The ''Diss Express'' is an English

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that covers a 500 square mile circulation area on the

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border. It was owned by

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'' ...

, and a print edition was released every Friday. Major towns and villages covered by the ''Diss Express'' include Diss,

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, Harleston,

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and Long Stratton.

History

The paper was founded by Mr Abbott in November 1864 as the ''Diss Express and Norfolk & Suffolk Journal''. In January 2017, it was bought, along with twelve other titles, by Iliffe Media for £17m. Since then, it has been printed in

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. Since June 2020, the Chief Reporter at the newspaper has been Joe Hadden.

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* Newspapers published in Norfolk Newspapers published in Suffolk Newspapers established in 1864 Newspapers published by Johnston Press {{England-newspaper-stub