There was very little year on year change among most paid-for regional titles for this period. Overall for July-December 1997 there were 8.883 million copies sold, up 0.21% on the previous year. Among the top ten paid-for titles in the UK by circulation, the daily Manchester Evening News showed the biggest increase with a rise of 1% year on year to 173,191 while the Birmingham Evening Mail has the largest circulation at 192,188.
The free regional titles saw the St. Albans & Harpenden Observer increase its distribution the most, up 41.8% year on year to 53,045 copies. The Informer Series in London currently holds the greatest overall distribution of regional free titles with 484,131 copies.
The full items are now available for subscribers by clicking on Press Features at the top of the page.
Media Jobs
Hello. We have downloaded cookies on your device. Some of these cookies are essential for the website to function. Others are non-essential and are used for analytics and advertising.
We need your consent for these types of cookies.
To withdraw your consent or change your cookie choices, please do this through your browser settings.
Otherwise, click OK to accept and continue.
