Newspapers

Guardian News & Media is to reduce the pagination of the Guardian and is set to replace its Film & Music offering with a section in its G2 supplement from next year.

Kent publisher KM Group has launched a paid-for newspaper in the Sittingbourne area, following the closure of the East Kent Gazette.

Newspaper publishers could be given an opening to begin merging titles after the culture secretary Jeremy Hunt threw his support behind consolidation.

Amar Ujala Publications, the publisher of one of the leading Hindi daily, Amar Ujala, upgraded its pre-press with Kodak plate setters.

Newspaper publisher Trinity Mirror has merged its Scottish national and regional businesses to form Media Scotland.

Manroland subsidiary ppi Media, which develops smart editorial, planning and production software for the print and publishing industries, is seeking new investors following Manroland's insolvency.

Media mogul Richard Desmond officially launched the Express Group's purpose-built print facility in Luton last night (28 November).

The OFT's decision not to give KM Group (KMG) the all clear to purchase seven Kent-based newspapers from Northcliffe Media has begun to cost jobs.

Trinity Mirror will switch the Liverpool Daily Post to a weekly title in 2012, bumping it up to a 100-page edition.

Unite has said that it would support Guardian Media Group's (GMG) move to contract print if Trinity Mirror became the contractor, but would prefer it to continue printing itself.

Guardian Media Group (GMG) is to restructure its print plants at Manchester and London, in a move that could result in the publisher ceasing to print its own titles.