Reach plc Local News Performance: Replication Data and Model Weights

Simona Bisiani published this replication package in 2026 to support an empirical assessment of local news performance and resource sharing at Reach plc. The repository provides the specific code and model weights used to analyze regional newspaper hubs in the associated journal article.

Use Cases

• Replicating local news performance assessments using the provided model weights
• Analyzing resource sharing efficiency across regional newspaper hubs
• Evaluating the impact of hub-based editorial models on print news output

Strengths

• Includes specific model weights for direct result reproduction
• Focuses on Reach plc, the largest commercial news publisher in the UK

Limitations

• Limited to a single publisher's organizational structure
• Requires specific software environments to execute the reproduction code

Provenance

Source

Simona Bisiani, Harvard Dataverse

Collection Method

Empirical assessment and model training

Freshness

Last updated February 2026.

Geography

United Kingdom