Local journalism isn’t normally the way to fame and fortune – but one hack from SE London’s long-gone local paper has made it big in the West Country. 853‘s special correspondent MERCURY MAN caught up with an old friend… Taxi outside. Zooming to Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woolwich, about me knees. Not sure if I’m under […]
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Greenwich Mercury to disappear after 185 years in merger with South London Press
853 exclusive: The Greenwich Mercury has published its last edition after 185 years and will be merged into the South London Press from next week, 853 understands. The freesheet’s owners – Romford-based leaflet distribution firm Street Runners – made the decision to kill off London’s oldest local newspaper nearly two years after buying it out […]
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Put local newspapers on buses to help save London reporting, Assembly report urges
London buses should carry copies of local newspapers to make sure communities have access to local news, a report from London Assembly members says. The Assembly’s economy committee has been investigating the decline in local journalism in the capital, which in this part of London has manifested itself in the collapse of the firm which […]
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Greenwich Mercury and South London Press sold to leaflet firm as owner goes into administration
The Greenwich Mercury and South London Press have been sold to a Romford-based leaflet distribution firm after the company that owned them went into administration. Street Runners, which operates from an industrial estate at Hainault, has taken on the two titles after Capital Media Newspapers called in administrators last week. Penge-based Capital Media was formed […]
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Greenwich borough set for new weekly paper after council strikes ad deal
Greenwich borough is all set to get a new weekly newspaper after Greenwich Council agreed to sign an advertising deal with the publisher of the weekly Southwark News. Councils must, by law, publish certain public notices – such as for planning and highways matters – in at least one local newspaper. Until 2016, Greenwich had […]
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Greenwich Time ad team takes on Hackney as council weekly axe looms
Greenwich Council’s weekly newspaper, Greenwich Time, has only weeks left to live – but the council’s communications empire is actually expanding by taking on work for another London borough. GT will close in its current format next month after an out-of-court settlement with the Government, which has outlawed “town hall Pravdas”. But, weeks before the […]
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50 years ago: Farewell Woolwich Council, ta-ta Deptford borough
Today marks the 50th anniversary of Greater London – and half-a-century since shotgun marriages between metropolitan boroughs, urban districts and county boroughs formed today’s 32 London boroughs. Even all those years on, you can still hear the occasional grumble about Greenwich being forced to merge with (and move to) Woolwich, or Deptford having to pitch […]
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Revealed: Mercury owner’s bid to take over Greenwich Time
Greenwich Council refused an approach from the owner of the Mercury and South London Press newspapers to take over its controversial weekly freesheet Greenwich Time, it’s emerged – and is being accused of misleading its own councillors about the offer. The offer, made three years ago, is at the centre of a row between the […]
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