A SIX-monthly review of regional newspaper circulations in Scotland has found across-the-board drops.
Says the Audit Bureau of Circulation, the year-on-year percentage sales performance of both daily and non-daily regionals are universally down.
Started on Wednesday: An A-Z review of the non-daily titles. Here: J-R.
Kilmarnock Standard Average net circulation for six months upto end of June this year: 16,422. Year-on-year performance: a drop of 3.5 per cent.
Kirkintilloch Herald Average net circulation for six months upto end of June this year: 10,829. Year-on-year performance: a drop of 5.3 per cent.
Lanark & Carluke Gazette Average net circulation for six months upto end of June this year: 11,362. Year-on-year performance: a drop of 6.6 per cent.
Lennox Herald Average net circulation for six months upto end of June this year: 10,611. Year-on-year performance: a drop of 9.7 per cent.
Linlithgowshire Journal & Gazette Average net circulation for six months upto end of June this year: 8281. Year-on-year performance: a drop of 3.1 per cent.
Lothian and Peebles Times Average net circulation for six months upto end of June this year: 41,965. Year-on-year performance: a drop of 12.7 per cent.
Mearns Leader and Kincardinshire Observer Average net circulation for six months upto end of June this year: 4998. Year-on-year performance: up 17.8 per cent.
Midlothian Advertiser Average net circulation for six months upto end of June this year: 6687. Year-on-year performance: a drop of 4.8 per cent.
Milngavie & Bearsden Herald Average net circulation for six months upto end of June this year: 5999. Year-on-year performance: a drop of 5.4 per cent.
Moffat News Average net circulation for six months upto end of June this year: 1141. Year-on-year performance: a drop of 5.1 per cent.
Montrose Review Average net circulation for six months upto end of June this year: 4820. Year-on-year performance: a drop of 4.8 per cent.
Motherwell Times & Bellshill Speaker Average net circulation for six months upto end of June this year: 12,967. Year-on-year performance: a drop of four per cent.
North Lanarkshire Extra Average net circulation for six months upto end of June this year: 22,272. Year-on-year performance: a drop of 8.6 per cent.
Northern Scot Mid Week Extra Average net circulation for six months upto end of June this year: 12,967. Year-on-year performance: a drop of 46.2 per cent.
Orcadian Average net circulation for six months upto end of June this year: 9532. Year-on-year performance: a drop of 3.3 per cent.
Orkney Today Average net circulation for six months upto end of June this year: 5312. Year-on-year performance: a drop of 7.6 per cent.
Paisley and Renfrewshire Extra Average net circulation for six months upto end of June this year: 29,048. Year-on-year performance: a drop of 12 per cent.
Paisley People Average net circulation for six months upto end of June this year: 5750. Year-on-year performance: a drop of 30.2 per cent.
Peeblesshire News Average net circulation for six months upto end of June this year: 5148. Year-on-year performance: a drop of 3.9 per cent.
Perthshire Advertiser (Friday edition) Average net circulation for six months upto end of June this year: 15,140. Year-on-year performance: a drop of 3.9 per cent.
Perthshire Advertiser (Tuesday edition) Average net circulation for six months upto end of June this year: 7885. Year-on-year performance: a drop of 6.9 per cent.
Rutherglen Reformer Average net circulation for six months upto end of June this year: 3903. Year-on-year performance: a drop of 6.3 per cent.
PS Not all newspaper titles put themselves forward for auditing or at least all of the time. For instance, missing from the above listing is the John O’Groat Journal and the Northern Times – among others.
