The ''Ayr Advertiser'' is a weekly
Scottish local
newspaper
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, serving the community of
South Ayrshire with local news, issues and sports coverage. The Ayr Advertiser was founded in 1803, originally entitled the ''"Air Advertiser, or, West Country Journal"'', and claims to be the oldest weekly newspaper in Scotland.
The paper is part of the Ayr Advertiser Series, which incorporates the ''Troon and Prestwick Times'' and the ''Carrick Herald''. It is produced as part of the Ayrshire Weekly Press (AWP) group, with sister papers including the ''Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald'', the ''Irvine Times'', ''Largs and Millport News'' and the ''Cumnock Chronicle''. The owners of the AWP were
Clyde and Forth Press, who owned titles across the UK. The company went into receivership after the death of Deirdre Romanes and were acquired by management and
Lloyds Bank
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under the name Romanes Media in 2012.
Newsquest
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acquired Romanes Media in 2015.
Historical copies of the ''Ayr Advertiser'', dating back to 1839, are available to search and view in digitised form at The
British Newspaper Archive
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History
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[Digitised copies of the ''Ayr Advertiser'']
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In October 2020, during the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic
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, the ''Ayr Advertiser'' ran a story about the diagnosis of US President Donald Trump
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with COVID-19
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under the headline "Turnberry hotelier tests positive for coronavirus", in reference to his ownership of the Trump Turnberry golf course.
References
External links
''Ayr Advertiser'' web site
Newspapers published in Scotland
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