| Newspaper | 2007 H2 | 2006 H2 | Y-on_Y |
| Express & Star | 138,780 | 142,433 | -2.6% |
| Liverpool Echo | 106,401 | 110,804 | -4.0% |
| Manchester Evening News | 81,326 | 94,018 | -13.5% |
| Belfast Telegraph | 75,602 | 87,782 | -13.9% |
| Newcastle Evening Chronicle | 74,977 | 77,056 | -2.7% |
| Glasgow Evening Times | 74,466 | 79,365 | -6.2% |
| Shropshire Star | 71,513 | 73,941 | -3.3% |
| Leicester Mercury | 70,028 | 73,634 | -4.9% |
| Birmingham Mail | 67,231 | 72,218 | -6.9% |
| The Sentinel | 61,910 | 65,294 | -5.2% |
| Nottingham Evening Post | 57,699 | 62,077 | -7.1% |
| Hull Daily Mail | 56,208 | 59,834 | -6.1% |
| Yorkshire Evening Post | 55,732 | 58,114 | -4.1% |
| Aberdeen Evening Express | 53,384 | 55,031 | -3.0% |
| Portsmouth News & Sports Mail | 52,531 | 56,437 | -6.9% |
| Sheffield Star & Green 'Un | 52,180 | 55,307 | -5.7% |
| South Wales Evening Post | 51,329 | 54,745 | -6.2% |
| Bristol Evening Post | 51,287 | 53,826 | -4.7% |
| Teesside Evening Gazette | 50,920 | 53,739 | -5.2% |
| Edinburgh Evening News | 50,847 | 53,584 | -5.1% |
| Coventry Telegraph & The Pink | 46,933 | 49,571 | -5.3% |
| South Wales Echo | 46,127 | 51,386 | -10.2% |
| Sunderland Echo & Football Echo | 42,910 | 44,268 | -3.1% |
| Derby Evening Telegraph | 42,726 | 45,522 | -6.1% |
| Southern Daily Echo (Southampton) | 39,174 | 40,461 | -3.2% |
| Bradford Telegraph & Argus | 36,839 | 38,052 | -3.2% |
| The Herald (Plymouth) | 36,516 | 38,914 | -6.2% |
| Grimsby Telegraph | 34,590 | 37,107 | -6.8% |
| The Press (York) | 33,045 | 34,070 | -3.0% |
| The Argus (Brighton) | 32,874 | 33,860 | -2.9% |
| The Daily Echo (Bournemouth) | 32,441 | 33,347 | -2.7% |
| Lancashire Evening Post | 30,467 | 32,783 | -7.1% |
| Lancashire Telegraph Blackburn | 30,465 | 32,108 | -5.1% |
| The Bolton News | 29,552 | 30,799 | -4.0% |
| The Gazette Blackpool | 29,189 | 31,114 | -6.2% |
| South Wales Argus Evening | 28,457 | 28,818 | -1.3% |
| The Citizen (Gloucester) | 26,259 | 26,907 | -2.4% |
| Cambridge Evening News | 25,720 | 27,831 | -7.6% |
| Huddersfield Daily Examiner | 25,337 | 27,046 | -6.3% |
| Oxford Mail | 25,100 | 25,437 | -1.3% |
| Torquay Herald Express | 23,987 | 25,261 | -5.0% |
| Norwich Eastern Evening News | 22,914 | 24,398 | -6.1% |
| Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph (Kettering) | 22,451 | 23,378 | -4.0% |
| Lincolnshire Echo | 22,263 | 23,420 | -4.9% |
| Swindon Advertiser | 21,951 | 21,856 | 0.4% |
| Jersey Evening Post | 21,100 | 21,237 | -0.6% |
| Gloucestershire Echo | 21,074 | 22,033 | -4.4% |
| Exeter Express & Echo | 20,767 | 21,839 | -4.9% |
| Scunthorpe Telegraph | 20,568 | 21,278 | -3.3% |
| Northampton Chronicle & Echo | 20,070 | 21,114 | -4.9% |
| Halifax Evening Courier | 19,956 | 21,856 | -8.7% |
| Ipswich Evening Star | 19,707 | 21,352 | -7.7% |
| Weymouth Dorset Evening Echo | 18,803 | 19,112 | -1.6% |
| South Shields Shields Gazette | 18,726 | 19,732 | -5.1% |
| Barrow North West Evening Mail | 18,520 | 18,973 | -2.4% |
| Hartlepool Mail | 18,223 | 18,992 | -4.0% |
| Peterborough Evening Telegraph | 18,053 | 18,757 | -3.8% |
| Worcester News | 17,668 | 18,425 | -4.1% |
| Greenock Telegraph | 17,430 | 17,962 | -3.0% |
| Carlisle News and Star East | 16,463 | 17,046 | -3.4% |
| Guernsey Press & Star | 16,196 | 16,249 | -0.3% |
| Burton Mail | 14,658 | 15,280 | -4.1% |
| Scarborough Evening News | 13,626 | 14,108 | -3.4% |
| Wigan Evening Post | 8,761 | 9,345 | -6.2% |
| Carlisle News and Star West | 6,607 | 6,917 | -4.5% |
| Doncaster Star | 3,939 | 4,415 | -10.8% |
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Regional ABCs: Evening newspaper sales drop 5.3 per cent
28 February 2008
The total circulation of Britain's regional evening newspapers was down 5.3 per cent in the second half of 2007, with only two titles gaining sales on the same period a year earlier.
The evening sector was down 5.3 per cent on last year with only two newspapers gaining sales.
Total average daily sale for the 72 evening newspapers in Britain is 2,629,193 down 5.3 per cent from the 2,777,041 total of a year ago.
The Swindon Advertiser and the Dundee Evening Telegraph were the only regional evening newspapers to put on sales.
The Advertiser was up 0.4 per cent to 22,219 benefitting from a 4 per cent boost in home deliveries. The paper launched a “reader acquisition programme" in February 2007. The paper has consistently been outperforming the evening sector.
The Dundee Evening Telegraph was the next best performer, up 0.4 to 24,349 and followed by the Guernsey Press and Star down 0.3 per cent to 16,196 and the Jersey Evening Post on 21,100 down 0.6 per cent.
The Birmingham Mail’s circulation was down 6.9 per cent this time compared with a 6 per cent drop in the previous period.
The sharp sales declines at the Manchester Evening News continue following its part paid, part free circulation strategy with a 13.5 per cent dip in paid-for sales to 81,326. Free circulation stood at 98,455 meaning the paper has reached its target of a combined free and paid for distribution of more than 180,900..
The Argus in Brighton and the Newcastle Chronicle were the best performing big city titles. The Chronicle was down 2.7 per cent to 32,874 while the Argus was down 3.2 per cent to 32,874.
The Sentinel, Stoke, shed 5.2 per cent to 61,910 despite elements of the now-defunct Sentinel on Sunday being incorporated into the title.
The Belfast Telegraph reported the biggest sales decline, down 13.9 per cent. It was followed by the Doncaster Star which fell 10.8 per cent, the South Wales Echo down 10.2 per cent to 46,127 and the Halifax Evening Courier down 8.7 per cent to 19,956 and the Cambridge Evening News down 7.6 per cent to 25,720.
Evening Newspaper Circulations
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