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Former publisher of Irish Independent and its Sunday sister title suspended by Mediahuis over using false quotes in articles derived from AI tools such as ChatGPT
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Staff of Irish Independent publisher ‘unhappy’ and ‘shocked’, admits chief executive Peter Vandermeersch
Irish Independent publisher seeks to cut 55 jobs in redundancy programme
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Mediahuis Ireland records €13.4m net profit for 2022
Irish subsidiary of European news publisher swings into profit, but turnover falls 28%
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End-date for daily printed papers puts pressure on Mediahuis to increase its digital subscriber total
Daily printed newspapers will disappear within next decade, says Mediahuis Ireland boss
Peter Vandermeersch says company is preparing for ‘digital-only’ future, though process may take 10 years
Mediahuis appoints Peter Vandermeersch as next CEO of Irish business
Former editor of De Standaard will become boss of Irish Independent company in August
Hugh Linehan: Reports of the death of the newspaper have been exaggerated
Print editions are still part of the industry’s survival – but who knows for how long
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Anti-Sinn Féin account frequently targeted journalists and other public figures
Northern Ireland: Journalists warned of loyalist threats against them
PSNI warns reporters for Sunday Life and Sunday World of imminent attacks
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