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Pagemasters Wins Editorial Sub-Editing Contract From Britain's Daily Telegraph

Posted on: Tuesday, 13 January 2009, 01:26 CST

SYDNEY, Australia, Jan. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Pagemasters, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Australian Associated Press (AAP), has been awarded a contract by the UK's biggest selling newspaper, The Daily Telegraph and sister title The Sunday Telegraph, to provide sub-editing for the newspapers' weekend supplements.

The agreement with Telegraph Media Group (TMG), which will result in Pagemasters sub-editing 150 pages a week, is the fourth major sub-editing contract awarded to Pagemasters. Pagemasters is now sub-editing more than 1800 pages a week, at four centres, for clients in New Zealand, Australia and the United Kingdom. The Telegraph sub-editing will be carried out at Pagemasters' operation in Sydney

Bruce Davidson, Managing Director of Pagemasters, said: "This is a ground-breaking decision that further establishes Pagemasters as an important part of newspaper editorial production, not just in Australia and New Zealand, but now on a global basis."

Clive Marshall, the CEO of AAP, said: "I am absolutely delighted that newspapers of the quality and prestige of The Daily Telegraph and The Sunday Telegraph have selected Pagemasters to provide them with sub-editing services. Since we were awarded our first sub-editing contract by APN in New Zealand 18 months ago, we have received enquiries from newspaper publishers around the world. It is a testimony to the quality and professionalism of our company that Telegraph Media Group has awarded Pagemasters this contract."

Richard Ellis, TMG's Executive Director, Editorial, said: "As Britain's most pioneering and innovative multimedia company, Telegraph Media Group is delighted to be using the services of Pagemasters, whose staff have impressed us with their professionalism, dedication and commitment to quality."

About AAP

AAP is the national news agency of Australia; it employs over 700 people and provides a comprehensive Australian and international news service to the Australian media, business sectors and beyond - 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Virtually all Australia's newspaper and broadcast media subscribe to the AAP news service.

About Pagemasters

Founded in 1991 and acquired by AAP in 2002, Pagemasters employs over 160 people with operations in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Auckland. Pagemasters is Australia's premier provider of page ready listings and editorial services to the newspaper and magazine industry. Services range from TV guides and movie listings, racing form guides, sharemarket data, weather pages, crosswords and comics as well as editorial, design and sub-editing services.

About Telegraph Media Group

Telegraph Media Group Limited publishes The Daily Telegraph, The Sunday Telegraph, Telegraph.co.uk and The Weekly Telegraph. The Daily Telegraph is the UK's biggest selling quality daily newspaper (source: ABC Nov 2008). Telegraph.co.uk is currently the UK's fastest growing newspaper website with over 22.9m global unique users, reflecting an increase of over 79% year-on-year (source: ABCe Nov 2008). Telegraph Media Group Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of Press Holdings Limited.

For further information or interviews contact

Rita Athanassiou - ph: +61 2 9322 8701, email rathanassiour@aap.com.au

Kate Priestley - ph: +61 2 9322 8892, email kpriestley@aap.com.au

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SOURCE AAP

Source: PR Newswire

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