Scottish Affairs Committee - Fourth Report
Crisis in the Scottish Press Industry

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Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 1 July 2009.

Contents

Terms of Reference

1  Introduction

2  Pressures facing the industry

Circulation and profits

Decline in advertising

Restructuring of newspapers

Current changes

The case for further mergers within the industry

Final reports of Digital Britain and the Review of local and regional media merger regime

3  Effect of the current situation on the industry

4  Conclusion

Conclusions and recommendations

Formal Minutes

Witnesses

List of written evidence

List of Reports from the Committee during the current Parliament

Oral and Written Evidence

Tuesday 31 March 2009

Wednesday 6 May 2009

Written Evidence

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Prepared 13 July 2009