Mirror publisher blames revenue decline on Facebook changes

Reach’s digital revenues down almost 15% since start of January but newspaper sales ‘robust’

The publisher of the Mirror, Express and Daily Star newspapers has blamed changes in the way Facebook displays news content for a slide in its digital revenues.

Reach, which also owns hundreds of regional newspapers including the Birmingham Mail, Liverpool Echo and Manchester Evening News, reported a fall in group revenue of almost 6% for the four months to 23 April.