Gloomy sales results for Welsh newspapers

By Robert Lloyd

The latest ABC (Audited Bureau of Circulation) sales figures for Welsh newspapers do not make happy reading.

The figures are for the six-month period which ended in June.

Weekly newspapers –

Barry & District News 5,012 Paid -7.2pc

Caernarfon & Denbigh Herald 10,482 Paid -6.4pc

Campaign Caerphilly, Ystrad Mynach & Bargoed 28,932 Free 4pc

Cardigan & Tivy-Side Advertiser 6,486 Paid -3.5pc

Carmarthen Journal 14,775 Paid -12.6pc

County Times and Express 14,921 Paid -1.9pc

Cynon Valley Leader 5,136 Paid -22.1pc

Denbighshire Free Press 6,579 Paid -0.7pc

The Flintshire Standard 19,983 Free -11.7pc

Free Press – Monmouth 5,714 Paid -9pc

Glamorgan Gazette 12,917 Paid -15pc

Gwent Gazette 4,628 Paid -24.8pc

Holyhead and Bangor Mail 9,038 Paid N/A

Llanelli Star 12,532 Paid -4.2pc

Merthyr Express 9,975 Paid -16.3pc

Milford & West Wales Mercury 3,383 Paid -7.2pc

North Wales Chronicle 30,219 Free -0.4pc

North Wales Pioneer 25,252 Free -0.2pc

North Wales Weekly News 12,247 Paid -7.5pc

Penarth Times 4,868 Paid -4.2pc

Pontypridd & Llantrisant Observer 5,606 Paid -19.5pc

Rhondda Leader 6,422 Paid -22.6pc

The Rhyl, Prestatyn & Abergele Journal 26,178 Free -9.4pc

South Wales Guardian 5,638 Paid -7.7pc

Wales on Sunday 26,730 Paid -1.8pc

Weekly Argus 19,775 Free 3.1pc

Western Telegraph 18,977 Paid -6.4pc

Wrexham Leader 30,220 Free -8.9pc

Daily newspapers

Daily Post, North Wales 30,585 -3.8pc

The Leader (Wrexham, Flintshire & Chester) 15,314 -5.1pc

The Western Mail 25,435 -5.6pc

South Wales Echo 30,178 -7.9pc

South Wales Argus 21,437 -8.1pc

South Wales Evening Post 36,623 -8.8pc