The disappearing world of local newspapers

While not overly shocked to see the circulation of both newspapers has dropped 10% in the past year, I was really surprised to see how low their circulations are.

The Echo shifts 37,000 copies while the Western Mail, a national, sells just 29,000.

I popped into my local newsagent yesterday morning who doesn't even stock it. "No demand", he said. And maybe he has a point when other morning papers seem to have double the contant at half the price.

Of the 84 local papers in UK, 83 have declining sales although the online activity is thriving.

Are local newspapers dying a slow but, perhaps, inevitable death?