Press for change
Danny Kay
Kantar Media
Pressure on local media's revenue and costs has prompted a need for a cheaper and more effective telephone-based audience research tool
It is well documented that the current climate has not been kind to the regional publishing industry. Nevertheless, regional newspapers and websites remain very strong and influential in their local markets, and the need to demonstrate this has become more pressing than ever.
In the UK, the local audience measurement currency is administered by the Joint Industry Committee for Regional Media Research (JICREG). It was was set up in 1990 and has...