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[edit] Oldest English language Newspaper Ambiguity?

It is claimed here that the [Belfast] News Letter http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/News_Letter is the oldest newspaper still in publication in the English-speaking world. 1737

depending on the criteria for a "news paper", compared to a subscription based paper?

[edit] Grant of Arms

Is it true that grants of arms are recorded in the London Gazette? I can't find any example of this in their archives. Marnanel 05:19, 1 Feb 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Is the London Gazette really the oldest continuously published paper in the world?

Do we have a source for the Gazette being the oldest continuously published paper in the world? The Gazette itself claims only that:

The London Gazette, first published in 1665, is the oldest, continuously published newspaper in the United Kingdom and probably the world

According to http://www.lian.com/TANAKA/comhosei/NPinEB.htm, there's a weekly Swedish paper, the Post-och Inrikes Tidningar, at http://www.poit.org/ which appears to predate it, dating from 1645. The oldest daily paper appears to be the Wiener Zeitung, dating from 1703. Mpntod 18:51, May 31, 2005 (UTC)

I have changed from world to UK --TimPope 10:23, 5 November 2005 (UTC)
As far as I could gather from Swedish websites the Post-och Inrikes Tidningar is published "periodically" (possibly weekly, though I ddn't find any mention of it). It is hardly a newspaper as such, though, rather an official publication, where new laws, regulations and such are printed. Incidentally, it's published by the Swedish Academy (of Nobel Prize fame) by royal decree. Asav
Doesn't sound too different to the London Gazette then! That is also an official publication. Mpntod 09:11, 8 November 2005 (UTC)

Berrows Journal Coming from Worcester (England) I thought Berrows Journal is the oldest conventional newspaper i.e., free from state control and publicly distributed without subscription. It has not been continuously available, having been intermittent from 1690 until 1709.

See the http://www.berrowsjournal.co.uk for more detail on its history. SWadsworth

[edit] Wales

Just wondering how Wales fits into the 2nd/3rd paragraphs? Assuming Cardiff does not have its own gazette, does the London gazette pertain to "England and Wales", like so many laws? If not, what's the deal? Thx 129.67.125.194 10:54, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

Sigh...those poor Welsh don't even get their own newspaper. Rupert Murdoch should look into this. ;-) 70.20.216.186 (talk) 18:57, 12 December 2007 (UTC)