The ''Surrey Advertiser'' is a

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for

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which was established in 1864 and gradually evolved into the Surrey Advertiser Group of seven more localised titles.

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sold the Group to Trinity Mirror in 2010. The owners are now known as Reach plc. The head office is in Stoke Mill, Guildford. In March 2009 the ''News and Mail Series'' ended in the light of the more recent parallel titles within the same group which covered the same areas, principally the '' Surrey Herald: (various locality editions)'' and ''Guardian'' series. These three current titles, altogether, have the highest local paper circulation in Surrey. The series has moved universally to colour format. The Group is collectively branded also as the ''Get Surrey'' group, particularly its web presence. Its history is one of multiple acquisitions to expand its territory. The largest single expansion was in 2009 when GMG bought the Esher News & Mail Group another

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first published in 1936. This added five editions, covering towns in the Elmbridge borough of Surrey.

Newspapers

Surrey Advertiser

The primary newspaper is the weekly ''Surrey Advertiser'' itself with seven regional versions (

Guildford Guildford () is a town in west Surrey, around southwest of central London. As of the 2011 census, the town has a population of about 77,000 and is the seat of the wider Borough of Guildford, which had around inhabitants in . The name "Guildf ...

, Cranleigh,

Godalming Godalming is a market town and civil parish in southwest Surrey, England, around southwest of central London. It is in the Borough of Waverley, at the confluence of the Rivers Wey and Ock. The civil parish covers and includes the settlement ...

Woking Woking ( ) is a town and borough status in the United Kingdom, borough in northwest Surrey, England, around from central London. It appears in Domesday Book as ''Wochinges'' and its name probably derives from that of a Anglo-Saxon settlement o ...

, Elmbridge,

Leatherhead Leatherhead is a town in the Mole Valley District of Surrey, England, about south of Central London. The settlement grew up beside a ford on the River Mole, from which its name is thought to derive. During the late Anglo-Saxon period, Leathe ...

, and

Dorking Dorking () is a market town in Surrey in South East England, about south of London. It is in Mole Valley, Mole Valley District and the non-metropolitan district, council headquarters are to the east of the centre. The High Street runs roughl ...

). The group also produces other, more local, series including the ''Aldershot News & Mail'' series. The Surrey Advertiser and the ''Woking News & Mail'' were acquired by Surrey and Berkshire Media, a branch of the Guardian Media Group. However, The Surrey Advertiser and associated papers were sold to Trinity Mirror in April while the latter title and the ''Review'' series are the only regional paper that remain with the Guardian Media Group.

Surrey Herald

The more localised series covers the less rurally buffered north of the county and its titles are: * Surrey Herald: ** Walton and

Weybridge Weybridge () is a town in the Borough of Elmbridge in Surrey, England, around southwest of central London. The settlement is recorded as ''Waigebrugge'' and ''Weibrugge'' in the 7th century and the name derives from a crossing point of the ...

edition ** Sunbury and

Shepperton Shepperton is an urban village in the Borough of Spelthorne, Surrey, approximately south west of central London. Shepperton is equidistant between the towns of Chertsey and Sunbury-on-Thames. The village is mentioned in a document of 959 AD ...

edition ** Staines,

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Egham Egham ( ) is a university town in the Borough of Runnymede in Surrey, England, approximately west of central London. First settled in the Bronze Age, the town was under the control of Chertsey Abbey for much of the Middle Ages. In 1215, Magna ...

edition **

Chertsey Chertsey is a town in the Borough of Runnymede, Surrey, England, south-west of central London. It grew up round Chertsey Abbey, founded in 666 CE, and gained a market charter from Henry I. A bridge across the River Thames first appeared in t ...

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edition

Surrey Times Series

''Surrey Times'' currently refers to three newspapers: the ''Guildford Times'', ''Godalming Times'', and the ''Cranleigh Times''. The papers, established in 1855 and now published and printed by Surrey & Berkshire Media Ltd, are distributed free to local residents, with a verified free distribution over thirty-two thousand copies.

Operational aspects

Website

In 2008 the ''Surrey Advertiser'' group of Trinity Mirror Group launched its website: ''Get Surrey'' which is also used to describe the Group succinctly and its jobs site: ''GetTheJob'' In 2018 the online website was rebranded to ''Surrey Live'' while still retaining the original domain name

Awards

In October 2009 the ''Surrey Advertiser'' won two awards at the EDF Energy London and the South of England Media Awards 2009. The ''Surrey Advertiser'' was joint winner of the Community Campaign of the Year award, alongside the ''Gravesend and Dartford Messenger''. At just under 17 months old, Get Surrey won its award at the first time of asking, the judges remarking that the website “turned a weekly into a daily”.

History

Former News and Mail Series

The ''Esher News & Mail'' was a

weekly

first published in 1936. It grew beyond its initial

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catchment into five editions for towns in the Elmbridge borough of

. The editions were: *

Esher Esher ( ) is a town in Surrey, England, to the east of the River Mole. Esher is an outlying suburb of London near the London-Surrey Border, and with Esher Commons at its southern end, the town marks one limit of the Greater London Built-Up ...

News & Mail * Walton and Hersham News & Mail * Cobham News & Mail * Molesey News & Mail * Weybridge News & Mail It was part of the Surrey Advertiser Group, owned by the

In March 2009 its closure was announced as part of the restructuring plans of the owning group who opened parallel titles which cover the same areas, principally instead its ''Surrey Herald: (various locality editions)'' and ''Guardian'' series. The relevant replacements have moved to colour, tabloid format.March 2009 Amalgamation
Press Gazette. Retrieved 2014-01-11

References

External links

''Surrey Advertiser'' Website

''GetTheJob'' Website
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