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‘Newspaper for the North’ folds as readers snub print

on Jul 29, 2016 | 0 comments

By John Glenday

A fledgling newspaper distinguished by its focus on the north of Britain has folded a mere five weeks after first rolling off the printing presses following tepid take-up from consumers.

24 – The North’s National was published by CN Group to take on the London-based media with a weekday digest of local interest news and views, priced at 40p.

CN editorial director, David Helliwell, remarked: “We were proud of the design and content and had encouraging feedback and buy-in from advertisers, but unfortunately copy sales are just not high enough to justify continuing daily publication.

“We launched quickly, failed quickly and learned an Read full story ›

Source: The Drum