The distribution of print newspapers is decreasing as people access news online more. While print still generates more revenue, online news consumption has greatly increased since 2011. Some local newspapers are addressing this by providing digital editions that can be accessed online, allowing readers flexibility but also excluding those without internet access. Using apps generates additional revenue through subscriptions while being more environmentally friendly and allowing regional papers to compete nationally. Social media also helps newspapers understand readers' interests and spread content virally.

2. The distribution rate on a whole for newspapers is decreasing as technology is allowing new methods
of conveying information, the number of hits on newspapers websites is on the increase compared to
the decrease of the distribution rate.
This graph on the left hand of the slide
illustrates the amount of money spend
on the different news mediums, from
the diagram we can clearly see that
print is still at the front of the mediums
to relay the news. However even
though £1.35billion was spent in the
print industry, we can clearly see a
usage of other mediums, the data was
collected in 2011, so based on
predictions the online mediums has
vastly increased as due to the increase
in tablets and 3G apps.

3. Local newspapers are taking on a new form of media to relay their
information; you can download an e-edition of Canterbury Times which
allows you to access your newspaper from online.
Benefits: people who cannot go to their local provider can access the news
online; this enables disabled people and busy families to keep up to date
with the news within the convenience of their own home.
Issues: not everyone has access to the Internet to allow them to download
the newspaper, this is a disadvantage to unprivileged families as they
cannot access the news, hence there are limitations to the online edition.

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The usage of Apps for local newspapers has led to another sense of revenue for local
newspapers along side print productions.
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Local newspapers can charge the reader for subscription, this essentially saves printing
costs.
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Environmentally it is beneficial, it decrease the amount of wastage of paper aswell as
the amount of material used which goes into print; for example, ink, paper and manual
labour aswell as the machinery used to put together the magazine.
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Regional newspapers quickly joined the new idea of using a android app to relay the
news; in my local magazine I want to mimic this idea so that my newspaper could
potentially compete with larger newspaper companies.
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I found the following statistics to back up my idea that by using an app as a feature it
would increase my readership, as The Times converted 79,000 users to paid subscribers
by the end of February, this includes those signing up through iPad and Kindle.
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Since February the figure has grown to 101,036 of people paying monthly for
subscriptions, this is across web, tablet and e-reader devices.
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Daily 35,000 editions of The Times and 32,000 editions of The Sunday Times were
downloaded from tablet apps.

5. The benefits of Digital publications such as the E-edition is that it allows small
newspaper firms to gain new target audiences on a global scale through the internet,
this allows the flow of news data to be more effectively past on, hence increasing
sales.
1.Hyperlinking the pages to the contents page allows an easy of access rather than
having to flick through the pages to find the right article.
2.With e-publications, you save the costs for printing and distribution.
3.The reader can leave feedback, which the publisher can then use to tailor their
newspaper articles and layout to accommodate the readers opinions.
4.Old publications are saved and chronologically ordered, this provides easy access
to old archived content.

6. Local newspapers use social networking sites such as Twitter
and Facebook to share comments and posts in relation to
news paper articles. This also allows the reader to comment,
share or like the article giving the distributer an insight into
what the target audience actually want to read aswell as
spreading their distribution through sharing the articles with
their friends on the social networking sites.

7. Local newspapers use social networking sites such as Twitter
and Facebook to share comments and posts in relation to
news paper articles. This also allows the reader to comment,
share or like the article giving the distributer an insight into
what the target audience actually want to read aswell as
spreading their distribution through sharing the articles with
their friends on the social networking sites.