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J O U R N A L I S M W E E K LY<br />
www.pressgazette.co.uk 26 April 2013<br />
Redundant: Editor<br />
who increased sales<br />
against the odds<br />
PICTURE: REUTERS/Olivia Harris<br />
DOMINIC PONSFORD<br />
Johnston Press has confirmed a proposal<br />
to make one of its most successful weekly<br />
newspaper editors redundant.<br />
Whitby Gazette editor Jon Stokoe was<br />
placed on gardening leave at the end of<br />
February just days after figures released<br />
by ABC revealed that his paper was the<br />
fifth best performing paid-for weekly<br />
newspaper in the UK.<br />
Sales rose 2.1 per cent in the second<br />
half of 2012 to 9,540 despite a cover price<br />
increase from 55p to 90p.<br />
The move prompted a local campaign<br />
called Save Our Stokoe with a Facebook<br />
group that attracted more than 600<br />
members.<br />
An online petition started by Press<br />
Gazette attracted nearly 1,400 signatures.<br />
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