Johnston Press plc

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Type	Public limited company
Traded as	LSE: JPR
Industry	Newspapers
Founded	1767
Headquarters	Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Key people	Ian Russell (Chairman) Ashley Highfield (CEO)
Revenue	£398.1 million (2010)
Operating income	£54.9 million (2010)
Net income	£36.1 million (2010)
Website	www.johnstonpress.co.uk

Johnston Press plc (LSE: JPR) is a Scottish newspaper publishing company, headquartered in Edinburgh. Its flagship titles are The Scotsman and the Yorkshire Post; it also operates many other newspapers around the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and the Isle of Man. It is the second-largest publisher of local newspapers in the UK. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE Fledgling Index.

History[link]

The Johnston family has been involved in the printing business since 1767. It bought control of its first newspaper, the Falkirk Herald, in 1846. The company would remain headquartered in Falkirk for the next 150 years. The family publishing company was renamed F Johnston & Co Ltd in 1882, a title it would retain until it was floated on the London Stock Exchange as Johnston Press in 1988.^[1] The company's first major acquisition came in 1970, when it took control of the Fife-based publishers Strachan & Livingston.^[1] In 1978 it bought Wilfred Edmunds in Chesterfield, publisher of the Derbyshire Times and The Yorkshire Weekly Newspaper Group in Wakefield.^[1]

The Company bought The West Sussex County Times in 1988, The Halifax Evening Courier in 1994 and the newspaper interests of EMAP plc in 1996.^[1] Further expansion followed with Portsmouth & Sunderland Newspapers in 1999 and Regional Independent Media Holdings in 2002.^[1]

The Company expanded into the Irish market in 2005 by purchasing Local Press Ltd, a company owned by 3i (£65 million),^[2] the newspaper assets of Scottish Radio Holdings, known as Score Press with forty-five titles in Scotland and Ireland (£155 million),^[3] and the Leinster Leader Group (€138.6 million).^[4] The titles were then reorganised into three main holding companies: Derry Journal Newspapers (Counties Donegal and Londonderry), Johnston Publishing (NI) (everywhere else in Northern Ireland) and Johnston Press Ireland (along with four smaller companies everywhere else in the Republic).

The Company acquired Scotsman Publications in 2006.^[5]

2011 industrial action[link]

On 7 July 2011, NUJ-represented staff at three Johnston Press titles voted 100% in favour of taking strike action.^[6] The affected titles were the Doncaster Free Press, the South Yorkshire Times, the Goole Courier and the Selby Times. The dispute stemmed from Johnston Press' announcement in June 2011 of plans to cut 18 jobs including two editors.^[7]

Following the ballot results, and the failure to reach settlement with Johnston Press; staff walked out on indefinite strike on 15 July 2011.^[8]

Despite the strike continuing for several weeks, Johnston Press' Chief Executive John Fry refused the NUJ's request for mediation through ACAS.^[9]

Johnston Press went on to service notice of redundancy upon the South Yorkshire Times' editor Jim Oldfield on Monday 8 August 2011. This was despite circulation figures being substantially higher under Oldfield's tenure. Greame Huston, of the Doncaster Free Press is to take over management of the paper, becoming its Editor-in-chief.^[10] This is despite Doncaster Free Press' circulation figures dropping under Huston's leaderships whilst the South Yorkshire Times had flourished and staved off serious circulation decreases under Jim Oldfield. As of 23 August 2011, the strike was in its sixth week.

Operations[link]

British newspapers[link]

The following is a partial list of British newspapers owned by the company:

Irish newspapers[link]

In total, 22 titles are published in Northern Ireland, fourteen in the Republic and one in both:

Johnston Press announced on 9 November 2010 that the company proposed to cease printing activities in Limerick at Leader Print Limited with effect from mid-December 2010 with the loss of 29 jobs. The company gave no indication where the Limerick Leader (Monday and Wednesday), the Limerick Chronicle (Tuesday) and two broadsheet papers on Wednesdays (County Limerick) and Thursdays (Limerick city) would be printed in future. Johnston Press withdrew the sale of its Irish regional newspapers in 2009 after failing to receive a sufficiently high bid.

On 5 January 2010, The Tallaght Echo was returned to the ownership of David Kennedy, one of the founders of The Echo back in 1980. After 25 years building the newspaper he sold it to the Leinster Leader who subsequently sold it to Johnston Press. For the previous 18 months, Kennedy had been in negotiations with Johnston Press to buy back the family business and finally secured the deal to take back control in January 2010, the year that saw the 30th anniversary of the paper.

Online[link]

The company owns the following websites, in addition to newspaper sites as above, and regionalised versions of these:

• www.jobstoday.co.uk
• www.jobstoday.ie
• www.propertytoday.co.uk
• www.propertytoday.ie
• www.motorstoday.co.uk
• www.motorstoday.ie

The company has been badly damaged financially by poor decisions made in investing in the Irish operation, leading to refinancing of loans and a major cost-cutting and job-shedding drive after it failed to get a buyer for expensive acquisitions there

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website

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Lewis Johnston (born 3 March 1991) is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League (AFL). He currently plays for Adelaide Crows.

AFL career[link]

Sydney Swans[link]

Johnston was drafted to Sydney with the 12th selection in the 2008 AFL Draft.^[1]

From North Adelaide, Johnston is seen as a future key-position forward as he is tall, strong in the air and a clever ground player. He was named at Centre-half Forward in the All-Australian team following the 2008 AFL National Under 18 Championships^[2] and is an AIS/AFL Academy graduate. Originally from Port Pirie, South Australia, a foot injury during the 2009 season saw Johnston failing to make his debut.^[3]

In 2010, Johnston suffered from fewer injuries than in 2009 and showed some impressive form in the Swans' reserves side. This form saw him named as an emergency for the first time, for the Swans' match against North Melbourne at the SCG. He didn't manage to debut this year and again broke down with a hip injury towards the end of the year.

In round 10 of 2011 against North Melbourne, Johnston finally made his senior debut for the Swans playing in the forward line. While being out-bodied numerous times by bigger and more experienced defenders, he showed enough to suggest he has a bright future at AFL level. Nothing he did was more impressive than the goal he kicked from a 55 metre set shot wide on the right half forward flank.

Adelaide Crows[link]

On 16 October 2011 Johnston was traded back to his home state to the Adelaide Crows in exchange for Tony Armstrong.

Statistics[link]

Statistics are correct as of 2 April 2012 (Round 1, 2012).^[4][5]

References[link]

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Mike McIntyre
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina's 7th district
Incumbent
Assumed office January 3, 1997
Preceded by	Charlie Rose
Personal details
Born	(1956-08-06) August 6, 1956 (age 55) Lumberton, North Carolina
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Dee Strickland
Children	Joshua McIntyre Stephen McIntyre
Residence	Lumberton, North Carolina
Alma mater	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Occupation	attorney
Religion	Presbyterian

Douglas Carmichael "Mike" McIntyre II (born August 6, 1956) is the U.S. Representative for North Carolina's 7th congressional district, serving since 1997. He is a member of the Democratic Party and of the Blue Dog Coalition.

The district is located in the southeastern corner of the state, and includes Wilmington and part of Fayetteville.

Early life, education and career[link]

McIntyre is a lifelong resident of Lumberton and a respected and high-profile presence in his part of the state, where he has deep family roots. He attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as a Morehead Scholar, where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa as a political science major in 1978 and received his Juris Doctor in 1981. McIntyre practiced as an attorney until his election to Congress. He also served on a variety of law and economics related councils in eastern North Carolina.

Viewed as one of the most socially conservative Democrats in Congress, McIntyre is considered the “most powerful and effective leader,” political or otherwise, in southeastern North Carolina. Both his campaign and House websites emphasize his and his family's extensive involvement in church and civic activities and the numerous awards they have won from community groups.

United States House of Representatives[link]

Committee assignments[link]

• Committee on Agriculture
  • Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry
  • Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management
• Committee on Armed Services
  • Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces
  • Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces (Ranking Member)
• Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe

Party leadership[link]

Following the return of the Democrats to a majority in the House, McIntyre has been named as a senior whip and as a member of the advisory council to congressional leadership.

Caucus, Task Force and other memberships[link]

• Adopt a Country Caucus (Co-Chairman and Co-Founder)
• Business and Technology Task Force for the Blue Dog Coalition (Chairman)
• Congressional Caucus on Hellenic Issues
• Congressional Nanotechnology Caucus
• Congressional Science and Math Educational Caucus
• Congressional Task Force on Responsible Fatherhood (Co-Chairman)
• Congressional Waterways Caucus (Co-Chairman)
• Faith and Values Task Force of the U.S. House Democratic Caucus (Co-Chairman)
• Friends of Scotland Caucus (Co-Chairman and Co-Founder)
• International Conservation Caucus
• Special Operations Forces Caucus (Co-Chairman)
• Sportsmen's Caucus
• Task Force on Jobs, Economic Development, and Transportation of the Congressional Rural Caucus (Co-Chairman)
• United States Naval Academy Board Member
• Youth Sports Caucus (Co-Chairman and Founder)
• Congressional Arts Caucus

McIntyre is a member of both the Blue Dog Coalition and the New Democrat Coalition. Throughout his time in Washington, McIntyre has received broad support from Democrats, Republicans, and Independents—all across the political spectrum.^{[citation needed]}

Political positions[link]

In 2008, McIntyre authored the Veterans Outreach Improvement Act.^[1] The bill, which is designed to increase funding to veterans' programs, was passed by the House unanimously. He has also written legislation to help tobacco farmers receive government subsidies and buyouts. On September 29, 2008 he voted against the $700 billion bank bailout plan ^[2] He has indicated his opposition to the national Democratic party plans for a health care reform bill^[3] and in March 2010, McIntyre voted against the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. He said: "After we help jump start our economy, we should again turn our attention to health care reform – but with a clean slate." ^[4] McIntyre indicated his support for repeal on multiple occasions.^[5][6] McIntyre was the only N.C. Democrat to vote against the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell."^[7] In January 2011, McIntyre was one of 3 Democrats to vote with the unified Republican caucus for the repeal of the recent health care reform law.^[8] In 2011, he co-sponsored HR 3, the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act,^[9] The bill contained an exception for "forcible rape," which opponents criticized as potentially excluding drug-facilitated rape, date rape, and other forms of rape.^[10] The bill also allowed an exception for minors who are victims of incest.^[9] In July 2011, McIntyre was one of five Democrats to vote for the Cut, Cap, and Balance Act.^[11]

Political campaigns[link]

McIntyre entered the Democratic primary for the 7th District after 20-year incumbent Charlie Rose retired. He finished second in a crowded seven-way primary, and won the runoff with 52 percent of the vote. He then defeated Republican New Hanover County Commissioner Bill Caster in the general election, also by 52 percent of the vote. He hadn't faced another contest nearly that close until 2010 when he was challenged by Republican nominee Ilario Pantano in the general election. A combined 3 million dollars was spent by both candidates in what turned out to be the most expensive U.S. House race in the state of North Carolina, but although the GOP made historic gains in the ensuing House takeover nationwide, Pantano only received 46% of the vote in the 7th District, including losing his home county of New Hanover.^{[citation needed]}

2006[link]

McIntyre was elected to his sixth consecutive term, earning 73% of the popular vote and defeating Republican nominee Shirley Davis.

2008[link]

McIntyre won against Republican nominee Will Breazeale with 68.84% of the vote.

2010[link]

In 2010, McIntyre was one of six Democrats in Congress to be endorsed by Americans for Legal Immigration (ALIPAC), which has been accused of being backed by white supremacist groups. He was the only one of the six who was known to have touted the endorsement.^[12]

McIntyre won against Republican nominee Ilario Pantano.

Personal life[link]

Representative McIntyre still lives in Lumberton with his wife, Dee Strickland McIntyre. They have two sons, Joshua and Stephen.