The South London Press owed its staff nearly £100,000 when it went out of business last year, official documents have revealed. Liquidators were appointed in June last year after the 160-year-old title suddenly closed the previous month. The paper historically covered Lewisham, Southwark, Lambeth and Wandsworth, but its coverage area expanded in its later years […]
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South London Press closes suddenly after 160 years in print
One of London’s oldest surviving local newspapers, the South London Press, has closed suddenly after 160 years – leaving even more of the capital without regular news reporting. The demise of the SLP has been particularly felt among football fans, with its highly-respected sports editor Richard Cawley confirming the demise of the paper on social […]
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Revealed: How traditional local media ignored SE London’s election counts
Election counts in Greenwich, Bexley and Bromley were among the least-covered by London’s media, research by 853 has discovered, with the area’s traditional local press not covering the counts at all. Bexley and Bromley issued just three passes to the media for the counts on the night of 12 December 2019 – the lowest number […]
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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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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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News Shopper’s entire newsroom threatened with redundancy
A further nail in the coffin of mainstream journalism in south-east London – the News Shopper’s entire newsroom has been put on notice of redundancy by the newspaper’s owner, Newsquest, according to its staff. The paper was moved to Sutton last year to share a newsroom with its sister publication, the South London Guardian series. […]
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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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