Press here: David & Goliath - How the Wrexham Leader saw off TRN

Press circulation rises in 1990 show that some local newspapers are doing very well. The article describes how one `David', the Wrexham Evening Leader, fought off the `Goliath' of Thomson Regional Newspapers.

David and Goliath

How the Wrexham Evening Leader saw off TRN

Alan Garth

Newspaper Society sales conference awards pick out some lively 'Davids' as consumers decide which local daily is for them. Overall the regional dailies still look perky.

Everyone loves a David and Goliath story. So here, from the legendary battlegrounds between England and Wales is just such a story. The Goliath, of course, is the UK's biggest regional press publisher, Thomson Regional Newspapers and its successful outpost in Chester. We all know Goliath.

The David, always far more interesting, is North Wales Newspapers and its...

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