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The Newspaper Society, Voice of the Regional Press

 

2010

 

27 June 2010

 

 

Eric Pickles: Town Hall Freesheets Are Undermining Proper Journalism

(Observer)

 

26 June 2010

 

No More 'Propaganda on the Rates' Says Pickles (Channel 4 News)

 

26 June 2010

 

Rules Tightened for Council-Funded Newspapers (BBC)

 

26 June 2010

 

NS Welcomes Eric Pickles' Announcement

 

26 June 2010

 

 

Pickles to Stop 'Propaganda on the Rates' Killing Off Local Newspapers
(Communities and Local Government)

 

17 June 2010

 

Eric Pickles Pledges Action on Unfair Council Competition

 

17 June 2010

 

 

Debating Group Examines Council Newspapers' Impact on Local Democracy

 

17 June 2010

 

 

Publishers Win 'Commons Vote' on Council Freesheets

(Holdthefrontpage)

 

16 June 2010

 

 

Guardian series leads newspaper debate in Parliament

(Staines Guardian)

 

2 June 2010

 

Pressing for Answers (Northern Echo)

 

28 May 2010

 

Councils consider axing newspaper notices (Daily Echo)

 

28 May 2010

 

 

Pickles questions council papers' TV listings and reviews
(Press Gazette)

 

27 May 2010

 

NS Calls for Meeting with Eric Pickles on Council Newspapers

 

21 May 2010

 

 

Government to get tough on council newspaper propaganda

(East London Advertiser)

 

21 May 2010

 

 

Andrew Gilligan: Council propaganda newspapers - is this the end?

(Daily Telegraph)

 

20 May 2010

 

 

Greenslade: Coalition promises to curb council-run newspapers
(Media Guardian)

 

10 May 2010

 

Council Reporting Valued by 85 Per Cent of Local Newspaper Readers

 

10 May 2010

 

Local Newspaper Editors Say Public Bodies Becoming More Secretive

 

28 April 2010

 

Campaign: Read All About It! (Tax Payers Alliance)

 

21 April 2010

 

 

Greenwich: Cost of council newspaper revealed by News Shopper
(News Shopper)

 

21 April 2010

 

 

'Hush-hush system let Doncaster scandal to go unreported'

(Press Gazette)

 

15 April 2010

 

 

 

15 April 2010

 

Town Hall Secrecy Blamed for Decline in Local Democracy

 

15 April 2010

 

Losses May Prompt Cut in Frequency for Council Funded Newspaper

 

14 April 2010

 

Council 'paper' is anti-democratic (Scarborough Evening News)

 

13 April 2010

 

 

Greenwich: Time to Look at Council Newspaper Nonsense
(News Shopper)

 

8 April 2010

 

MPs Call for OFT Review of Council Publications

 

6 April 2010

 

 

Greenslade: MPs right to urge OFT inquiry into council-run newspapers (Media Guardian)

 

6 April 2010

 

MPs call for inquiry into free council newspapers (BBC)

 

6 April 2010

 

 

Culture Media & Sport Committee Report: Future for Local and Regional Media 

 

1 April 2010

 

Jack Straw Backs Local Newspapers Over Council Publications

 

1 April 2010
 

Chronicle Launches Campaign Against Council’s h&f news

 

26 March 2010

 

 

The real news: your council is killing free speech with free newspapers (Daily Mirror)

 

26 March 2010

 

Proper Papers Not Propaganda (Fulham & Hammersmith Chronicle)

 

26 March 2010

 

 

Greenslade: Trinity Mirror paper launches campaign against council-run title (Media Guardian)

 

18 March 2010

 

Scottish Government Axes Proposals to Allow Online-Only Council Ads

 

17 March 2010

 

Online council ads plan scrapped (BBC)

 

11 March 2010

 

Stephen Timms Follows Up On Council Newspapers Issue

 

4 March 2010

 

Councils Prepare For Paper Probe (Local Government Chronicle)

 

4 March 2010

 

Spelman: Tories Would Stop Councils Competing with Local Papers

 

4 March 2010

 

Council Leader Admits No Proof Anyone Read Axed Council Newspaper

 

11 February 2010

 

Kent Council TV Station Axed

 

4 February 2010

 

Scots Ministers Defeated in Public Notices Row

 

1 February 2010

 

 

28 January 2010

 

Central Government Must Take Action on Council Newspapers

 

28 January 2010

 

 

Greenwich Council Meeting 27/01/10: Greenwich Time, Council Tax & Royal Borough Status (Greenwich.co.uk)

 

27 January 2010

 

Join our fight for independent newspapers (Bromley Times)

 

27 January 2010

 

 

Government must not ‘turn a blind eye’ to council papers

(Press Gazette

 

26 January 2010

 

 

NS Calls for Government Intervention on Competing Council Newspapers

 

26 January 2010

 

Tories Attack Audit Commission Verdict (LocalGov.co.uk)

 

26 January 2010

 

 

London Mayor Boris Johnson Slams Council Newspapers

(News Shopper)

 

25 January 2010

 

 

Audit Commission Announcement on Council Publications: NS Response

 

25 January 2010

 

 

Report into council-run papers is 'a waste of time', says Trinity Mirror chief (Media Guardian)

 

25 January 2010

 

Council-run papers: the issue is going in circles (Press Gazette)

 

25 January 2010

 

 

Council-run newspapers not a misuse of public money, watchdog decides (Media Guardian)

 

25 January 2010

 

 

22 January 2010

 

Council Pravdas under yet more attack. Bring it on! (Daily Telegraph)

 

21 January 2010

 

 

Ben Bradshaw Says High Quality Regional News is ‘Greatly Valued’ By the Public

 

20 January 2010

 

 

Alex Aiken: Don't blame councils for the demise of local news

(PR Week)

 

15 January 2010

 

 

Newspapers burn while government fiddles over council-run publications (Greenslade)

 

15 January 2010

 

 

Councils to be barred from printing their own newspapers

(Birmingham Post)

 

15 January 2010

 

MPs urge action on council newspapers (Northern Echo)

 

14 January 2010
 
 

Why is there no proper investigation into council-run newspapers? (Greenslade)

 

14 January 2010

 

 

OFT Will be Asked to Examine Impact of Competing Council Newspapers

 

14 January 2010

 

 

MPs from all Parties Urge Action on Council Newspapers

(Press Gazette)

 

13 January 2010

 

MPs to hail importance of newspapers in Parliament (The Journal)

 

7 January 2010

 

Council propaganda press: the fightback grows (Andrew Gilligan)

 

7 January 2010

 

 
 
2009
 

23 December 2009

 

Government Rejects Plans to Scrap Planning Notice Advertising

 

17 December 2009

 

 

'Spin' Claims as Stoke City Council Looks to Double Investment in Council Newspaper

 

10 December 2009

 

London MP Blasts Council Newspapers

 

3 December 2009

 

 

Council Newspapers: NS Asks Audit Commission for Public Value Study Timeframe

 

3 December 2009

 

Shadow Local Government Secretary Attacks Council Newspapers

 

19 November 2009

 

 

Lord Chief Justice Cites Independent Press as 'Cornerstone' of Free Society

 

19 November 2009

 

‘No Business Case’ for Fortnightly Council Newspaper

 

4 November 2009

 

 

(Telegraph & Argus)
 

31 October 2009

 

Council magazines: Information or propaganda? (The Journal)

 

29 October 2009

 

Local Media Hits Back at Plans to Scrap Publication of Planning Notices

 

29 October 2009

 

MPs Grill Councils over 'Propaganda Masquerading as Newspapers'

 

29 October 2009

 

Schools Recruitment Portal Could Cost Local Media Industry Millions

 

22 October 2009

 

North East Councils Spend £1m Annually on Publications

 

21 October 2009

 

Newspaper Society Response to publicity for planning applications (PDF)

 

8 October 2009

 

NS to Discuss Planning Notices With Housing Minister

 

4 October 2009

 

Council Newspapers 'Killing Off Local Press' (Sunday Telegraph)

 

4 October 2009

 

Town Hall Bugle Kills Off Local Papers (Sunday Times)

 

29 September 2009

 

 

Councils in the region spend more than £1m a year producing their own publications (The Northern Echo)

 

17 September 2009

 

Carmarthenshire Council Attacked Over TV Station Plans

 

16 September 2009

 

 

Greenslade: At Last, The Real Cost of a Council Run 'Freesheet' Emerges in Public (Media Guardian)

 

10 September 2009

 

 

Audit Commission Study Will Not Examine Impact of Council Newspapers

 

9 September 2009

 

 

Peter Barron: Council Newspapers - The Debate Goes On
(Northern Echo)

 

4 September 2009

 

 

Melody Forman: Cherish Your Own Independent Times
(Bromley Times)

 

3 September 2009

 

 

NS Highlights Government Advertising Concerns to Shadow Communities Secretary

 

27 August 2009

 

Calls to Save Free Council Papers (Local Government Chronicle)

 

26 August 2009

 

 

Do Councils Care If They Kill Off Local Newspapers? Evidently Not...
(Media Guardian)

 

24 August 2009

 

 

BoJo Pledges to Fight Growth of Council Newspapers (holdthefrontpage.co.uk)

 

23 August 2009

 

 

Newspaper Society Complains to Minister Over Council Freesheets
(Birmingham Post)

 

21 August 2009

 

 

Newspapers Complain About Council Publications
(Local Government Chronicle)

 

21 August 2009

 

 

Scrap Council Tax-funded Free Newspapers, Minister is Urged
(East London Advertiser)

 

20 August 2009

 

 

Newspaper Society Blasts Councils for Damaging Local Newspapers
(Media Guardian)

 

20 August 2009

 

NS Raises Council Competition Concerns to Local Government Minister

 

13 August 2009

 

New Row Erupts Over Council Newspapers (holdthefrontpage.co.uk)

 

13 August 2009

 

 

13 August 2009

 

Council Faces Backlash Over Plans to Pull Advertising from Local Media

 

6 August 2009

 

Ben Bradshaw Attacks Council Newspapers

 

6 August 2009

 

Public Outcry Sees Planning Notices Put Back into Cornish Local Papers

 

4 August 2009

 

Council Newspaper Issue Ruffles Feathers (Media Week)

 

30 July 2009

 

Press Heavyweights Voice Support for Local Media

 

27 July 2009

 

Gilligan Launches Attack on Pravda Press (Media Guardian)

 

27 July 2009

 

The Propaganda Newspapers (Evening Standard)

 

23 July 2009

 

Temperature Rises Over Council Newspapers

 

16 July 2009

 

Committee Reports on 'Devastating Impact of Public Sector Websites'

 

9 July 2009

 

New Council Newspaper Costs Barking and Dagenham Post £250,000

 

9 July 2009

 

Burnham: More Government Ad Spend for News Sources

 

2 July 2009

 

NS Raises Local Government Advertising Concerns

 

17 June 2009

 

 

Audit Commission welcomes invitation to look at whether council newspaper advertising should be curbed

 

16 June 2009

 

 

Government Orders Inquiry into Council Newspapers 
(Holdthefrontpage.co.uk)

 

4 June 2009

 

Media Week Editor Hits Out at Council 'Newspapers'

 

14 May 2009

 

East End Life in Rota Pass Row

 

28 April 2009

 

Channel 4 News Highlights Council Newspaper Budget 

 

28 April 2009

 

 

Local Media Summit: MPs reject LGA findings that Council papers pose no threat to local press

 

27 April 2009

 

LGA research:Council magazines not a threat to the local media

 

23 April 2009

 

Council Newspapers: 'Anti Democratic in Spirit and Practice'

 

22 April 2009
 
9 April 2009
 
2 April 2009

Greater Manchester Councils Urged to Increase Local Media Ad Spend

 

31 April 2009

LGA Response To OFT Local Media Review (PDF)

 

27 March 2009

Burnham: Council Newspapers Overstepping the Mark

 

26 March 2009

NS to Address Local Government Conference on Local Media Strengths

 

19 March 2009

NS Calls for Ban on Competing Local Council 'Newspapers'

 

19 March 2009

Local Media a ‘Major Priority’ for New COI Boss

 

12 February 2009

NS Voices Council Publications Concerns to Cabinet Office Minister

 

29 January 2009

NS Delivers More Public Sector Briefings

 

29 January 2009

Government Told To Improve Relationship with Local Media

 

22 January 2009

Ministers Recognise the Impact of Council Publications on Local Press

 

16 January 2009

Ed Balls Opposes Moves by Local Authorities to Undermine or Damage Local Media

 

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