
The Government responded to the crisis facing newspapers today by announcing it was undertaking an investigation to see what could be done to help the industry.
Media secretary Andy Burnham said that he had asked Lord Carter, the communications minister, to look at the local news media as part of his work on developing digital communications in Britain and agreed himself to meet the National Union of Journalists.
“We do need to take a very careful look at local news outlets in the current climate to see whether more creative ways can be found to sustain high quality media at the local level,” Burnham said.
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