Publishing

Printing Charity appoints Bloomberg ed as new president
Bloomberg editor-in-chief John Micklethwait has accepted an invitation to be the Printing Charity’s president for 2020.

Long-standing local broadsheet hits buffers
Historic Cumbrian newspaper the Cumberland & Westmorland Herald has been placed into voluntary administration by its directors, who cited pressures on regional newspapers and its legacy pension...

Stationers' innovation awards open as internet father announced for annual lecture
The Stationers’ Company has introduced a new category for start-up companies in its latest Innovation Excellence Awards as internet pioneer Vint Cerf is teed up to give this year’s annual lecture.

Government confirms investigation into i acquisition
Ofcom and the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) will investigate whether the Daily Mail and General Trust’s (DMGT) £50m acquisition of the i adheres to competition law.

CMA launches inquiry into Future’s TI Media acquisition
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has launched an investigation into Future’s proposed acquisition of TI Media.

Copyright or wrong?
Ideas are the stuff of life for any business worth its salt. But of all the legal means of protecting ideas – trademark, patent and copyright – it’s the last which is so easy to breach, either...

So begins a new decade of opportunity for print
As the decade drew to a close, Printweek took the opportunity to ask some of the wise men and women of print what were their highs, lows and key learnings of the past 10 years.

Telegraph withdraws from ABC circulation audit
Telegraph Media Group (TMG) has pulled out of the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) newspaper circulation audit, which it said “is not the key metric” behind the measurement of its success.

Culture secretary ‘minded to’ intervene on JPI sale of i to DMGT
The government has said it is ‘minded to’ intervene in the Daily Mail and General Trust’s (DMGT) acquisition of the i newspaper from JPI Media over concerns about media plurality.

No compensation for printers planned after bank holiday date change
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has said there are, at present, no plans to compensate printers that were hit by the government’s late decision last June to change the date...