The Tweeddale Press Group was a newspaper and magazine publisher in the
Scottish Borders
The Scottish Borders is one of 32 council areas of Scotland. It is bordered by West Lothian, Edinburgh, Midlothian, and East Lothian to the north, the North Sea to the east, Dumfries and Galloway to the south-west, South Lanarkshire to the we ...
. It evolved from the newspapers owned by successive generations of the Richardson, later Smail, family, from 1808. It became a subsidiary of
Johnston Press
Johnston Press plc was a multimedia company founded in Falkirk, Scotland, in 1767. Its flagship titles included UK-national newspaper the '' i'', ''The Scotsman'', the ''Yorkshire Post'', the ''Falkirk Herald'', and Belfast's ''The News Letter'' ...
in 1999, and was dissolved in 2020 following the liquidation of Johnston Press.
History
The Berwick Advertiser was established in 1808 and moved into premises at 90 Marygate,
Berwick-upon-Tweed
Berwick-upon-Tweed (), sometimes known as Berwick-on-Tweed or simply Berwick, is a town and civil parish in Northumberland, England, south of the Anglo-Scottish border, and the northernmost town in England. The 2011 United Kingdom census recor ...
in 1900. Tweeddale Press Group was formed in 1950 when Berwick Advertiser owner Major J.I.M. Smail bought the Southern Reporter.
The group took over the Berwickshire News in 1957.
In 1999, the Smail family sold the Tweeddale Press Group to Johnston Press.
Current titles
Under Johnston Press ownership, the group published the following titles:
* Berwick Advertiser
* Berwickshire News
* Carrick Gazette
* East Lothian News
* Galloway Gazette
*
Hawick News
* Lothian Times
* Midlothian Advertiser
* Musselburgh News
* Selkirk Weekend Advertiser
*
Southern Reporter
The ''Southern Reporter'', the ''Southern Reporter Second'', and the ''Southern Reporter Third'' are United States regional case law reporters. It is part of the National Reporter System created by John B. West for the West Publishing Company.
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* Peebles Times
Previous titles
Tweeddale Press Group previously owned and published other titles:
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Morpeth Herald
The ''Morpeth Herald'' is a weekly newspaper published in Morpeth, Northumberland, England. The newspaper serves Morpeth, Ponteland, Pegswood, Ellington, Lynemouth, Widdrington Station and the outlying districts.
History
A broadsheet, esta ...
was acquired by the group in 1983, then sold to
Northeast Press in 1992.
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Ponteland Observer was bought by the group in 1984, with the last edition being published in January 1986 then merged with the Morpeth Herald.
* Alnwick Advertiser, founded by the group in 1979, was sold to Northeast Press in 1992 and immediately merged with their
Northumberland Gazette
The ''Northumberland Gazette'' is a weekly newspaper published in Alnwick, Northumberland, England. It serves Alnwick, Amble, Seahouses, Rothbury, Wooler and List of places in Northumberland, outlying districts.
The ''Gazette'' typically covers ...
.
* Kelso Chronicle and Jedburgh Gazette, an amalgamation of several previous titles, itself merged with the Southern Reporter in 1983.
References
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Newspaper companies of Scotland
Publishing companies established in 1950