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Similarly from my local, which is now Newsquest. Presumably stands for the quest to cut back on local journalism, and turn a once quality local news website into mostly clickbait. Ref  www.huntspost.co.uk 

The end of that article is revealing. Hull Live's was only credited to Hull Daily Mail, the name of the print paper. But this one lists six names at the end - it's jointly written by people from six organisations: Newsquest, Iliffe Media, National World, News Media Association Independent Publishers Forum, Reach Regionals, and Midland News Association. It seems Reach aren't being transparent here.

Unfortunately, they do actually seem to have a point. Hull Live, and I assume all Reach apps, just started charging you a few weeks ago if you read more than 10 articles a week. Which is dumb when the website is still free (they probably should paywall it). Reach's regional papers must be struggling financially if they're resorting to such measures. And as they mention in this article, it's because other sources provide the news for free, such as the BBC.