NEWSPAPER publisher BPM Media has closed a glossy lifestyle magazine to bankroll its response to a rival free newspaper which is expected to be launched next week.

"Tony Lennox, editor of the Press, revealed that a number of fellow former Post journalists would be joining his team. These include former Post business editor John Duckers, who will write a version of his online business gossip column, and former sports editor Fraser Thompson. Former Post economics editor Neville Boyd-Maunsell would also be contributing some content, said Mr Lennox."

"People have got used to getting content without having to pay," Brown says. "I don't think you are going to be able to put things behind paywalls in the way that people think"