NEWSQUEST Media Group, which publishes the Halesowen News, continues to deliver strong audience growth across its network of over 160 local news websites.

The industry's ABC report for the period July to December 2016 shows average daily visitors to Newsquest local sites grew to 1.48 million, up 15.1 per cent compared to the same period in the previous year.

In January 2017, 27 million unique users visited the Newsquest online network (source: Adobe Analytics).

Toby Granville, Newsquest editorial development director, said: “Many of our sites now reach over 70 per cent of the adult population of their towns and cities at least once a month, giving our advertisers a phenomenally powerful local audience.”