.0: How user-friendly is the Mirror to the blind and visually impaired?
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted November 21 2007, 12.00am
In the fourth of eight reviews of national newspaper websites, Journalism.co.uk asked blind and visually impaired volunteers to assess the accessibility of Mirror.co.uk    (more)

Regional press revenues steady for Trinity Mirror
From Hold the Front Page. Posted November 16 2007, 12.00am
Figures in line with the group's interim results statement as marginal growth is recorded (more)

Trinity Mirror prepared to weather storms
From Financial Times. Posted November 15 2007, 10.39pm
Sly Bailey, chief executive of Trinity Mirror, was in defiant mood, speaking for the first time since the disappointment of seeing her company's sell-off strategy realise less than half the cash hoped for (more)

Trinity Mirror reports on 0.1% increase in revenue
From The Scotsman. Posted November 15 2007, 12.02pm
NEWSPAPER publisher Trinity Mirror said its 2007 performance would be in line with expectations after group advertising revenue grew marginally over the ten months to the end of October. (more)

Trinity Mirror ad revenues rise by 0.1%
From Media Guardian. Posted November 15 2007, 11.04am
Daily Mirror publisher Trinity Mirror said today its advertising revenues had grown marginally year on year in the 10 months to the end of October. By Chris Tryhorn (more)

Trinity Mirror reports improving ad and circulation revenues
From Press Gazette. Posted November 15 2007, 12.00am
The UK's biggest newspaper publisher Trinity Mirror today reported a "gradual improvement" in advertising revenues. (more)

Trinity Mirror follows multimedia trend
From Daily Telegraph. Posted November 7 2007, 12.01am
Trinity Mirror has become the latest newspaper group to unveil integration plans by introducing a single, multimedia newsroom at its regional papers in Wales. (more)

Trinity Mirror journalists in Wales may consider industrial action
From Media Guardian. Posted November 6 2007, 5.04pm
Journalists at Trinity Mirror's newspapers in Wales have threatened to consider industrial action over proposed job cuts. By Chris Tryhorn. (more)

Trinity Mirror merges Welsh titles
From Daily Telegraph. Posted November 6 2007, 2.10pm
Trinity Mirror, owner of the Daily Mirror, plans to merge its Welsh titles, which include Wales on Sunday, the Western Mail and the South Wales Echo, into a 24/7 multi-media operation, in a move that will see jobs axed across the titles. (more)

Trinity Mirror to integrate Welsh regional papers
From Media Guardian. Posted November 6 2007, 12.43pm
Trinity Mirror has announced plans for a single, multimedia newsroom at its regional papers in Wales. By Chris Tryhorn. (more)

Trinity Mirror asks for 10 voluntary redundancies at Media Wales
From Press Gazette. Posted November 6 2007, 12.00am
A round of 10 job cuts has been announced at Media Wales, the Trinity Mirror-owned division that publishes the Western Mail, the South Wales Echo and Wales on Sunday. (mor