I thought you might be interested to know that the term ‘chapel’ is still used in the newspaper industry here. The following extract not only illustrates this but shows that “press barons” don’t change their spots.

Ciar Byrne
Friday January 24, 2003:

…journalists were "disappointed to hear that, for the first time in many years, the company feels unable to support the fund despite the great profits enjoyed by Northern & Shell". At a National Union of Journalists chapel meeting this week, union members on the Daily Express, Sunday Express and Daily Star passed a motion promising a £500 donation to the church (St Bride's) and calling on Mr Desmond to change his mind.

St Bride's, designed by Sir Christopher Wren, was one of the first churches to be built in the aftermath of the great fire of London. For the past 500 years the church has been the spiritual heart of Fleet Street, the home of the national press until the ‘80s, and retains its strong links to the newspaper industry.

A spokesman for St Bride's confirmed that Express Newspapers had not made a donation to the church since Mr Desmond bought (the group) in November 2000.
When St Bride's approached Express Newspapers for a donation in 2001 it was turned down. Before the takeover, when the Express group was still owned by Lord Hollick, the company paid £3,000 a year to sponsor a St Bride's chorister. All the other major national newspaper groups make substantial donations to the church.

Mr Desmond paid himself nearly £9m in 2001 after the Express titles helped quadruple his publishing empire's profits. The holding company for his businesses, RCD1 Ltd, made pre-tax profits of £20.8m in 2001 compared with £5m for the previous year.