Johnston Press, the regional publisher with a share price of 5p and a market capitalisation of a mere £33.5m, has closed several weekly newspaper offices to cut costs.
HoldTheFrontPage reports that the offices of the Belper News in Derbyshire, the Eastwood and Kimberley Advertiser in Nottinghamshire and the Eckington Leader near Sheffield have been closed.
The result: no reporters based in the three towns.
A commenter to HoldTheFrontPage points out that Johnston Press has also closed its office in Dalkeith, Midlothian, with 11 staff moving to Edinburgh.
And another commenter writes that the Hucknall and Bulwell Dispatch in Notts has no reporter. Produced by the editor and his deputy, it "borrows" a reporter from The Chad in Mansfield.
It seems a long time ago that this publisher was praising the virtues of hyperlocal journalism.
