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What a week for Johnston Press' smarty pants CEO Ashley Highfield, balancing profit and poverty. How much will his organisation's income have to rise before it pays for extra reporters of its own again ?

Really great to see this landmark deal with the @BBC moving into ‘hiring of journalists’ phase (JP hire, BBC fund). JP will be recruiting over 30 of the initial 150 local democracy reporters. @newsmediaorg @Johnston_Press thanks esp to @EditorInChiefJP Jez Clifford https://t.co/Fjbuv2YXL5

— ashley highfield (@ashleyhi) December 7, 2017

Johnston Press says it is now making £1m a month profit from i newspaper: https://t.co/OBiw181dND - via:@pressgazette

— ashley highfield (@ashleyhi) December 6, 2017