Davidson assumes Newspaper Society presidency

Paul Davidson, chairman and chief executive of Newsquest, officially becomes president of the regional newspaper body, the Newspaper Society, from tomorrow. Davidson is an interesting choice to be a media front man. He rarely, if ever, speaks to the press, and his company deals poorly with press inquiries. But he will need to be less prickly in the coming year as he promotes what looks likely to be a period of excitement and innovation for regional publishers as they continue to expand their businesses into multi-media communications centres and transform their titles into multi-platform papers. (Via newspapersoc.org.uk)