paidContent:UK: Welcome To 2007: Johnston Press Bans Facebook
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"Johnston Press has set the clock back to 2007 and informed staff at The Scotsman and its other Edinburgh papers that Facebook is banned except in special cases."
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Press Gazette: The Wire: Enders: Local newspapers hurt by doing digital too well
"Many local publishers are accelerating their decline by ‘doing too much too well’ in terms of digital news provision at the expense of the quality of their newspapers, media analyst Enders has claimed."
Yorkshire Evening Post: Local Pages
"[We] have launched a new series of community websites featuring all things local to your neighbourhood. ... On the websites you will find ultra-local news, sport & entertainment, as well as debate on community issues important to you In addition there are latest local planning applications, video, audio and slideshows and a whole lot more - and all updated on a daily basis."
FT.com: Johnston Press hires KPMG to restructure debt
"Johnston Press, the struggling regional newspaper business, has called in KPMG to help it restructure the group’s £450m debt burden, the company said on Sunday."
PaidContentUK: Online Or Bust: Why 2009 May Be The Nail In Newspapers’ Coffins
Patrick Smith: "2009 will mark a shift from seasonal, sensible belt-tightening to the long-term shrinking of the newspaper industry in Britain. Here’s why"
allmediascotland: Nick Clayton Writes About – Being Fired
"I find myself fired for a passing remark in a specialist blog. I really don't understand why The Scotsman editor didn't phone me up and ask me to change the offending paragraph. It would have been easy to do without affecting the thrust of the piece. The reason I could have done that so easily is because the point is so self-evident. The fact that newspapers are losing advertising revenue to the web is not news. Indeed, The Scotsman itself reported on the troubles of its parent company, Johnson Press, on August 27 - blaming the fall in recruitment and property advertising for a large drop in profits."
Evening Standard: Regional papers face bigger woes than just an economic downturn
Roy Greenslade: "The crisis for regional papers is structural, stretching back way before this current economic slump and prior to the ubiquity of computer screens."
Computing: Local newspaper group puts systems online
"The [contract with Thus] will help Johnston Press – which publishes 318 local newspapers – to put common systems for advertising, editorial and production on the central network to aid the transition from print to online media."
Virtual Economics: Newspapers vs Google
"With the exception of Johnston Press, most of the big newspaper shares - on both sides of the pond - have actually outperformed Google over the past three months."
Telegraph: Bowdler to retire from Johnston Press in 2009
"Tim Bowdler, the most respected chief executive in regional newspapers, is due to retire from Johnston Press in 2009 and headhunters have been contacted about beginning the search to replace him in the New Year."
Sunday Herald: The Week Ahead
"Investors braced for disappointing news on Wednesday when publisher Johnston Press is due to update them on current prospects for its regional titles that include The Scotsman and Yorkshire Post."
allmediascotland: New Look Scotsman Website?
"Spike had heard long ago that the website for The Scotsman newspaper was about to undergo an overhaul. It thinks it has stumbled across a test version".
Sunderland Echo: Ex-Pats interactive map
Another use of Google Maps for regional newspaper web sites...
Independent.ie: Seven hats in ring to take over the Sligo Champion
Linked to purchase of the Irish regional newspaper: "Independent News & Media, the Irish Times, Johnston Press and John Taylor's Alpha Newspapers ... along with ... Claret Capital and ... Boundary Capital, as well as UK media groups who are new to the Iri