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Freddie Johnston and family

Regional newspapers are being battered by an advertising slump and Johnston Press reported a 2.9% decline in advertising revenues for the first nine weeks of 2007. The Edinburgh-based company publishes more than 300 titles. Johnston, 71, was chairman until 2001 and remains on the board as a non-executive director.