Yesterday, we quoted analyst Benedict Evans as saying “deflation is now the agenda” for news publishers. As if the newspaper closures and cutbacks of the last year hadn’t already made it clear, now here’s another example… Archant’s Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire division is shutting two of its local weekly free papers,…

Newspaper groups can still generate impressive online growth and continue to building their digital-only products, but it doesn’t make much difference if the vast majority of your business relies on printed display and classified advertising. In its full-year 2008 results, regional newspaper publisher Archant, which owns the Eastern Daily Press…

South-of-England news publisher Archant saw digital income in the last six months was 63 percent on the same period last year to an unstated figure - but the overall picture is the same negative outlook most local media groups are seeing. Company income fell 3.3 percent to £93 million and…