Sales of The Herald, The National and Evening Times have increased following a BBC documentary about Scottish publisher Newsquest.

Broadcast on 18 September, the film focused on a series of Newsquest-owned titles and resulted in a 70% rise in subscriptions over the two days after it aired.

Waqar Chaudry, of WH Chaudry News in Glasgow, told Better Retailing: “My circulation of The National has risen significantly.”

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