These controls should be replaced by normal competition-based rules, providing a level playing field for newspaper owners and other potential buyers. The UK newspaper market is highly competitive and provides wide diversity of content for readers and broad choice for advertisers. This underlines the case for a move to competition-based regulation of ownership. We strongly believe the current process of self-regulation to be effective, worthwhile and worthy of protection.
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The Herald, formerly know as The Glasgow Herald, circulates predominantly in Strathclyde, although it is available throughout Scotland. The Evening Times is Glasgow's evening paper, circulation serving Greater Glasgow, and the Sunday Herald, whilst having a more even spread in its distribution footprint, sells most copies in the West of Scotland. The Herald is published daily Monday-Saturday, as is the Evening Times, and the Sunday, as the name suggests, is published as a Sunday newspaper. In terms of circulation, we await the issue of ABC audited circulation figures for the six months ending December 2000. We welcome the stated intention of considering a lighter touch approach for newspaper mergers.