Slaying sacred cows as Birmingham Post goes weekly

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Slaying sacred cows as Birmingham Post goes weekly
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...

BBC News 12 Nov First weekly Post published
Stirrer
12 Nov Post goes weekly ... not weakly

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Stirrer
23 Oct MPs call for Post & Mail showdown
Stirrer 22 Oct Post & Mail ballot for strike
Stirrer 21 Oct Betrayal claim as Post and Mail jobs axed
B'ham Mail 20 Oct Trinity Mirror Midlands announces changes to Birmingham Post and Mail
B'ham Post 20 Oct Marc Reeves comment: A new era for the Post & Mail
Mercury 20 Oct Birmingham Post and Mail editors to leave posts
Stirrer 20 Oct Post goes weekly - on Bonfire night
BBC News 20 Oct 82 jobs to go
Roy Greenslade Guardian 20 Oct Massive shakeup at TM Midlands

NUJ
29 Sep Trinity Mirror directors pocket thousands as pay freeze and job cuts bite
Journalism 29 Sep NUJ condems TM 'handouts'
Journalism 29 Sep
TM already slashed the newsrooms
HoldtheFrontPage 29 Sep
Axed TM paper temporary delay
Paid Content 28 Sep
TM speculates on paid content
Guardian 22 Sep
TM closes 3 more weekly NE & Wales papers
Lichfield Blog 15 Sep
Return for local newspapers speculation
PrintWeek 8 Sep Unite set date for TM industrial action
FT 5 Sep
Falling costs strengthen TM

Guardian Media
25 Aug B'ham Post may go weekly, TM confirms
HoldtheFrontPage 25 Aug More job losses 'inevitable' at TM
Journalism.co.uk 25 Aug Trinity Mirror enters consultation
NUJ 25 Aug
At last bosses come clean on plans for Post
The Stirrer 25 Aug
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B'ham Post 25 Aug Blog: Editor Marc Reeves on why the Post must change
The Stirrer 26 Aug
Post editor backs weekly move
B'ham Post 27 Aug
Readers' responses

Media Guardian 31 Jul Bullivant claims he could have saved Midlands newspapers
Press Gazette 31 Jul Trinity could have saved weeklies
B'ham Post 31 Jul Loss of £9m on P&M building sale
Guardian 30 Jul
Trinity shares rise by 16%
Guardian 30 Jul Trinity Mirror decline slowing amid 34.5% fall in regional advertising revenues
B'ham Post 30 Jul
Midland journalists call off strike
Media Guardian
28 Jul Trinity Mirror: strike called off
B'ham Post 28 Jul Former Trinity man to head up E&S
NUJ 28 Jul No compulsory redundancies
Bloxidge Tallygraph 24 Jul Alas, poor Obbo...
Media Guardian 20 July Midlands journalists vote for strike
NUJ 20 Jul Big vote for action over cuts at Trinity
B'ham Post 10 Jul BBC Birmingham axes 11 jobs
B'ham Post 8 Jul PA to launch free service to local papers
HoldtheFrontPage 3 Jul Emergency debate on Mids media
Guardian 2 Jul Roy Greenslade blog: No alternatives
Financial Times 2 Jul Trinity to close 9 Mids titles
HoldtheFrontPage 1 Jul
9 newspapers close 94 jobs go
Journalism.co.uk 1 Jul Walsall Observer to fold
B'ham Post 1 Jul TMM proposals to close 9 newspapers

Guardian 24 Jun
TMM plans drastic cuts claims NUJ
B'ham Post 17 Jun Grim outlook says TM chief
B'ham Post 16 Jun Express & Star to axe sporting 'pink'
Brand Republic 30 Mar TM close four Midlands free titles
Telegraph 23 Mar Advertiser publisher cuts 1,000 jobs

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