Independent publisher Highland News and Media is to stop print editions of three of its titles and incorporate a number of others.
Print editions of the weekly Turriff, Inverurie and Ellon Advertisers in Aberdeenshire are to end. The publisher said the communities would continue to be served via its Grampian Online website.
In addition, weekly title The Highland News is to be incorporated into the publisher’s flagship paper, the Inverness Courier. The North Star is to be incorporated into the Ross-shire Journal.
Highland News and Media said it was moving resources from some unprofitable newspaper titles to help it increase its digital presence. The publisher said more than 10% of its readers were now opting for digital subscriptions instead of printed newspapers, with 50,000 having become registered users, and 20,000 signed up to receive email newsletters.
Publishing director Steve Barron said: “This is progress well beyond where we expected to be at this point.
“The challenge is to accelerate these numbers whilst responsibly managing our print brands.”
