Update18 Apr 2018 15:27
Extract from The Telegraph, 'Mr Highfield said the overall number of journalists on its payroll should increase as it hires more digital specialists.
Johnston Press bought the i from ESI Media, owner of the Independent and the London Evening Standard, for £24m in 2016 and it has continued to grow rapidly, raking in an extra 20pc of revenue from readers and 27pc from advertisers in the second half of last year.
Mr Highfield said the newspaper had a “cracking year” and still had a “long way to go” as it hoovers up print readers from its former owner, which went online-only shortly after the sale.