Publishing

A new free newspaper is set to launch on the Isle of Wight later this week.

Dennis Publishing and its 30-plus titles have been acquired by private equity firm Exponent and the proceeds of the deal will fund the development of woodland in Warwickshire.

Reach has posted a £113.5m half-year statutory pre-tax loss in the first six months of 2018 after taking a £150m charge on a “more challenging than expected outlook” for its regional businesses.

Consumers are turning back to the printed book as digital sales begin to decline, according to statistics from the Publishers Association (PA).

Guardian Media Group (GMG) has increased its revenues and narrowed its losses as digital sales have overtaken print for the first time.

Johnston Press has been threatened with legal action by its largest shareholder over rumours that the company may be pre-packed after its shares fell to an all-time low of 3p.

Walstead has made another huge continental acquisition – the group is taking over the €200m (£179m) turnover web offset business in Poland that used to be owned by RR Donnelley.

Reach is anticipating a revenue increase of 11% for the 26-week period to 1 July, boosted by its near-£200m acquisition of Northern & Shell’s publishing assets, but like-for-like sales are expected to...

Wyndeham Group has extended its 19-year-old contract with The Spectator to print the political magazine up to 2020.

The Published Audience Measurement Company (PAMCo) has released its first round-up of audience engagement in printed and digital published media.