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Business
Tamlyn Jones BusinessDesk 25 Jan 11
Free newspaper Birmingham Post Lite will return to residents’ doormats this week following a month-long hiatus.
Last week it emerged that the weekly title, published by paid-for newspaper the Birmingham Post, had been suspended before Christmas until further notice.
Business
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…
Business
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”…
Business
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.
Business
Erikka Askeland Scotsman 10 Feb 10
Newspaper publishing group Trinity Mirror snapped up the Guardian Media Group’s regional business on Tuesday, including its flagship regional daily, the Manchester Evening News, in a move that severs the Guardian’s historical ties to the city and has implications for wider ownership in the sector…
News feature
Paul Dale B'ham Post 6 Nov 09
On Thursday night Marc Reeves put to bed the last daily morning Birmingham Post, ending a 150-year tradition of continuous publication. One of the oldest, most respected and talked about regional newspapers in Britain will appear weekly from next Thursday…
Business
B'ham Mail 20 Oct 09
The first changes resulting from the consultation on the Trinity Mirror Midlands businesses have been announced. The Birmingham Post will be developed as a multimedia brand with a comprehensive 100 page minimum weekly print title covering in-depth business news and analysis…
Business
Lichfield Blog 15 Sep 09
One of the country’s top media commentators has speculated that the Lichfield Post and Walsall Observer could be reborn…
Business news
Guardian Media 25 August 09
Trinity Mirror today confirmed it is considering cutting back the Birmingham Post from a daily to a weekly and switching the afternoon Birmingham Mail to become a morning paper…
Comment
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…