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The ''Newbury Weekly News'' is an English local weekly newspaper, covering Newbury and
The newspaper was first published in 1867 by Walter Blacket and Thomas Wheildon Turner. It has been independently and family-owned since its establishment, with Blacket Turner & Co being formed in the 1980s.
The paper celebrated its 150th anniversary in February 2017 with a special edition including a reprint of the first Newbury Weekly News newspaper.
On 1 May 2019, the paper was sold to Iliffe Media Group.
Newbury Today
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West Berkshire
West Berkshire is a unitary authority in the ceremonial county of Berkshire, England. It is administered from Newbury by West Berkshire Council.
History
The district of Newbury was formed on 1 April 1974, as a merger of the borough of Newbur ...
. The paper's website is known as ''Newbury Today''. It is published by the Newbury Weekly News Group.
The Newbury Weekly News featured in a short Central Office of Information film in 1952, titled "Local Newspaper".
History
The newspaper was first published in 1867 by Walter Blacket and Thomas Wheildon Turner. It has been independently and family-owned since its establishment, with Blacket Turner & Co being formed in the 1980s.
The paper celebrated its 150th anniversary in February 2017 with a special edition including a reprint of the first Newbury Weekly News newspaper.
On 1 May 2019, the paper was sold to Iliffe Media Group.
Circulation
The newspaper's catchment covers an area of and a population of around 150,000. In the company's certificate of circulation (circulation published in February 2016 by theAudit Bureau of Circulations An Audit Bureau of Circulations is a private organization that provides industry-agreed standards for media brand measurement of print publications and other media outlets in a given country. The International Federation of Audit Bureaux of Circulat ...
), the average circulation per issue was 13,810.
Awards
In 2006, the newspaper won The Newspaper Society's ''Best Paid-For Weekly Newspaper'' award. The newspaper's website was voted ''Best Website Produced by a Weekly Newspaper''. In 2007, Newbury Today was named the Picture Editors’ ''Newspaper Website of the Year'', an award it shared withThe Sun
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In 2019, Newbury Weekly News won the Society of Editor’s Regional Press Awards '' Best paid for weekly newspaper (circulation above 10000)'' category. A NWN photographer was also shortlisted for the ''Weekly Photographer of the Year'' at the event.
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External links
Newbury Today
Newspapers established in 1867 Weekly newspapers published in the United Kingdom Newbury, Berkshire 1867 establishments in England Newspapers published in Berkshire {{UK-newspaper-stub