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What price a newspaper?
Posted in Media, Branwell Johnson, Latest reporters' blogs November 7th, 2008 by Branwell Johnson
It doesn’t seem to matter whether publishers slash the cover price or put it up – newspapers still ain’t selling.
The Indy takes a price gamble
Posted in Media, Branwell Johnson, Latest reporters' blogs September 12th, 2008 by Branwell Johnson
What’s a daily newspaper worth? Our chosen publications give far more in terms news, comment and entertainment than the few silver coins we cough up but I wager The Independent may be about to discover that readers can be cheapskates.
The Sun sets on Chippendale
Posted in Media, Branwell Johnson, Latest reporters' blogs July 2nd, 2008 by Branwell Johnson
Experienced media sales hand (they so hate the word veteran) Mark Chippendale has, erm, cashed in his chips at News International.
What the papers didn’t say
Posted in General, Media, Arif Durrani June 2nd, 2008 by Arif Durrani
Newspapers are a growth business, as supported by a two and half per cent hike in global circulations in 2007, according to figures from the World Association of Newspapers (WAN); I’m just amazed chief executive Timothy Balding could talk with all that sand in his mouth.
Will the Guardian still be here in 20 years?
Posted in Media, Digital, Arif Durrani, Latest reporters' blogs May 12th, 2008 by Arif Durrani
Irascible media commentator Roy Greenslade has been creating waves on the other side of the world this month, scaring Australia’s newspaper men silly with his gloves-off vision of media convergence and the future of the printed word, or rather the lack of it.
Whole new ball game for Telegraph marketing
Posted in Media, Branwell Johnson, Latest reporters' blogs January 29th, 2008 by Branwell Johnson
So, The Telegraph Group, after much humming and hah-ing, has decided to appoint a marketing director and has plumped for AOL director of marketing Barry Flanigan. That’s a good choice given the Telegraph is trying to reinvent itself as a multimedia brand with an online presence as strong as the paper product.
Can newspapers cut the mustard for advertisers?
Posted in Media, Branwell Johnson, Latest reporters' blogs January 22nd, 2008 by Branwell Johnson
Plaudits to the Newspaper Marketing Agency for coming out fighting with a campaign promoting the value of advertising in the press – and placing the ads in some of the leading daily newspapers.
The Sun no longer a sizzler
Posted in Media, Branwell Johnson, Latest reporters' blogs January 11th, 2008 by Branwell Johnson
So the sun is setting on the great British tabloid – or so it would seem with The Sun dipping below the psychologically important 3 million mark for the first time.
The Sun left red-faced by September ABCs
Posted in Media, Arif Durrani, Latest reporters' blogs October 12th, 2007 by Arif Durrani
The Sun was the only tabloid to increase its circulation in September in today’s ABCs and yet it is the only newspaper to be left truly embarrassed by its performance.
New delivery for the Evening Standard
Posted in General, Media, Arif Durrani, Latest reporters' blogs September 28th, 2007 by Arif Durrani

A little part of London life is set to change after nearly 200 years from Monday, as Associated rolls-out branded uniforms for its Evening Standard vendors.
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