—Johnston Press: At least 15 volunteers for voluntary redundancies are being sought at Johnston Press’s flagship Leeds newsroom, home of the Yorkshire Post and Yorkshire Evening Post, according to the National Union of Journalists who are promising strike action. This week Johnston announced 49 redundancies at its weekly Midlands titles, due to a centralised subbing system.

—Centaur: Magazines are experiencing the same problems, especially on the B2B side. After confirming it was considering shutting its Public Private Finance, Brand Strategy and Precision Marketing magazines, eight journalists have been made redundant following the company’s purchase of Real Homes magazine from Hachette Filipacchi, according to PG.

—Ethnic Media Group: The ethnic-centric media in Britain are faring no better than the mainstream press: the country’s two leading ethnic minority papers New Nation and Eastern Eye have gone into administration due to falling sales and advertising revenue. The papers’ publisher Ethnic Media Group will make 25 staff redundant, according to Guardian.co.uk, citing sources. Black/African-Caribbean New Nation currently sells about 6,000 copies a week, though in the last half of 2005 it sold a weekly average of 22,000 according to ABC. Asian-focused Eastern Eye sells fewer then copies 6,000, though its ABC figure for H205 was 20,000. Both are expected to publish their last editions this week.

Update: Guardian.co.uk reports that while Ethnic Media Group has gone into administration, Eastern Eye has been bought by Asian Media & Marketing Group. The new owners are talking with the newspapers’ staff and expect to employ between ten and 15 of them.