Press here - the paids are fighting back

Alan Garth

Reviews the success of the Association of Free Newspapers, and how the paid-for press is fighting back, with the support of the Newspaper Society.

Press Here

The paids are fighting back

Alan Garth

In ten years, the Association of Free Newspapers has made remarkable progress. From 400 free weeklies with about 14m copies, the much improved free weeklies alone now comprise over a thousand titles distributing 41m copies. Publishers who used to denigrate AFN now support it. Meantime the Newspaper Society is attempting to act for a changed industry's mixed paid/free economy, and the big owners, all with mixed holdings, remain interested in their flourishing paid business. A general new mood to speak up for paids is in the air, and it seems the...

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