Press Gazette has confirmation from the Newspaper Society that it isn't doing its Circulation, Editorial and Promotions awards this year – despite the cancellation of the Regional Press Awards. So regional media are going to be missing a day out on the commercial side, as well as editorial. They also give details of the kind of fees that the regional groups now consider it impossible to pay: £39 for an entry (which is significantly cheaper than I remember being told a couple of years ago) and £130 for a ticket (which still seems relatively steep).
Update: Hold the Front Page tell me that Press Gazette were following up their earlier story, which I hadn't seen, and that two other sets of Newspaper Society awards, for advertising and digital departments, are also remaining on the back burner.
For now, at least, it appears you can still win awards for how well your regional newspaper is printed.
