The Baptist Times is to close after 156 years of weekly print publication, writes Roy Greenslade, as is its website.
November 15, 2011
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The circulation of The Baptist Times apparently declined from 35,000 to 5,000 within a few decades. With 135,000 members of the Baptist Union still practising, or claiming to do so, the appeal of their flagship publication must have had severe limitations.
There’s a fascinating analysis of the UK religious press is to be found at:
http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/11/27/rip-baptist-times-britains-longestrunning-weekly-free-church-newspaper/
Comment by John Hanson — December 31, 2011 @ 11:02 am |