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WSJ ENDS EUROPE AND ASIAN EDITIONS The Wall Street Journal has stopped publishing its Asian and European editions. The decision came after its owner News Corp reported a loss of $643 million in its most recent fiscal year, which ended on 30 June. It made a $235 million profit during the previous year. The Wall Street Journal began publishing the Asian edition in 1976 and the European edition in 1983.


GLAMOUR CUTS DOWN ITS PRINT PRESENCE The British issue of fashion title Glamour has switched to a digital-first strategy, under which it will print a magazine twice a year and merge its editorial and commercial operations. The magazine was founded in 1939 in the US and was originally called Glamour of Hollywood.


BBC SWITCHES OFF CRIMEWATCH Crimewatch, one of the BBC’s longest-running shows, is being taken off screens after 33 years. The programme, which asks viewers for help to track down criminals, is hosted by Jeremy Vine and Tina Daheley.


IAN KATZ TAKES TOP JOB AT CHANNEL 4 Ian Katz, editor of BBC 2’s Newsnight, is to become director of programmes at Channel 4. He replaces Jay Hunt, who has moved to Apple, and will be responsible for commissioning programmes and managing Channel 4’s schedule. He edited Newsnight for four years after joining from The Guardian where he was deputy editor.


MOYLAN LEAVES BBC TO JOIN STONEHAVEN John Moylan, one of the BBC’s most senior journalists, has joined Stonehaven, the marketing and public affairs agency, as a director. Moylan has covered business and economics at the BBC for more than 20 years. In the past six years, he was industry correspondent, covering areas such as energy, steel, the automotive industry and the gig economy.


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NUJ backs principles on ethical practice in PR


Communications Consultancy Organisation. Phil Morcom, chair of the


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All too often, PR professionals need strong trade union support to resist the pressure to behave unethically


NUJ public relations and communications industrial council, said: “The NUJ is absolutely committed to ethical journalism in all its forms, including public relations. “The recent Helsinki


Declaration on ethical PR practice is a valuable tool for reminding practitioners of their responsibilities and echoes NUJ guidance. “It remains clear that all


too often PR professionals continue to need strong trade union support to resist the pressure to behave unethically, and the NUJ continues to provide members with that support.” The International


Communications Consultancy Organisation called on the


he NUJ has backed a declaration on ethical PR by the International


worldwide PR industry to stand by 10 principles of ethical behaviour announced at its global summit in Helsinki. The Helsinki Declaration


stands for the importance of PR work that is ethical and in the public interest; that is truthful and respectful of privacy; that does not cause offence; and that upholds the reputation of the industry. It has 10 principles. These include working ethically and within the law, observing high professional standards and dealing honestly with employees, colleagues, clients, the media, government and the public.


PR professionals should be open about sponsors. The principles also warn


against creating or spreading fake news or being involved in practices such as “astroturfing” whereby attempts are made to create an impression of widespread support for a policy, individual or product. The declaration also states that PR professionals should safeguard confidential information about clients, organisations and individuals. Finally, it notes that PR


workers should remember they have a duty to uphold their industry’s reputation.


UNION HONOURS FOR TONY AND LINDA Linda is best known as the


usband and wife team Tony and Linda Colling – stalwarts of both the Sunderland Echo newspaper and its NUJ chapel – were surrounded by former colleagues as the union awarded them life membership.


paper’s long-serving women’s page writer, and Tony is a photographer for the newspaper.


Their membership has


encompassed the 1978-79 Newspaper Society strike, and the 1985 three-month strike


over the implementation of new technology at the Echo and its sister papers owned by the then Portsmouth & Sunderland Newspapers group. The event was hosted by the Sunderland, Shields and Hartlepool NUJ branch.


Meet the new Solent branch P


ortsmouth Branch has officially become Solent Branch – and crossed


the Solent strait in the process. It travelled to the Isle of


Wight for the launch meeting – the first NUJ meeting on the island since the 1990s. The branch’s reach had


grown and it was no longer


appropriate to name itself after one city. Ryde was picked as the


venue as island colleagues had felt excluded from meetings. The timing couldn’t have been better: in the summer, Newsquest took over the weekly Isle of Wight County Press, after more than 130


years in local hands. The chapel feared this could mean a loss of jobs and independence. There is nearly 100 per cent NUJ membership. A cake bearing the branch’s


new logo (made by member Habibur Rahman) was cut by Bill Bradshaw, Deputy FoC at the County Press.


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