Five minutes to midnight: End in sight for regional papers?

As the stripped down Post prepares to shed more than a third of its staff this week in the latest round of redundancies, is the death knell sounding for regional daily newspapers? Chris Oakley, former editor of the Liverpool Echo and owner of the Birmingham Post and Mail and then the Yorkshire Post, certainly thinks [...]

Demonstration against the BEP cuts

The Bristol Evening Post’s 80th anniversary bash was accompanied by loud protests as demonstrators gathered outside the Galleries shopping centre, hosting an exhibition celebrating the BEP’s 80 years, to voice their opposition to yet more redundancies at the Evening Post, the abandonment of the Saturday edition and the end of Venue in print. BBC Points [...]

Devastating cuts at the Bristol Evening Post

Mass redundancies are once again proposed at the Bristol Evening Post where up to 19 journalists – more than a third of staff – are at risk as the paper scraps its Saturday edition and drops ‘Evening’ from the title. At the same time, Venue magazine will cease appearing in print; some Venue listings and [...]

Intellectual Property Office consultation on copyright

By Simon Chapman Here is an update on IPO’s consultation on copyright, which is the last stage before the Government puts forward its ideas in a communications bill for change to our Intellectual Property system on which many freelances depend for their income. The Intellectual Property Office asked for views and evidence on the implications [...]

Leveson challenged to quiz police chief on Jo Yeates case

HOURS before Bristol sees six leading media figures discuss the future of press regulation, media journalist Roy Greenslade has challenged the Leveson Inquiry to investigate how the Sun got some of its ‘exclusives’ during the Jo Yeates case. It is already common knowledge that several newspapers blackened the name of Jo Yeates’ landlord, Christopher Jefferies, [...]

BRISTOL HOSTS MAJOR DEBATE ON THE FUTURE OF THE MEDIA ON MARCH 16th – PLUS EXCLUSIVE FILM SHOWING

HARD PRESSED: Two events on the future of the media, March 16th, 2012 By Bristol NUJ and Bristol Festival of Ideas, supported by MediaAct and Mediawise Hacked to bits: Restoring public trust in journalism  The 2012 Benn Debate, 7.30pm Friday March 16th, Arnolfini, Bristol. Tickets £6.50 and £5.00 concessions and NUJ members The reputation of journalism [...]