Three Northcliffe titles cancel final city editions
Three Northcliffe Media titles in the east Midlands have dropped their final city editions and moved to full overnight printing.
The Derby Evening Telegraph is set to become the Derby Telegraph – a single overnight edition – while the Leicester Mercury and the Stoke Sentinel have each dropped from four to three editions a day.
The Stoke Sentinel‘s three editions will cover Cheshire, Staffordshire Moorlands and a main edition, while the Leicester Mercury will publish a city edition and two later county editions.
In Derby, the Telegraph has dropped “Evening” from its masthead as it entire print run moves overnight and the late morning edition is dropped.
Northcliffe’s announcement follows the publishing group’s plans to centralise the subbing of its newspapers in the east Midlands region.
Speaking about the changes to the Derby Telegraph, Northcliffe said: “A continuation of the previous publishing pattern was uneconomic.
“The change does not prevent us from continuing to provide a daily mix of exclusive news, analysis, quality writing, provocative comment, campaigns, comprehensive community content and the best local sports service around.
“Breaking news will be covered on our free-to-access website, thisisderbyshire.co.uk. With overnight publishing already embraced by half our readership, we hope that our final edition customers will do the same but we will of course be monitoring the situation for any adverse reaction.”