Newspapers

News Corp closes The Daily app

News Corp has announced that it will close its digital newspaper app, The Daily, which it launched for the iPad in February 2011.

News International's chief executive resigns

News International''s chief executive Tom Mockridge has resigned, with the Wall Street Journal managing editor tipped to become chief executive of the corporation's publishing spin-off.

Océ and Manroland team up for digital newspaper production

Océ and Manroland Web Systems have teamed up to develop a digital printing and finishing system for newspaper and book production.

Johnston Press poaches Newsquest's sales director

Johnston Press has appointed Richard Thomson as its group newspaper sales director with effect from 7 January 2013.

Northcliffe sold to joint venture Local World

Regional newspaper rivals DMGT, Trinity Mirror and Yattendon Group have created Local World, a new publisher combining DMGT's Northcliffe division with Yattendon's Iliffe News & Media.

Tri Media director buys publisher back out of administration

Local newspaper publisher Tri Media Newspapers has been bought back by its director after falling into administration.

KBA makes progress with RotaJet quality

KBA has made "significant progress" in improving print quality on its RotaJet 76 and has added newspaper printing to the potential applications for the inkjet web press.

Consolidation is key if we're to secure newsprint's future

Newspapers are in permanent decline. We are seeing year-on-year falls in volume and the economic downturn has only contributed to this. Industry consolidation is the only way we can rectify this in...

Newsfax won't be the last newspaper printer to go under

The fate of one newsprint giant tells a tale about the sector as a whole, a sector that needs radical restructuring to survive in the modern world

DMGT confirms Northcliffe sale talks

Daily Mail and General Trust (DMGT) has confirmed that it is in talks over the possible sale of its Northcliffe regional newspaper business.

Fujifilm unveils second generation Pro-VN plate at Ifra

Fujifilm has launched the second iteration of its Brillia Pro-VN lo-chem newspaper plate at the annual Ifra Expo newspaper and media technology show.

Trinity Mirror share price plunges as hacking claims surface

Trinity Mirror's share price dropped by 10% overnight as hacking claims were lodged at the High Court on Monday (22 October).