The Tweeddale Press Group is a newspaper and magazine publisher in the

Scottish Borders The Scottish Borders ( sco, the Mairches, 'the Marches'; gd, Crìochan na h-Alba) is one of 32 council areas of Scotland. It borders the City of Edinburgh, Dumfries and Galloway, East Lothian, Midlothian, South Lanarkshire, West Lot ...

, which has been a subsidiary of the

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 Lette ...

since 2000.

History

The Berwickshire Advertiser was established in 1808 and moved into premises at 90 Marygate,

Berwick-upon-Tweed Berwick-upon-Tweed (), sometimes known as Berwick-on-Tweed or simply Berwick, is a town and civil parish in Northumberland, England, south of the Anglo-Scottish border, and the northernmost town in England. The 2011 United Kingdom census recor ...

in 1900. Tweeddale Press Group was formed in 1950 when Berwick Advertiser owner Major J.I.M. Smail bought the Southern Reporter. The group took over the Berwickshire News in 1957. In 2000, the Smail family sold the Tweeddale Press Group to Johnston Press.

Current titles

The group currently publishes the following titles: * Berwick Advertiser * Berwickshire News * Carrick Gazette * East Lothian News * Galloway Gazette *

Hawick News ''Hawick News'' is a tabloid newspaper that covers the area of Hawick, one of the larger towns in the Scottish Borders. It includes local news, politics, and sport. It is part of Johnston Press Johnston Press plc was a multimedia company f ...

* Lothian Times * Midlothian Advertiser * Musselburgh News * Selkirk Weekend Advertiser *

Southern Reporter The ''Southern Reporter'', the ''Southern Reporter Second'', and the ''Southern Reporter Third'' are United States regional Reporter (law), case law reporters. It is part of the National Reporter System created by John B. West for the West (publi ...

* Peebles Times

Previous titles

Tweeddale Press Group previously owned and published other titles: *

Morpeth Herald The ''Morpeth Herald'' is a weekly newspaper published in Morpeth, Northumberland, England. The newspaper serves Morpeth, Ponteland, Pegswood, Ellington, Lynemouth, Widdrington Station and the outlying districts. History A broadsheet, est ...

was acquired by the group in 1983, then sold to Northeast Press in 1992. *

Ponteland Observer {{italic title The ''Ponteland Observer'' was a weekly newspaper that circulated in the village of Ponteland in Northumberland in north-east England, and later the southern part of the borough of Castle Morpeth as well as some of the north-wester ...

was bought by the group in 1984, with the last edition being published in January 1986 then merged with the Morpeth Herald. * Alnwick Advertiser, founded by the group in 1979, was sold to Northeast Press in 1992 and immediately merged with their

Northumberland Gazette The ''Northumberland Gazette'' is a weekly newspaper published in Alnwick, Northumberland, England. It serves Alnwick, Amble, Seahouses, Rothbury, Wooler and outlying districts. The ''Gazette'' typically covers local news, sport, leisure and ...

. * Kelso Chronicle and Jedburgh Gazette, an amalgamation of several previous titles, itself merged with the Southern Reporter in 1983.

References

{{reflist Newspaper companies of Scotland Publishing companies established in 1950