The Whitby Gazette was one of only 13 out of 373 paid-for-weekly titles across the UK to record year-on-year increases in circulation in the second half of 2012, according to the latest ABC figures.

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The Times of India, with a circulation in Mumbai of 600, 000 and half of the city's English-language market, responded with a copycat campaign (withdrawn when DNA sued) and, in May, the launch of a new tabloid, the Mumbai Mirror.

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