New Cue the music: former Q editors join newsletter publishing boom
After the Bauer Media music title’s pandemic-triggered demise last July, Q’s former staff are launching a weekly direct-to-inbox publication
August 2017
America's 'news deserts': the death of the great alt-weeklies
The Village Voice’s decision to end print publication is just the latest in an epidemic of free alternative newspaper closures in the US, which have left many cities with no local journalism at all. Is there hope for alt-weeklies?
December 2016
Greenslade
Metro climbs to second place in the circulation league
Free newspaper overtakes the Daily Mail and closes on the Sun on weekdays after giving away thousands of copies on London buses
September 2016
Greenslade
What lies behind Trinity Mirror's return of four Metro franchises
Roy Greenslade
Newspaper publishers are pursuing different strategies in order to make profits
June 2016
Greenslade
City AM takes a revolutionary step by opening website to advertisers
Roy Greenslade
London’s free business newspaper will allow brands and freelance writers to create content without any editorial involvement
April 2016
The Evening Standard’s Sarah Sands: ‘I’m a journalist with a liking for drama’
Freesheet editor on working with Evgeny Lebedev, the exaggeration of the death of print – and her love of sewers
October 2015
Media interview
Metro’s Ted Young: ‘Our job is as an anchor, telling the basic story’
Freesheet editor on being a one-nation paper, property porn - and being punched by Richard Desmond
February 2015
Peter Preston on press and broadcasting
Why Metro is still worth celebrating
Peter Preston
Just look around your train and it’s clear there are lots of people who like still to pick up a newspaper and read some real news
September 2014
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Newspaper subjected to dirty tricks campaign offers €5,000 reward
Editor mystified by sabotage plot
April 2014
Eric Pickles: I'll shut council freesheets that publish 'propaganda on the rates'
Communities secretary targets five Labour-led London boroughs, where he says free press is being put out of business
March 2014
Daily Telegraph hires City AM editor
Greenslade
An idea for the Lebedevs - how about launching a paper called iMetro?
Roy Greenslade
February 2014
Media interview
Metro's Steve Auckland: 'There's a lot of money to be made out of print'
Freesheet's managing director on why he puts print first, wooing the urbanites – and the power of repositioned dump bins. By Roy Greenslade
January 2014
Little music fanzines making a big noise
Greenslade
London Evening Standard to boost distribution to 900,000 copies a day
September 2013
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Kent on Sunday gets a makeover
New front page look for free title
July 2013
Peter Preston on press and broadcasting
Standard shows free content can compete with the paywall brigade
Peter Preston
Greenslade
Newspaper publishers pursue different cover price strategies
Roy Greenslade
June 2013
Greenslade
Standard makes £82,000 profit as Independent titles lose £17.5m
