Institutional Information

There are 1,200 regional and local newspapers and 1,600 associated websites in the UK.

The local press is the UK’s most popular print medium, read by 33 million people a week.

42 million unique users rely on their local newspaper websites every month.

Over 60% of people act on the advertisements in local newspapers.

More than 6,100 local newspapers are sold or distributed in the UK every minute.

Local media employs over 30,000 people including 10,000 journalists.

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