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BusinessDesk 20 Jan 11
The Birmingham Post Lite, a free newspaper circulated in the suburbs of Birmingham, has been suspended before it reached its first birthday.
Launched last April in the same week as The Birmingham Press, owned by West Midlands publishing entrepreneur Chris Bullivant…
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BusinessDesk 17 Nov 10
The publishing company behind the now defunct Birmingham Press collapsed owing £343,186, including £145,000 to its founder and director Chris Bullivant.
Liquidators Begbies Traynor have written to all creditors, a list which includes journalists, solicitors Irwin Mitchell and Lloyds TSB, detailing to the penny the money owed by Mr Bullivant and CJB Media, the company he founded to launch The Birmingham Press in April…
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Marc Reeves BusinessDesk 23 Sep 10
Newspaper publisher Chris Bullivant has told advertisers that his latest free title in Birmingham will fail if they don’t rally round to support it.
And in a letter to customers he accused rival publisher Trinity Mirror of slashing prices to drive him out of business.
A spokesperson for Trinity Mirror said: “We don’t engage in anti-competitive practice”…
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BusinessDesk 23 Jun 10
A sister newspaper to the recently launched Birmingham Press is due to hit the streets on Friday.
West Midlands publisher and businessman Chris Bullivant has announced that The Birmingham Free Press will go into production this week…
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Mark Reeves BusinessDesk 22 Apr 10
Birmingham’s newspaper war entered a new phase this week as Trinity Mirror and entrepreneur Chris Bullivant unveiled their rival titles – and it appears that round one has gone to the Birmingham Post Lite.
The TM title was first to market, a free version of the city’s flagship weekly newspaper that will be delivered to 18,000 homes in upmarket areas. Post Lite was published this morning (Thursday), on the same day as its paid-for sister title, and 24 hours ahead of the Birmingham Press, the Bullivant title whose launch triggered the battle.
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Marc Reeves Business Desk 23 Mar 10
West Midlands media entrepreneur Chris Bullivant is planning to launch a new weekly newspaper for Birmingham in a move which is certain to spark a battle for advertisers and readers with Trinity Mirror, publishers of the Birmingham Mail. The new title, called ‘The Birmingham Press’ will be a high-pagination weekly paper printed on high-quality newsprint and distributed through a mix of free home delivery and paid-for sales…
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MediaGuardian 31 Jul 09
Roy Greenslade Blog
A row has broken out – and not for the first time – between Trinity Mirror and the Midlands publisher Chris Bullivant Snr. They are now trading insults, sadly, rather than newspapers. According to Bullivant, chairman of Bullivant Media, he could have helped to save a number of Trinity’s nine Midlands weekly papers, which it is in the process of closing, including the Walsall Observer…