Newspaper launch heralds Birmingham media battle

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Newspaper launch heralds Birmingham media battle
Marc Reeves Business Desk 22 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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Comment: Just enough education to perform - by @thePlasticHippo

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Just enough education to perform
The Plastic Hippo 15 Mar 10
The Hippo has never been an avid or regular reader of The Sun. However, the odd discarded copy is sometimes blown across Hatherton Lake and a headline or two will occasionally catch the eye. Setting aside the insensitive “Gotcha” splash over the sinking of the Belgrano, the poisonous “Truth” headline perpetrated by Kelvin MacKenzie following the Hillsborough disaster and a reputation for sexism, homophobia, jingoism and scant regard for facts, the sub-editors at the paper who write the headlines do a very good job...
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Hillsborough courtesy of an unapologetic Kelvin MacKenzie