National World to ‘take the leap’ to digital-only publishing

The Scotsman and Yorkshire Post publisher said it wants to be digital, but stuck by its local newspapers.

Yorkshire Post and Scotsman owner National World has said it wants to become a ‘digital-only’ publisher (Stefan Rousseau/PA) (PA Archive)

Yorkshire Post and The Scotsman owner National World has said it wants to become a “digital-only” publisher, but still produce newspapers that are more tailored to local communities.

The boss of the company shunned the existing processes for producing newspapers, which he said “should have been abandoned years ago”.

The publisher, which was mulling over a bid for rival publishing giant Reach last year, saw a sharp increase in its digital sales and video advertising last year.