Regional newspapers employ 40,000 people. Seventy-seven per cent of the regional press has changed ownership in the past three years. More than 2,000 million paid-for regional newspapers are bought each year. The Mirror is expected to be sold to a regional newspaper publisher this year. Circulation ranges from 200,000-plus copies for city dailies to under 2,000 for small weeklies.
Recycled paper makes up nearly half the raw material for UK newspaper.
Thirty two million people read the small ads in local papers.