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UK regional newspaper sales fall

With advertising revenues and circulation figures falling at regional newspapers across the country, can local newspapers survive the pressures of the economic downturn? Roy Greenslade, of City University, and Peter Barron, from the Northern Echo, discuss why regional dailies and weeklies are suffering most.

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