Background and Format:The Worcester News is published by Newsquest Media Group weekly and is aimed at residents of Worcester as well as Fownhope, Redditch and Upton. Covers news, sport, exhibitions, nightlife, comedy, theatre and reviews. The also has a sister newspaper, Berrow's Worcester Journal.  For more information about advertising rates, the team can be reached here.Circulation:Source: ABC (Print and Digital edition combined).Awards:2016 - Midlands Media Awards, Newspaper of the Year (nominated)2014 - Midlands Media Awards, Newspaper of the Year (nominated)Gorkana UK Financial Alert: Tuesday 22nd March 2016The Worcester News has now relaunched, following specific requests from readers. The headline font has been changed and the layout rearranged to pack more news at the front of the paper. The new design is based on that of its Newsquest sister daily the Bournemouth Echo. For more information, the team can be reached at news@worcesternews.co.ukGorkana UK Financial Alert: Monday 14th September 2015Worcester News, the Newsquest-owned regional newspaper, has launched a new edition that will cover the town of Droitwich. The Droitwich News will feature news, sport, opinion and information services for people living in the town or surrounding area. A new reporter is being recruited to help with the edition and a standalone facebook page has been created for the new title. For any editorial queries, the team can be reached at news@worcesternews.co.ukGorkana Alert: Wednesday 7 November 2012Newsquest has produced apps of ten of its newspapers for the new Amazon Kindle Fire and Fire HD tablets. Apps have been created for The Northern Echo, The Oxford Times, The Argus (Brighton), Sutton Guardian, Worcester News, Stourbridge News, Hampshire Sports Pink, Colchester Daily Gazette, Swindon Advertiser and the Southend, Basildon and Castlepoint Echo. They are available from the Kindle Newsstand and have been developed in partnership with technology company PageSuite. For more information, Managing Director of Newsquest Digital Media Roger Green can be reached at rgreen@newsquest.co.ukGorkana Alert: Monday 12 December 2011Newsquest Media group have made some editorial changes to the Worcester News, Malvern Gazette and Evesham Journal. One team of staff now overlooks all three titles. John Murphy, Editor of the Evesham Journal, is no longer at the newspaper. Suzanne Black, previously News Editor at the Malvern Gazette, is still at Newsquest but no longer working in an editorial role. Stephanie Preece, previously News Editor at the Worcester News, is now Head of Content across all three publications. She can be reached on +44 (0)1905 742 244 and stephanie.preece@midlands.newsquest.co.uk

Background and Format: The Dorset Echo is published by Newsquest Media Group daily and is aimed at inhabitants of Central and West Dorset as well as parts of  Wareham, Blandford and Sherbourne. Covers news, features, sport and what's on. Editorial staff are shared with the Weymouth & Dorchester Advertiser. For more information about advertising rates, the team can be reached here.  Circulation: Source: ABC (print and digital edition combined). Awards: 2014 - Regional Press Awards, Daily/Sunday Newspaper (below 25,000) (nominated) 2014 - Regional Press Awards, Front Page of the Year: ‘We Will Remember Them’ (highly commended) 2013 - EDF Energy London and South of England Media Awards, Community Campaign of the Year: Weymouth fishing tragedy (nominated) 2013 - Newspaper Awards, Regional Newspaper of the Year: Under 25,000 circulation (nominated) 2012 - Regional Press Awards, Daily/Sunday Newspaper (Below 25,000) (nominated) 2012 - EDF Energy London and South of England Media Awards, Daily Newspaper of the Year (nominated) Alerts: Gorkana Alert: Wednesday 10 July 2013 The Dorset Echo has recently relaunched its Taste supplement. It is published every Monday and covers food news across Dorset as well as including features, recipes and a Dorset’s what’s on guide for foodie events. Chief Reporter Miriam Phillips is the best contact for food news and can be reached on +44 (0)1305 830 995 and miriam.phillips@dorsetecho.co.uk. The website can be viewed at www.dorsetecho.co.uk/taste and the team can be found tweeting at www.twitter.com/dorsetechotaste

Background and Format: Sportsbeat is a news service, with a head office in London, serving UK national, regional and international publications, plus online news services with sports news and information. They also provide page-ready production and subbing services and act as a media trainers, running NCTJ (National Council for the Training of Journalists) accredited full and part-time journalism training, as well as running a range of short training courses. Audience and Readership: Sportsbeat's services are aimed at UK regional, national and international publications. Distribution: Content is available through a login to the site. Ad Rates: The website does not feature advertising. Other Information: There is no generic editorial email, contact editorial staff directly.

Background and format: The Bury Free Press is a local newspaper covering community news, sports and events across Bury St Edmunds, Stowmarket, Lakenheath, Mildenhall, Thetford and Brandon. Audience and Readership: Total readerships by demographic group can be found on JICGREG Deadline: Wednesday afternoon Time of Publication: The paper goes to press on Thursday and is out on Fridays Frequency: Weekly Circulation: Source: JICREG Monthly Unique Users: 65,994 monthly unique browsers (Source: Publisher) Other Information: Any letters to appear in the paper must be submitted by 9am on Tuesday. Awards: 2018 - Regional Press Awards, Paid for Weekly Newspaper of the Year (below 10,000) (nominated)  2018 - Regional Press Awards, Magazine of the Year: Velvet Magazine (nominated) Alerts: Gorkana Alert: Thursday 11 October 2012 Johnston Press are re-launching 11 newspapers this week as part of the second phase of the re-launch of their 170 paid-for titles. The first phase of the project was completed in May with the re-launch of 23 titles. Five daily newspapers switched to weekly publications and another five changed from broadsheet to tabloid as part of the first phase. The twelve titles re-launching this week are as follows: Diss Express Newmarket Journal Spalding Guardian Lincolnshire Free Press Lynn News Grantham Journal Melton Times Bury Free Press Suffolk Free Press The News (Portsmouth) Petersfield Post For further information, Buchanan Communications can be reached on +44 (0)207 466 5000.

Background and Format: JOE is a premium lifestyle publisher, which aims to produce 100% original content across areas including sport, politics, entertainment and culture. With a rapidly growing and highly engaged social audience of over 12 million, JOE prides itself on its continuous investment into journalism and its passion for creating entertaining, enlightening and inspiring content that people want to share with their friends (source: publisher). JOE launched in the UK in 2015 by Maximum Media – ranked the fastest growing media company in the UK and Ireland by the Financial Times in 2017 and 2018. For all advertising queries contact the sales team at sales@JOE.co.uk. Monthly Unique Users: Source: Publisher  Awards: 2019 - AOP Digital Publishing Awards, Best Commercial Partnership: House Of Rugby With GUINNESS (nominated) 2019 - AOP Digital Publishing Awards, Best Commercial Partnership: #Asktwice With Time To Change (highly commended) 2019 - British Media Awards, Content Team of the Year: Video Team (bronze) 2019 - British Media Awards, Commercial Campaign of the Year: JOE Presents: House of Rugby, Together with Guinness (nominated)  2019 - British Media Awards, Commercial Campaign of the Year: JOE & Time to Change #AskTwice (nominated)  2019 - Online Media Awards, Best Use of Social Media: 48 Hours No Sweat – JOE & Lynx (nominated)  2019 - Online Media Awards, Podcast of the Year: House of Rugby (nominated) 2019 - Online Media Awards, Podcast of the Year: Boys Don't Cry (nominated) 2019 - Online Media Awards, Commercial Campaign of the Year: ‘The All Blacks Alternative Guide to London’ #HereToCreate – JOE & adidas (nominated) 2019 - Online Media Awards, Commercial Campaign of the Year: JOE & GUINNESS - House of Rugby (nominated) 2019 - Online Media Awards, Native Advertising Campaign of the Year: JOE & Time to Change - #AskTwice (nominated) 2019 - Online Media Awards, Native Advertising Campaign of the Year: JOE & GUINNESS - House of Rugby (winner) 2019 - Online Media Awards, Video Team of the Year (highly commended)  2018 - ARIAS, Best New Show/Podcast: Unfiltered with James O’Brien (nominated)  2018 - Online Media Awards, Native Advertising Campaign of the Year: Fanta's The Rush Show with JOE (nominated) 2018 - Online Media Awards, Native Advertising Campaign of the Year: Total Tekkers with XBOX and JOE (highly commended) 2018 - Online Media Awards, Podcast of the Year: JOE Media - Unfiltered with James O'Brien (nominated) 2018 - Online Media Awards, Best Commentary/Blogging (nominated) 2018 - British Media Awards, Commercial Campaign of the Year: Total Tekkers - Joe & Xbox (nominated) 2018 - British Media Awards, Video Project of the Year: Total Tekkers (nominated) 2018 - British Media Awards, Video Project of the Year: Fanta's the Rush Show with Joe (nominated) 2018 – Drum Online Media Awards, Content Creator of the Year 2018 – Drum Online Media Awards, Podcast of the Year 2018 – Drum Online Media Awards, Best Commentary and Blogging