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NOLANVILLE — James Wilkins grew up dirt-poor during the Great Depression of the 1920s and ‘30s, quitting school after sixth grade to go to work and help his parents support his seven brothers and sisters. When the Japanese launched a surprise attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii on Dec. 7, 1941, the young man from West Texas who was picking cotton and beans as he approached his 21st birthday knew immediately what he had to do. He enlisted in the Army and was soon on his way to basic training at Fort Sill, Okla. “My country was in the war, and they needed me,�...

The Scotsman and Yorkshire Post owner was bought on 31 December for £10.2m by former Local World boss David Montgomery who has begun implementing a new localised strategy for the group. The next biggest recipients of furlough cash in December were The Guardian, Archant and Midland News Association which all received between £50,000 and £100,000. The Guardian instigated plans in July to cut 12% of its workforce as it expected a £25m revenue hit because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Advertising, Guardian Jobs, physical events and print were the hardest hit areas of the business and at that time...

New senior commercial appointments in Bauer Bauer Media Audio has appointed Martin Ball Commercial Managing Director, Hits Radio Brand Network and Claire Foster Commercial Chief Operating Officer Bauer Media Advertising. In his new role, Martin will lead on sales strategy, policy, and structure across all Hits Radio Brand Network local markets. Having led Bauer’s Strategic Delivery team, Claire will assume leadership across the National brands and strategy for Bauer Media Advertising and will take on the additional leadership responsibility of the Commercial Operations team. Pre...

by David Prior A new local TV station, Manchester TV, is launching tonight. The channel will go live at 6pm on Freeview Channel 99 and forms part of the new Northern TV Network (NTVN) that includes Liverpool, Newcastle and Leeds. Local TV, chaired by industry veteran and former Local World and Mirror Group boss David Montgomery, is behind the new launch. He said: “Our new channel and NTVN will unashamedly champion the communities and the businesses of the north. The launch is a culmination of a £6milllion investment in our mission to move the TV world from the dated model of centralisation...

'Newspaper man' David Montgomery's local vision for JPI welcomed by staff - but it will need investment JPI Media insiders have welcomed David Montgomery’s plan to give decision-making powers back to local newsrooms. And former editors at Montgomery’s last local news venture in the UK, Local World, have told Press Gazette that he is a newspaper man “at heart”. Montgomery (pictured) told staff at Scotsman and Yorkshire Post owner JPI, which he bought on 31 December through his investment vehicle National World, that he is rejecting clickbait and “irrelevant” stories in favour of a ...