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podcasts |Britain’s national newspapers face another difficult year as the leading titles struggle to deal with falling circulations and a continuing downturn in advertising revenue. The National Union of Journalists believes an over-riding challenge for the national press it to find ways to increase on-line income. For the latest CPBF podcast, Nicholas Jones interviews Barry Fitzpatrick, the NUJ’s deputy general secretary, on the state of the national press.
After yet another bleak year for the national press – with falling circulations and no recovery in advertising revenue – 2013 has opened with some fresh hopes for the future. The Guardian and The Observer are making a new push to maintain their share of the vital weekend market; the Daily Telegraph and the Financial Times didn't do too badly in December; sales of the I – a slimmed down version of the Independent – increased by a third last year, in London, two free newspapers are also doing well.
But overall the slide in circulation has been pretty relentless. Barry Fitzpatrick, deputy general secretary for the NUJ talked to the CPBF about papers, paywalls and future prospects.
DATELINE: 17 February, 2013
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