The Mid Somerset Series consists of four paid-for newspapers, published in

Somerset Somerset ( , ), Archaism, archaically Somersetshire ( , , ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South West England. It is bordered by the Bristol Channel, Gloucestershire, and Bristol to the north, Wiltshire to the east ...

, England. They include the ''Wells Journal'', ''Shepton Mallet Journal'', ''Central Somerset Gazette'' and ''Cheddar Valley Gazette'', which cover the area of Wells,

Glastonbury Glastonbury ( , ) is a town and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated at a dry point on the low-lying Somerset Levels, south of Bristol. The town had a population of 8,932 in the 2011 census. Glastonbury is less than across the River ...

, Street,

Shepton Mallet Shepton Mallet is a market town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in Somerset, England, some southwest of Bath, Somerset, Bath, south of Bristol and east of Wells, Somerset, Wells. It had an estimated population of 10,810 in 2019. ...

, Cheddar, and the surrounding villages. In 2012,

Local World Local World Holdings Ltd. was a large regional newspaper publisher in the UK that published around 100 print titles and more than 70 websites. It was formed in 2012 by David Montgomery, a former chief executive of Reach plc, Trinity Mirror, to b ...

acquired owner Northcliffe Media from

Daily Mail and General Trust Daily Mail and General Trust (DMGT) is a British multinational media conglomerate, the owner of the '' Daily Mail'' and several other titles. The 4th Viscount Rothermere is the chair and controlling shareholder of the company. The head office ...

. In October 2015, Trinity Mirror reached agreement with Local World's other shareholders to buy the company. The sale was completed on 13 November 2015.

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Northcliffe Media Newspapers published in Somerset {{England-newspaper-stub