The downturn in local newspaper readership shows no sign of slowing in the weekly market where just 22 out of 401 paid-for or part-paid-for titles recorded positive sales growth between July and December last year.
They might not be too impressive but yesterday's Audit Bureau of Circulations results for the second half of 2009 are at least stable - giving hope to a battered consumer magazine industry that future losses in circulation and revenue could be manageable.
It’s the day local media in Kent have waited three years for: the council-funded online news and information portal Kent TV is be scrapped, as the Newspaper Society enthusiastically reports.