Peter Kirwan: "at the Independent ... Print-based ad sales have plummeted. So going digital would incur less of a blow to revenues than previously. Meanwhile, of course, the cost of printing and distributing copies looms ever larger in relative terms. ... The cost base of a digital-only Independent could shrink by half, to £30m or £40m. As for revenues, a decent digital sales operation working on behalf of a broadsheet newspaper can hope to bring in £20m-£30m a year. The online display market is returning to growth. In the not-too-distant future, a digital-only Independent could hope to break even."
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