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August 12, 2020updated 30 Sep 2022 9:30am

Poll suggests shift from print to digital will last beyond pandemic

By Freddy Mayhew

More people are consuming news digitally during the pandemic/lockdown and most expect this to last, according to a Press Gazette reader poll.

The UK Government’s instruction that people “stay at home” during the peak of the Covid-19 outbreak in March and April took its toll on print readerships, with circulations falling as a result.

Although there has been some signs of recovery among paid-for titles. Free newspapers continue to face an existential crisis.

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