APN to sell South Island titles, Wellington community newspapers

APN to sell South Island titles, Wellington community newspapers
Nov. 19 (BusinessDesk) – APN News & Media, publisher of the New Zealand Herald, is to sell its South Island newspaper interests, along with its Wellington-based community papers. In a memo to staff, APN describes the decision to quit the twice-weekly giveaway Christchurch paper, The Star, the Oamaru Mail and a clutch of other small, community titles in the South Island and Wellington as a "strategic decision to consolidate its publishing business in the North Island." The Star, published Wednesdays and Fridays, has an audited circulation of 7...