He then worked for the Wolverhampton Express and Star before joining the Daily Telegraph where he became the paper's European correspondent, working in Brussels.

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According to the most recent ABC newspaper sales figures, the Belfast Telegraph remained Northern Ireland's biggest selling daily paper with a circulation of 53, 771 between July and December 2011, down 8.1% on the same period in 2010.

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The paper had been charging international readers to read the Telegraph website.

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According to the paper, which was first obtained by the Daily Telegraph, these issues included transferring further supervisory powers from national to EU agencies, any actions that affect tax revenues or substantial levies on the financial sector.

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"The Daily Telegraph continues to have more subscribers than any British national newspaper, " the paper said.

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But what would he have made of the fundamental change in the Telegraph's operation, from being a simple newspaper to being a combination of paper and complex on-line production?

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It is the fifth-biggest paper in Britain, but considered the second-largest serious newspaper behind its archrival The Telegraph, which is owned by the reclusive billionaire Barclay brothers.

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