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South Wales Evening Post 1990s campaign blamed for current measles outbreak
By Alex Wynick 05 April 11:22
A campaign by the South Wales Evening Post in the late 1990s has been cited as one possible cause for a measles outbreak in Wales.
Express and Star titles double Saturday page counts with new Saturday supplement
By Alex Wynick 04 April 17:08
Two Midlands evening newspapers are doubling the page-count of their Saturday editions.
Regional ABCs: Third of free weeklies increase circulation
By Press Gazette 27 February 14:17
A third of the UK’s free weekly newspapers increased circulation in the last six months of 2012, according to the latest ABC figures.
Regional ABCs: Only 13 out of 373 paid-for weeklies put on circulation year on year
By Dominic Ponsford 27 February 14:11
Only 13 out of 373 UK paid-for weekly titles audited by ABC put on circulation year on year in the second half of 2012.
Regional ABCs: Only two dailies put on circulation year-on-year, Brighton's Argus is biggest faller
By Dominic Ponsford 27 February 13:22
Only two daily newspapers in the UK put on print circulation in the second half of 2012 – the Ipswich Star and the Paisley Daily Express.
Regional ABCs: Double-digit web traffic increases across the board
By Press Gazette 27 February 12:55
Every regional newspaper publisher audited by ABC reported double-digit increases in year on year web traffic in the last six months of 2012. Johnston Press, which announced plans to go digital-first in March 2012, saw average daily unique browsers rise 22.8 per cent to 555,584 and monthly unique increase 19.9 per cent to 9,708,450 year on year. Northcliffe (now part of Local World) reported daily traffic up 23 per cent to 371,969.
Regional ABCs: Paid-for local press circulation drops by 6.4 per cent
By Press Gazette 27 February 12:17
Total circulation for the UK's paid for regional newspapers fell by 6.4 per cent year on year on the second half of 2012.
Archant releases new ABC figures after circulation director's sacking over falsified figures
By Andrew Pugh 12 October 12:33
ABC has published circulation figures for the Archant titles in Norfolk and Suffolk that had to be re-audited after a circulation director was sacked for falsifying sales figures.
Johnston Press chief executive Ashley Highfield
Highfield defends strategy in wake of circulation slump
By Press Gazette 14 September 12:23
Johnston Press chief executive Ashley Highfield has defended the company’s relaunch strategy despite new figures revealing significant circulation declines on most of its new-look titles. Figures obtained from insiders at the Edinburgh-based publisher show sales of the five daily papers it switched to weeklies in May have fallen on average by 22.8 per cent from launch compared with the week of 25 August. They also reveal that during the same week 11 of the relaunched weeklies averaged year-on-year circulation declines of 14 per cent.
The Brentwood Gazette
Secrets of regional titles that bucked ABC sales trend
By William Turvill 11 September 0:00
While nearly every paid-for regional newspaper in the British Isles lost sales year on year in the first half of 2012 some titles did manage to defy the odds and grow print circulation.
News round-up: Regional press ABC figures for the first half of 2012
By Press Gazette 04 September 0:00

Paid-for circulation losses across nearly all UK regional press titles were balanced out by strong growth online and modest rises in disribution of free titles.

Regional press sales round-up: Wales, Scotland and NI
By Press Gazette 31 August 6:34

The Audit Bureau of Circulation released its latest circulation figures for regional newspapers this week.

Combined print and online table for top regional dailies
By Dominic Ponsford 29 August 10:15

When it comes to combined daily print sales and digital readership - the Manchester Evening News is the top UK regional title.

It had a print circulation of 78,984 with a daily total web 'browsers' total of 99,042.

Johnston Press fastest-growing regional group online
By Dominic Ponsford 29 August 9:33

Johnston Press is the biggest regional press publisher onli

Revenue down 2 per cent at Trinity Mirror regionals
By Andrew Pugh 15 March 4:19

Operating profit at Trinity Mirror's regional press divisio

Regional press circulation figures for the second half of 2011
By Press Gazette 29 February 9:40

Every regional daily newspaper lost sales year on year, with 16 losing more than 10 per cent, but there was better news when it comes to weekly and online readers.

Strong year-on-year growth for most local press websites
By Dominic Ponsford 29 February 7:09

Most of the UK's regional newspaper websites saw strong traffic growth in the last six months of 2011, according to figures released today by ABC.

Regional ABCs: 7 per cent of weeklies increase sales
By Press Gazette 31 August 10:14

Seven per cent of paid-for weekly newspapers increased their circulation in the first six months of 2011 while 14 per cent saw a double-digit drop in circulation, figures from the Audit Bureau of Circulation show.