Northcliffe Media’s 50 “thisis” regional newspaper web sites have 56 per cent year-on-year growth in 2.74 milllion unique visitors in January.

Visits also up 56 per cent to 7.67 million and pageviews were up 43 per cent to 51 million, the company said in a statement.

Earlier this week, a trading statement by Northcliffe’s parent company Daily Mail and General Trust revealed that in the last three months of 2007, the regional group’s digital revenues had nearly doubled relative to the same period the previous year.