Wellington Weekly News
The Wellington Weekly News is a weekly newspaper in Wellington, Somerset, England.
| Type | weekly |
|---|---|
| Format | tabloid |
| Owner(s) | Tindle Newspaper Group |
| Founded | 15 November 1860 |
| Language | English |
It was founded as Corner's Wellington Weekly News on 15 November 1860, the same day as the Wellington Times, two of 15 newspapers founded that year in Wellington. Founder Richard Corner owned a printing works on South Street. In 1872, the Weekly News absorbed the Times. Corner retired in 1876, when the paper was purchased by G. Bellamy and F. Whitty. In 1880, Corner's was dropped from the title.[1]
It is owned by Tindle Newspaper Group, which bought it in 2006 from Northcliffe Newspapers.[2]
References
- "Newspapers of Somerset: IX — A Peak Year". Somerset County Herald. 8 October 1960. p. 2. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
- Tindle adds Wellington Weekly to his newspaper empire
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