The Government is considering the idea of forcing newspapers to join a regulator, with financial penalties for those who refuse to. Read the full story

The price of the weekday Financial Times has increased the price of its weekday edition to £2.50. Read the full story

Editors of local and regional newspapers have expressed their frustrations with current ownership models and their fears for the industry in a revealing survey carried out by the Society of Editors. Read the full story

Regional newspaper staff are being left “on a hamster wheel” trying to keep their newspapers afloat, sacrificing investigative journalism that holds local governmental bodies to account. Read the full story

Londoners will be “missing out” on the “special dimension” that regional newspapers can bring to coverage of the 2012 Olympics according to Liberal Democrat peer Dee Doocey, who is leading a fight to get local papers recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Read the full story

September was a bad month for all of the UK’s national newspaper websites, as not one publication survived the month without a fall in readership. Read the full story

The owner of Tindle Newspapers, Ray Tindle, appears to be reversing the fortunes of the regional press after he announced plans to not only launch two new titles, but acquire another and pay his 200 or so staff a bonus. Read the full story

The Financial Times was the only national title to record a monthly circulation rise in September, according to the latest ABC figures. Read the full story