Regional press readership has grown to more than 40m adults each week, according to new figures from the British Market Research Bureau/Target Group Index. The percentage of all adults reading any regional newspaper has increased from 84.5 per cent in
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Regional newspapers are now read by 84.5 per cent of the UK population – 39.9m adults – a year-on-year increase of 1.8 per cent. According to the latest figures published by the Target Group Index, 81 per cent of the
Celebration of the UK regional press gets under way
Regional newspapers are promoting the work they do in the community as part of a week-long celebration organised by The Newspaper Society. Those taking part have been asking young people to contribute stories, as part of a contest to highlight
Weeklies perform well on circulation
The latest ABC figures show that half of all regional press titles under its membership have increased circulation over the past year, the weeklies showing the strongest progress. Top performers among the weeklies were the St Albans Observer Series (+42.19