Ownership, Mergers & Acquisitions
The top 20 publishers now account for 87% of all regional and
local newspaper titles in the UK, and 97% of the total weekly
audited circulation. There are 87 regional newspaper
publishers, 38 of whom own just one title.
The most recent acquisitions have been Iliffe News & Media
of the St Neots, St Ives and Huntingdon Town
Criers and the St Neots Community News from Johnston
Press in Januuary 2009.
Consolidation has left the industry in the hands of regional press
‘specialists’ who have reinvested heavily in their core newspaper
business.
Source: NS Intelligence unit
Note: all figures include the
London Evening Standard, Metros, Daily Record, Sunday Post and
Sunday Mail, unless otherwise stated.