I really need to have a Johnston Press stock headline: "Johnston Press closures."
Today's instalment - four free titles have been closed down in Nottinghamshire, south Yorkshire and Derbyshire.
The last editions of the Mansfield and Ashfield Observer, Worksop Trader, Doncaster Advertiser and Chesterfield Advertiser were published last week.
The quartet were sister papers to paid-for titles, which are, respectively, the Mansfield Chad, Worksop Guardian, Doncaster Free Press and Derbyshire Times.
This move - the result of the advertising downturn - is entirely rational. Since no jobs are to be lost, it's uncontroversial and no cause for alarm.
Source: HoldTheFrontPage
