Trinity Mirror is to close seven local papers and nine satellite offices in North Wales and the North West, putting 30 jobs at risk.
In the summer, Trinity Mirror warned that advertising revenues were falling faster than at any time in the past two decades.
The UK’s largest regional newspaper group said that it was looking to make £20 million of cost savings by next year.
The group is set to close three weekly titles in North Wales – the paid-for Abergele Visitor, and free papers the Rhyl and Prestatyn Visitor and Your Vale – and replace them with a free weekly title the Denbighshire Visitor.
Lancashire free weeklies the Midweek Advertiser and Huyton & Roby Star will close, while nearby paid-for weekly the Formby Times will be relaunched as a free title.
The offices serving these papers will be among the nine to close. Two local editions of the free weekly Wirral News also be shut down.
Sara Wilde, Trinity Mirror North West regional managing director, said: “I believe these changes will strengthen the power of our products in their marketplaces and meet both the needs of advertisers and readers in the face of challenging market conditions.”
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