BirminghamWorld

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BirminghamWorld
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BirminghamWorld logo
Type of site
Available in English
Owner National World
EditorFionnuala Bourke
URL www.birminghamworld.uk
CommercialYes
Launched2021
Current statusActive

BirminghamWorld is a news media publisher based in the United Kingdom, aimed at people in Birmingham and the West Midlands. [1]

Contents

Launched in late 2021, BirminghamWorld is part of a portfolio of UK news websites launched by National World plc, the new owners of JPIMedia. [2] [3]

Background

Following the acquisition of JPIMedia Publishing by National World Plc in January 2021, the company began expanding its footprint into several major metropolitan areas in the UK. [4] [5] [6]

Having successfully launched a new national newspaper online, Nationalworld.com, the group launched similar websites in eight regions: Manchester, Liverpool, Newcastle, Glasgow, London, Birmingham, Bristol and Wales. [7] [8]

Fionnuala Bourke, former Commercial Audience Editor at Reach plc - Midlands, Cheshire and Lincolnshire, was appointed as Editor for BirminghamWorld. [9] [10] [11]

Content

BirminghamWorld follows the objectives of its sister titles, all under the NationalWorld editorial ethos. [12]

NationalWorld describes itself as a "national news brand, produced by a team of journalists, editors, video producers and designers who live and work across the UK" with the "aim to provide incisive, informed and intelligent coverage of the issues that matter". [13]

The media platform divides its news output into sub-sections including News, Football, Health, Transport, People, Lifestyle, Property, What's On, Your Birmingham, and current topical news including the Gaza and Ukraine crises from a local perspective. [14]

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