Robert Andrews provides the context to Martin Clarke’s apparent u-turn in Media Week: "while we will concentrate on growing our UK readership for the moment, we would be foolish not to take advantage of our following overseas"

"The publishing group has tasked digital agency Conchango with developing new ways of accessing news content throughout titles including, The Daily Mail and The Evening Standard’s websites, in a deal believed to be worth £1m."

Traffic to ThisIsGloucestershire spiked to 200K visits (?) in July, and ThisIsHull spiked to 180K in July — double the average for both sites over the previous six months, according to AND.

Associated Northcliffe Digital is standardising the way it measures and analyses web traffic across its 113 sites.