Regional newspaper publisher Newsquest, which owns titles including the Glasgow-based Herald and the Argus in Brighton, has reported a 7.9 percent year-on-year fall in advertising revenue in the three months to the end of September.

Herald & Times, run by Gannett’s Newsquest, will begin requiring metered payments for its HeraldScotland.com news site by year’s end.

The growth rate for Gannett’s local newspaper websites’ ad revenues in Q2 have held steady with last year’s results, thanks in part to the sales alliance that brought publisher into the Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) Newspaper Consortium a year ago. Overall, Gannett’s company-wide digital dollars remained strong with a 13 percent…

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Gannett	Release	N/A	2%	23%

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Gannett’s ability to reach and retain profitability over the past year rested on two main things: the growth of digital revenues and its dedication to holding down expenses. While the McLean, Va.-based media company was able to hold the line on costs in general, and digital revenues were still up…

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Gannett	Release		3.7%	22.8%

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Wasn’t the iPad supposed to save print journalism? A Reynolds Journalism Institute survey of 1,600 iPad users this fall says that more than half—58.1 percent —of print newspaper subscribers who devote about an hour a day reading news on the device are “very likely” to cancel their print subscriptions within…

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How long have regional newspapers got left before they collapse? Why not ask a regional editor: Peter Barron, editor of Newsquest’s Darlington-based regional daily the Northern Echo, sat alongside me at a panel discussion for journalism students at City of London University on Tuesday and said: “We are obviously facing…

—Newsquest re-launch: The Gannett-owned regional publisher has given a facelift to 150 of its newspaper websites, including Telegraphandargus.co.uk and Lancashiretelegraph.co.uk, adding more than four million previously print-only archived stories, as well as improved search and a new design. According to the latest magazine ABCs, Newsquest’s sites collectively attracted an average…

Other publishers may be seeing the freefall slowdown and ad agencies may expect a turnaround next year, but there’s little let-up for local newspaper publisher Newsquest. April-to-June income was 36.9 percent less than a year ago, US parent Gannett (NYSE: GCI) says. Classified ad sales were decimated by 45.2 percent…

Gannett is denying an unsourced British report that its UK Newsquest unit is being prepped for sale. The statement: “There is no truth to the report in London’s Sunday Express that Gannett (NYSE: GCI) is considering selling its UK subsidiary Newsquest. Newsquest is a valuable part of the Gannett company.”…

Gannett Co. (GCI) still isn’t breaking out financial details for online in its earnings report but execs did provide some color during the analysts’ call. Company-wide, online revenues grew 25 percent in the third quarter. Online revenue was up about 21 percent at domestic community newspapers; Newsquest was up about…