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Regional newspapers are in crisis
Newspapers worldwide are being strangled by declining ad revenues, falling circulation and the economic recession. Regional and local papers in the UK, a vital cog in the wheels of a functioning democracy, are suffering the most.
Newspapers face an unprecedented problem and, despite 82% of adults reading regional papers in the UK, there is no obvious solution. How did this happen? What can newspapers do to survive? What does the future hold?
This website investigates the problem in the UK, how the industry will cope and, for the ordinary citizen, what this means for their democracy. Read >>>
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