Stonebow Media, the publisher of The Lincolnite and Lincolnshire Reporter, is changing its structure from August 1.
CityX, the business and lifestyle publication, along with its associated events including the Lincolnshire Business Expo and the Lincolnshire Technology & Innovation awards, will operate under a separate company, CityX Ltd.
CityX Ltd will be spearheaded by Dean Graham, one of the two co-owners of Stonebow Media Ltd. Dean will be the sole director of CityX Ltd, and two staff from Stonebow Media are moving to the new company and offices, Megan Bates, Events Manager, and Sarah Barker, News and Lifestyle Editor.
Meanwhile, Stonebow Media Ltd will continue to publish The Lincolnite and Lincolnshire Reporter, with Daniel Ionescu remaining the sole director and shareholder of the company, along with seven editorial and multimedia staff.
Clients who booked advertisements across both companies will see all the commitments honoured, while new bookings will be made separately. You can discuss this at any time with Daniel Ionescu on 01522 837 219 or email [email protected]
Moving forward, Stonebow Media will continue to publish Lincoln’s favourite news website, The Lincolnite, and Lincolnshire Reporter, the home of local democracy in the county, currently reaching together more than 500,000 monthly readers across the region.
Daniel Ionescu, Founder and Director of Stonebow Media, said: “An exciting new chapter in our journey begins this week after almost nine years since The Lincolnite began. For our readers, our mission is to help them navigate their daily lives, while keeping them informed and entertained. For our clients and partners, we offer unparalleled reach in front of hundreds of thousands of readers, which is an excellent business proposition. We look forward to serving Lincoln and Lincolnshire in the years to come, as we have exciting plans ahead.”
Dean Graham, Founder and Publisher of CityX, said: “After greatly enjoying the last five years taking The Lincolnite from breakthrough publication to the leading news website in the region, it will be exciting to once again start with a publication with huge potential, this time with the added opportunity to span multiple cities.”
Stonebow Media at a glance:
The Lincolnite founded in 2010
Over 150,000 social media followers
Lincolnshire Reporter founded in 2016
The home of local democracy with two dedicated local democracy reporters
Publications reaching over 500,000 monthly readers across the region
The Lincolnite Jobs, the top destination for local job seekers
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The COVID mutation that has taken over most new cases in Lincolnshire is not only more infectious, but may also be more deadly, it has been revealed.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson said there is “some evidence” the new variant of COVID-19 which is more transmissible could have a “higher degree of mortality”.
However, he said all current evidence continued to show that vaccines remain effective.
Health bosses in Lincolnshire on Friday estimated 80-90% of new coronavirus cases were the new variant.
Boris Johnson told reporters that there were currently no plans to change lockdown rules saying “this is the right package of measures” and that it was down to people obeying the current lockdown and enforcement.
Mr Johnson was speaking during a press briefing on Friday where health bosses said 1 in 55 people now had coronavirus in England.
There are now more than 38,000 people in hospital nationally – 78% higher than the peak of the first wave.
Mr Johnson said: “We’ve been informed today that in addition to spreading more quickly, it also now appears that there is some evidence that the new variant, first identified in London and the south-east, may be associated with a higher degree of mortality.
“It’s largely the impact of this new variant that means the NHS is under such intense pressure.”
In response to questions over death spikes caused by the new variant he said: “Death numbers will continue to be high for a little while to come.”
Sir Patrick Vallance, the government’s chief scientific adviser, said there was already confidence the new virus spread more easily, but that it was unclear why that was.
He said there was no difference in terms of age range being affected.
Sir Vallance added the outcome for those in hospital with the new variant was the same, however, there was evidence “there’s increased risk for those who have the new variant, compared to the old virus”.
Early evidence suggests the difference shows 13-14 deaths per 1,000 infected as opposed to 10 in 1,000 for the original virus.
However, he added: “That evidence is not yet strong, it’s a series of different bits of information that come together to support that, and I want to put it into context as to what it might mean.
“But I’m stressing that these data are currently uncertain and we don’t have a very good estimate of the precise nature, or indeed, whether it is overall increase.”
He confirmed there was increasing evidence the new variant would be susceptible to the vaccines and studies of the Pfizer Biontech vaccine showed “very good neutralisation”.
“There’s increasing confidence, coupled with I think what is a very important clinical observation, which is that individuals who’ve been infected previously, and have generated antibodies, appear to be equally protected against original virus and new variant,” he added.
England’s Chief medical office Chris Whitty said there had been a “turning the corner” for the number of people catching the virus, adding it was coming down from an “exceptionally” high level.