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Regional sales house Clacksons on alert as Archant reviews business

Mark Banham — Tue, 22 May 2012 09:03:00 GMT

Regional newspaper publisher Archant has put its advertising sales contract up for grabs, leaving incumbent independent regional sales house Clacksons, Mediaforce and Amra to pitch for the business.

Newspaper Society offers free ads to local businesses

Maisie McCabe — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 08:05:00 GMT

The Newspaper Society, the trade marketing body for the regional press industry, is offering up to £15m worth of free advertising space to young businesses as part of an initiative to help revive local industry.

Archant falls into the red with £1.9m loss

Maisie McCabe — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 09:15:00 GMT

Archant, the independently-owned regional media business, has made a pre-tax loss of £1.93m for the first half of the year after its revenues dropped 4%.

Archant operating profit more than doubles to £8.2m

Maisie McCabe — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 14:30:00 GMT

Archant, the regional media business, more than doubled its operating profit in 2010 to £8.2m, buoyed by cost cutting, digital growth and a rise in newspaper subscriptions.

Archant and DC Thomson only daily risers in regional ABCs

Maisie McCabe — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 16:12:00 GMT

Archant-owned Eastern Daily Press and Evening News, and DC Thomson's Dundee Evening Telegraph were the only daily regional newspapers to increase circulation year on year in the last six months of 2010.

Archant takes full control of publisher of Kent on Sunday

Maisie McCabe — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 11:00:00 GMT

Regional publisher Archant has bought out KOS Media Publishing, publisher of the Kent on Sunday, as it looks to expand its operations and take market share from the Kent Messenger group.

Archant launches multi-platform weekly newspaper in Cambridge

Maisie McCabe — Fri, 28 May 2010 15:55:00 GMT

Regional publisher Archant has launched a weekly newspaper in Cambridge, CambridgeFirst, with a mixed paid-for and free distribution, as well as an online and mobile presence.

Archant revenue and operating profit down in 2009

Maisie McCabe — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:00:00 GMT

LONDON - Regional publisher Archant's revenue fell by 19% year on year and operating profit was down 32% year on year in 2009 due to challenging economic conditions and decline in ad revenue in all major categories.

Attfield appointed ad director at Archant Norfolk

Maisie McCabe — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 10:58:00 GMT

LONDON - Regional publisher Archant has promoted ad manager Gary Attfield to the post of ad director for Archant Norfolk, the division that publishes the Eastern Daily Press.

Archant profit down 61.6% in "difficult trading"

Tristan O'Carroll — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 09:55:00 GMT

LONDON - Regional publisher Archant suffered a 61.6% slide in pre-tax profit in the first half of this year, although digital revenue increased 18.9%.