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Following an announcement from the ABC extending publisher reporting options, News Corp-owned News Ireland has confirmed that it plans to undertake private auditing with immediate effect, as it shifts focus to a more comprehensive analysis of reach for its Irish Sun, Irish Sun on Sunday and the Irish editions of The Times and The Sunday […]

DMG Media Ireland has launched a €1 million advertising fund for small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) hit by the fall-out from the Covid-19 pandemic. The fund, ‘DMG Media Shop Ireland’, is the largest private-sector support to small firms and it will provide 200 small businesses with an advertising package worth €5,000 each. It is targeted […]

The Irish Sun, the Rupert Murdoch-owned redtop, will donate all its advertising space to charities this Easter Monday. The move is aimed at helping Irish charities lessen the impact of the Covid-19 crisis by winning support from readers. Fundraising events which provide the financial lifeblood for many of them have been cancelled and donations are […]

Journalism should be designated as an “essential service” should there be any future restriction of public movement during the Covid-19 pandemic, NewsBrands Ireland has told the Government. The national press representative group wrote to Taoiseach Leo Vardakar saying that in the event of any new measures to stop the spread of the virus, allowances should […]

Business Post Media Group (BPMG) will roll out the new look Business Post print and digital versions this weekend as the newspaper goes on sale every Sunday and Monday. First published in November 1989, BPMG, owned by Enda O’Coineen’s Kilcullen Kapital Partners, includes the flagship newspaper, website, events and new data and research services.   […]

Brands which are advertised in newspapers’ hard news sections are not damaged in any way and there is no evidence that it has a negative impact on consumer response, Denise Turner, insight director with NewsWorks UK, has said. Speaking at a NewsBrands Ireland breakfast conference, Turner said she was referring to crime, politics and terrorism […]

News UK & Ireland plans a publishing first on Monday when it brings out an edition of the Irish Sun featuring only good news stories. As fears of a no-deal Brexit increase, Rupert Murdoch’s red top plans to include “inspiring and inspirational stories that will give readers a lot to smile about!” The entire tabloid […]

                          Siobhán Lennon is stepping down as chief executive of the Sunday Business Post, a role she took on in December 2016 in place of Paul Cooke. During her tenure, she managed the business under Key Capital and, more recently, under maverick businessman […]

Ireland’s representative body for national newspapers NewsBrands Ireland is engaged in a number of initiatives during Journalism Matters Week. NewsBrands is highlighting the vital role the press plays in a vibrant democracy – something not to be taken for granted – and calls on the Government to support measures to ensure the industry’s survival. NewsBrands […]