Posts Tagged ‘Hackney Today’
Hackney Council posts newspaper-style story online, despite claims of not competing with local press
The council has declined to rule out launching an online newspaper
Read MoreTitbits – ALMOs, Sudokus and mysterious burgesses
More on the Town Hall’s puzzling behaviour in this month’s column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough
Read MoreHackney Council freesheet claims to be a ‘fortnightly newspaper’ – but legally may be neither
Hackney Today ‘appears to be in breach of the law’, says Citizen editor
Read MoreTitbits – ‘the fact that they wear hi-vis jackets gives them a certain degree of authority’
More on the council’s ‘secret party’ and a sleepy journo also feature in this month’s column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough
Read MoreTitbits – procurement, pineapple on pizza, and a proud ‘kipper
Read this month’s column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough
Read MoreCouncil tax hike of three per cent voted through in Town Hall budget meeting
Adjustments pass with solid majority as council forced to swallow £14 million government squeeze
Read MoreTitbits – Photo error, lèse-majesté and disunity on unions
Taxpayer-subsidised Hackney Today gets political, and no, we didn’t scrunch it up. This and more from the monthly column that pecks at crumbs of news
Read MoreTussle over Hackney Today continues after council rapped by DCLG
Town Hall says it won’t share contents of letter to Whitehall as it again insists freesheet provides value for money for taxpayers who subsidise it
Read MoreRevealed: How Hackney Today competes aggressively with local papers
Town Hall cancels odd relationship with Royal Borough of Greenwich after government puts the screws on Hackney Council in a letter that could serve as a prelude to court action
Read MoreWhitehall gives Hackney Council final warning over ‘Town Hall Pravda’
Government minister cries foul over Hackney Today, accusing council of ‘not playing by the rules’
Read More‘Journalists of Hackney, unite!’ Reporter makes case for fair play by Town Hall
As campaign to highlight unfair competition by Town Hall freesheet gains momentum, rival hacks from the Citizen and Gazette speak with one voice
Read MoreRow rages over council’s ad sales war with local press
Philip Glanville accuses Hackney Citizen editor of U-turn but does not deny freesheet competes with platforms for independent journalism
Read MoreCampaigning journalist on ‘concerning parallels’ between Hackney Today and East End Life
‘Tower Hamlets Council chose to cut publication of its freesheet. Why can’t Hackney do the same?’ asks journalist Ted Jeory
Read More‘Don’t cut off our lifeblood’: Hackney Citizen editor’s open letter to Mayor Philip Glanville
Call for Hackney’s mayor to halt sale of advertising in Town Hall’s fortnightly freesheet in light of commercial challenges now facing local press
Read MoreTitbits – tobacco money and ‘nebulous’ decision-making
Council’s Stop Smoking services remain at odds with its investment in tobacco, whilst freesheet Hackney Today defends its editorial policy over Passing Clouds
Read MoreProtestors ‘reclaim’ Passing Clouds after landlord changes locks
Dalston music venue ‘repossessed’ by supporters and campaigners
Read MoreStik takes pride in Hackney with specially-made LGBT+ banner
Street artist has designed a two metre high flag for this month’s Pride in London parade
Read MoreTitbits – council rags, terror flags and whitewashed Hackney
Hackney and Greenwich’s unlikely partnership, fashion hub consternation, and the borough in an alternative universe
Read MoreTitbits – Diane Abbott live on Newsnight, and the death of the Dalstonist
Hackney MP says Labour should turn its fire on Tories – and then attacks members of her own party
Read MoreRidley Road Market traders ‘might not be able to carry on’ as fee hike looms
Chair of traders’ association says stall holders will struggle to cope with proposed increases
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