Publishing

The future ownership of Polestar’s factories and assets remains up in the air as administrators at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) assess a number of bids for the business.

The UK’s sole print-only national newspaper is set to stop printing tonight after barely two months on sale.

Polestar employees fear some factories ‘could shut down tomorrow’ if a buyer or buyers cannot be found for the businesses, as more redundancies are made at the group and a major publisher shifts...

Regular readers may recall that Immediate Media paper manager Steve Wehrle is one of just a dozen ‘ever presents’ who’ve run every single London Marathon since the race’s inception in 1981.

Time Inc’s Guy Gleysteen has jetted into the UK to address the crisis in the publisher’s supply chain due to the situation at Polestar.

Both Wyndeham owner Walstead Group and Prinovis have confirmed their potential interest in parts of stricken print group Polestar.

Polestar’s unsecured creditors from the period prior to the pre-pack sale of the business in March were owed more than £235m by the group.

Unite the Union has expressed its fears for UK print jobs if DMG Media moves its supplements to the continent in the wake of the Polestar pre-pack sale and administration.

Speculation is mounting over the future for Polestar’s single-biggest contract.