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Local newspaper

The Weston, Worle & Somerset Mercury
TypeWeekly newspaper
Owner(s)Archant
Founded1943
Circulation3,348 (as of 2023)
Websitethewestonmercury.co.uk

The Weston, Worle & Somerset Mercury is a weekly paid for newspaper that covers Weston-super-Mare and the surrounding areas of Somerset and North Somerset in England. The Weston Mercury was established 1 April 1843 and was family-owned for much of its history. The Somerset Mercury is a regional edition of The Weston & Somerset Mercury which covers the Cheddar and Axbridge area of Somerset.

It is now owned by publishing company Archant.

It has won the Newspaper Society's Community Newspaper of the year award numerous times, most recently in 2007 and 2008.

Its office is in the heart of Weston town centre. Also based in the Weston office is the Mercury's sister paper, the North Somerset Times, and the Midweek Mercury, a free weekly newspaper which incorporates the former free advert paper Admag.

References

  1. "The Weston, Worle & Somerset Mercury". Audit Bureau of Circulations (UK). 21 February 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Weston & Somerset Mercury". British Newspapers Online. 1 November 2013. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  3. "Chairman's Statement 2008" (PDF). Archant. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 May 2013. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  4. "What we have written about Weston & Somerset Mercury". Hold the front page. Retrieved 5 September 2011.

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