Updated and corrected 1pm: Another weekly newspaper - the Wokingham Times, a Trinity Mirror title - switched from broadsheet to tabloid this week.
In announcing the change, the Berkshire paper said it was aimed at "giving readers a better and easier to read format."
It said people would "find it easier to pick up now it's compact-sized." (Publishers hate the T-word)
In the original posting, I said a look at the paper's declining circulation figures gave a clue to its decision. In fact, due to my misreading of pluses and minuses, I should have said it had risen, not fallen, by 45% in the six months up to December 2011 compared to the same period the year before.
So apologies to the editor and staff. The change from being wholly paid-for to part paid-for have me fooled. Sorry.
Sources: Wokingham Times/HoldTheFrontPage
