MPs call for public interest local news fund and accuse major publishers of ‘compromising quality’
Commons Culture Committee says right support could “revive” the local news sector.
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Comedians Nish Kumar and Josh Widdicombe show local journalism is harder than it looks
What happened when TV comedians toured six National World local newsrooms.
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Why are successful paywalls such a rarity in UK local press?
The success of the Manchester Mill poses the question why there aren’t more successful local paywalls in the UK.
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Local newspaper walk-ins: The good, the bad and the downright strange
For ten brutal minutes, Sam Blackledge stared at a photo of a bruise. The man who brought the photo into…
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Newsnow-funded project to examine how to improve UK local news without simply ‘parachuting in money or solutions’
A news aggregator and journalism charity are teaming up in an attempt to examine the differing ways in which local…
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UK local newspaper closures: Launches in digital and print balance out decline
Thirty-three UK local newspapers have closed since September 2020 but new launches in print and digital outnumber this figure. Twenty-seven…
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Gloucestershire publisher hopes to ‘revolutionise’ regional media with membership model
The owner of Gloucestershire business news and entertainment website SoGlos has launched a membership model it claims could “revolutionise” regional…
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Regional top 50: Eight local newsbrands reach more than one in ten people in the UK
Eight of the UK’s local news websites reached more than one in ten people aged over 15 in the UK…
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