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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: Launched in 1888, Southern Daily Echo is published by the Newsquest Media Group daily and is aimed at residents of Southampton. Covers news, sport, business, what's on, and nostalgia. For more information about advertising rates, the team can be reached here. Circulation: Source: ABC (print and digital edition combined). Gorkana Meets... Ian Murray, Editor-in-Chief, Southern Daily Echo, 2 September 2015 The write up can be found here The video can be viewed here Awards: 2015 - Regional Press Awards, Daily/Sunday Newspaper (above 20,000) (nominated) 2015 - Regional Press Awards, Website of the Year (highly commended) 2013 - EDF Energy London and South of England Media Awards, Daily Newspaper of the Year (nominated) 2013 - Online Media Awards, Best Local/Regional News Site (nominated) 2012 - EDF Energy London and South of England Media Awards, Community Campaign of the Year: Clampers get the boot (winner) 2012 - EDF Energy London and South of England Media Awards, Daily Newspaper of the Year (nominated) 2012 - EDF Energy London and South of England Media Awards, Website of the Year (winner) 2007 - EDF Energy Media Awards, Daily Newspaper of the Year (Shortlisted) 2007 - EDF Energy Media Awards, Daily Newspaper of the Year (Nominee)

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.