Local Ireland, the association representing 32 weekly paid-for newspapers around the country, has welcomed today’s decision by the Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe (above) to remove VAT on newspapers. President of Local Ireland Declan McGuire described the minister’s move in his Budget address as being “a very important move for news publishers”. “Zero per cent […]
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Turner to speak at NewsBrands event
Denise Turner, insight director at the British UK marketing body for news brands, NewsWorks, will be the guest speaker at NewsBrands Ireland’s ‘Power of News Brands’ breakfast seminar in The Morrison Hotel on Tuesday, October 22. Turner will talk about why advertisers are missing out on customers and profit by under-investing in news publishing. Using […]
Mirror Media now trades as Reach
Mirror Media, publisher of the Irish Mirror, Dublin Live, RSVP Magazine and Cork Beo, has formally changed its name to Reach in Ireland. The publisher’s UK parent company rebranded to Reach in May last year after acquiring Northern & Shell-owned titles Daily Express, Daily Star and OK! Magazine but the timing was not seen to […]
Times Ireland to cease print edition
News UK & Ireland is to end publication of its Times Ireland edition and most of its journalists are to made redundant as the company undergoes a major re-organisation. Only three of the current 20 staff positions will be retained, with current employees having to reapply for the jobs. In a statement, the company said […]
News Ireland goes with new-look Times
The Times, Ireland Edition, will unveil a new design this weekend. The new look is the result of feedback from readers across the country and follows the launch of the print edition last June. As well as a new layout throughout the edition, there are a number of new appointments and extra Irish content, including opinion, […]
INM vows to offer advertisers new Irish Brides
Independent News & Media is rebranding its Irish Brides magazine and upping its weddings coverage online with a new media brand called The Vow. The magazine and digital hub will offer advertisers the latest in wedding trends, fashion and celebrity wedding gossip. Vow.ie editor Karen Birney said 124,000 couples are due to tie the knot in the […]
Gibson gets tabloid platform job at INM
Independent News & Media (INM) has appointed Des Gibson to the new position of tabloid platform editor. Gibson has almost 30 years’ experience in journalism and is currently the editor/managing editor at the Irish Daily Star. The new editor will direct a new seven-day newsroom at the Sunday World and Herald newspapers, working with their editors. Starting […]
Print delivers one in four sales, INM says
One in four retail sales delivered by media are driven by print ads and every €1 spent on press ads returns as much as €39 to retailers. The medium is 1.5 times more effective than radio in delivering return on investment, research for Independent News & Media (INM) claims. Every €1 spent on print ads […]
Scannell again saluted by Mirror
Maria Scannell from Mirror Media Ireland (MMI) was awarded Trinity Mirror’s UK & Ireland Commercial Manager of the Year 2015 at a ceremony in Manchester last week. The awards were hosted by comedian and TV presenter Jason Manford. It is the second year in a row Scannell has won the highly-regarded honour. The Trinity Mirror […]
Metro Herald to be wound up
Dublin commuter freesheet Metro Herald will cease publication from this Friday. The board of Fortunegreen, which is equally owned by Independent News & Media (INM), DMG Ireland Holdings, which publishes the Irish Daily Mail, and The Irish Times, said the publication’s business model had become “unsustainable in a difficult advertising model”. The move results in the […]
TPI wins Paddy Power print
The Printed Image (TPI) have won the race to become Paddy Power’s official Irish print supplier. The contract covers retail point of sale (POS) displays, marketing collateral and miscellaneous customer communications. Established in 1990, TPI is run by CEO Colin Culliton. Specialists in marketing print, design and promotional products, TPI employs 110 people in Fonthill […]
Gazette adds new city edition
Dublin Gazette Newspapers, publisher of free newspapers in the greater Dublin area, is to launch a city edition for the city centre and the capital’s bordering suburbs next month. DGN group editor Mimi Murray says the aim is to make the new Dublin City Gazette the focus of its seven weekly titles. Murray says it will […]
Miley new Times commercial boss
Jim Miley, project director for Ireland’s year of The Gathering, is to join The Irish Times as commercial director. Miley was responsible for delivering all aspects of The Gathering, which was the brainchild of Fáilte Ireland’s director of market development, John Concannon. They were joint finalists in this year’s Marketer of the Year award. Miley […]
