- Midland News Association
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Midland News Association Type Holding, Limited company Industry Media Headquarters Wolverhampton Products Broadcasting, Newspapers and Magazines Midland News Association is an independent local media business which has interests in print media and the radio industry. It has offices at Queen Street in Wolverhampton and Ketley, Telford.[1]
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Broadcasting
MNA operates three radio brands in the Shropshire and Worcestershire areas.
- The Severn for Shrewsbury, Oswestry and Telford & Wrekin
- The Wyre for Kidderminster, Bewdley and Stourport.
Publishing
- Bridgnorth Journal
- Cannock and Rugeley Chronicle
- Dudley Chronicle
- Express & Star
- Halesowen Chronicle
- Hereford Journal
- The Kidderminster Chronicle
- Leominster Journal
- Market Drayton Advertiser
- Mid Wales Journal
- Newport Advertiser
- North Shropshire Chronicle
- Ross-on-Wye Journal
- Sandwell Chronicle
- Shrewsbury Chronicle
- Shropshire Star
- South Shropshire Journal
- Sporting Star
- Stourbridge Chronicle
- Telford Journal
- Walsall Chronicle
- Wolverhampton Chronicle
Other
In October 2008, following a major restructuring programme to help the company deal with poor trading, Midlands News Association merged the business functions of the Wolverhampton-based Express & Star and the Shropshire Star in order to save £3m. The result was the loss of 120 jobs.[2]
In October 2009, MNA signed a deal with ITN’s multimedia division ITN ON to take video content to use on its newspapers websites. The deal made the company the first local paper group to take up ITN’s services, following in the footsteps of national papers the Daily Mail and the Daily Express.[3]
The final issue of the Ludlow Journal appeared on Friday 2 July 2010.
In June 2010 the Press Complaints Commission upheld a complaint against Mary Queally, editor of the Hereford Journal. The complaint was that Queally published an article in advance of the General Election exonerating MP Bill Wiggin of false expenses claims, even though Wiggin was at the time being investigated by the Parliamentary watchdog. The Commission forced the paper to publish a letter stating the truth. .[4]
References
- ^ "Details of address". http://www.newspapersoc.org.uk/Default.aspx?page=959. Retrieved 2010-01-19.
- ^ "Details of job losses". http://www.mediaweek.co.uk/news/857165/?DCMP=ILC-SEARCH. Retrieved 2010-01-19.
- ^ "Details of MNA/ITN video deal". http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/creative-industries-news/2009/10/12/midland-news-association-sign-up-for-online-video-service-65233-24898854/. Retrieved 2010-01-19.
- ^ "Complaints Commission finding". http://www.pcc.org.uk/news/index.html?article=NjUwMA==/. Retrieved 2010-05-10.
External links
East Midlands East of England Cambridge News · Colchester Evening Gazette · Eastern Daily Press · East Anglian Daily Times · Norwich Evening News · Peterborough Evening Telegraph
London North East England North West England Northern Ireland Scotland South East England South West England Wales South Wales Argus (Newport) · South Wales Echo (Cardiff) · South Wales Evening Post (Swansea) · Western Mail · The Leader (Wrexham)
West Midlands Yorkshire and the Humber Grimsby Telegraph · Halifax Evening Courier · Huddersfield Daily Examiner · Hull Daily Mail · The Press (York) · Scarborough Evening News · Scunthorpe Telegraph · The Star (Sheffield) · Telegraph & Argus (Bradford) · Yorkshire Post · Yorkshire Evening Post
Categories:- British radio networks
- Radio broadcasting companies of the United Kingdom
- Radio stations in the United Kingdom by owner
- Media in the West Midlands (region)
- Media in Shropshire
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