Publishing

UPM has confirmed that newsprint production has ceased at its Shotton mill on Deeside, ahead of the mill’s conversion under its new owner.

A Belgian media group that owns the Belfast Telegraph and news titles in Ireland is in talks over a possible takeover of a German publisher as it looks to expand its footprint into the country.

A local news title is set to produce its first print-run this week after its editor saw a surge in online traffic and local advertisers.

Print buyers are being warned to plan their paper requirements months ahead, with reports of ‘gazumping’ on previously agreed mill prices and a global squeeze on the availability of some paper types.

Timsons book printing presses are to be revived through a new joint venture between CPI UK and Timsons Engineering.

Guardian News & Media is set to publish revamped supplements this weekend as part of cost-cutting measures announced last year.

A rare 15th century book produced in the early years of mechanical printing is expected to fetch tens of thousands of pounds when it goes up for auction this week.

National World has reported a profit in its first set of financial results since buying JPI Media at the start of the year.

London-based free financial newspaper City A.M. is set to resume its print edition, exactly 18 months after the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic forced its suspension.

Media and services giant Bertelsmann has reported first half results that include the reshaping of its gravure printing operations on the continent.