The Move By Readers Online Forces Five Highland Newspapers To Cease Print Publication

23rd November 2022

Five Scottish newspapers will no longer be published in print as readers switch to digital alternatives.

Print versions of the Highland News, North Star, Turriff Advertiser, Inverurie Advertiser and Ellon Advertiser will cease from the end of 2022.

The Highland News will be incorporated into the Inverness Courier, and the North Star into the Ross-shire Journal. The other titles will close, with content published on the Grampian Online website.

One job will be lost in the Turriff newsroom, while two full-time equivalent roles are anticipated to be lost in its sales support team.

As readers move more and more to online news services more and more newspapers ae continuing to lose readers in print. Some have ceased to publish circulation figures. Advertisers have found it cheaper in many cases to use online services making more problems for publications in print.