The ''Dunoon Observer and Argyllshire Standard'' is a weekly

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serving the

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Peninsula area of

Argyll and Bute Argyll and Bute ( sco, Argyll an Buit; gd, Earra-Ghàidheal agus Bòd, ) is one of 32 unitary authority council areas in Scotland and a lieutenancy area. The current lord-lieutenant for Argyll and Bute is Jane Margaret MacLeod (14 July 2020) ...

, in western Scotland. It is edited and printed in

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, and is known locally as ''the Standard''. The newspaper is owned by Argyll Media Ltd. It was published by E&R Inglis Ltd. until 2015, when the owners, Marion and John Carmichael, decided to retire. It had been in the Inglis family for 144 years.

History

Founded on 25 March 1871 in nearby Sandbank by William Inglis, Sr, who was editor and proprietor, it moved to Dunoon for the first time in 1906. That year its printing was moved to

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, where it was printed alongside '' The Oban Times''. Printing returned to Dunoon in 1991. The newspaper currently has a circulation of around 5,500. In 2015, upon the retirement of the Carmichaels, the newspaper was purchased by Argyll Media Ltd. The editorial offices remain in Dunoon."Publisher change at Dunoon Observer and Argyllshire Standard"
- FeaturesExec.com, 13 November 2015 In 2019 Argyll Media Ltd launched a second newspaper, The Isle of Bute News. The current editor is Michael Symonds

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External links

''Dunoon Observer and Argyllshire Standard'' online edition
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