A large complex animal - new light on the size and value of the regional press

Discusses an important new analysis by Harry Henry which quantifies the sheer size of the regional newspaper business, and its significant growth between 1981 and 1989 both in overall revenue and profit per copy.

A large and complex animal

- new light on the size and value of the regional press

Alan Garth

A new analysis by Harry Henry quantifies the sheer size of the regional newspaper business, and its significant growth between 1981 and 1989 both in overall revenue and profit per copy.

'Write a book, young man. You'll never look back.'

This sound advice was once reported back to his editor by a young journalist who had just interviewed one Harry Henry as part of a series of articles exploring the UK activities of a certain Roy Thomson.

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