Reach to put 'serious focus' on subscriptions but expects to keep most news free

Reach to put 'serious focus' on subscriptions but expects to keep most news free

Reach is planning to put “serious focus” on subscriptions as part of a revenue diversification drive, it revealed in its half-year results on Thursday. Reach, the publisher of the Mirror, Express, Daily Star and dozens of regional news titles, reported revenue down 3.4% year on year to £256m in the six months to 30 June. Print was down 4.8% to £194.1m while digital was up 1.8% to £61.1m. Indirect digital revenues from platform revenue shares and…