Quotes of the Week

Independent md and editor-in-chief Simon Kelner on the closure of the Neath Guardian, the paper he joined as a trainee 32 years ago: "It seems inconceivable that a town whose people thrive on knowing what's going on, who make it their business to know everyone else's business, will have no town crier."

David Banks, the co-editor of Essential Law for Journalists, on Trinty Mirror's decision to close the Neath and Port Talbot Guardians:"One might forgive the company this sad decision, had it, during the times of massive profits, ie five years ago, invested in its newspaper operations to make them a more attractive proposition to readers and advertisers."

The Sun front page on day after Gordon Brown's Labour Party conference speech:
"LABOUR'S LOST IT."

The Guardian's Michael White on coverage of the Sun's decision to dump Labour and support the Tories: "The odd thing is that the upmarket media always takes the Sun almost as seriously as it does itself. The BBC, for instance, has been leading bulletins on this great event. Yet it's hardly a secret that the Daily Mail is Britain's most influential newspaper, far more frightening to politicians and other establishment targets, far more sophisticated than the Bun and – nowadays – selling almost as many copies as the sinking redtop."

Harriet Harman on the Sun:"Let's face it, the nearest their political analysis gets to women's rights is Page 3's news in briefs."