Mediagazer: New weekly newspaper in London, City Matters, will cover Fleet Street and plans initial circulation of 20K with staff of five journalists (Dominic Ponsford/Press Gazette)

4:05 AM ET, September 15, 2016

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Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:

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