Tweeddale Press Group

The Tweeddale Press Group is a newspaper and magazine publisher in the Scottish Borders, which has been a subsidiary of the Johnston Press since 2000.

History

The Berwickshire Advertiser was established in 1808 and moved into premises at 90 Marygate, Berwick-upon-Tweed in 1900.^[1] Tweeddale Press Group was formed in 1950 when Berwick Advertiser owner Major J.I.M. Smail bought the Southern Reporter. ^[2] The group took over the Berwickshire News in 1957.^[2] In 2000, the Smail family sold the Tweeddale Press Group to Johnston Press.^[3]

Current titles

The group currently publishes the following titles:^[4]

• Berwick Advertiser
• Berwickshire News
• Carrick Gazette
• East Lothian News
• Galloway Gazette
• Hawick News
• Lothian Times
• Midlothian Advertiser
• Musselburgh News
• Selkirk Weekend Advertiser
• Southern Reporter
• Peebles Times

Previous titles

Tweeddale Press Group previously owned and published other titles:

• Morpeth Herald was acquired by the group in 1983, then sold to Northeast Press in 1992.
• Ponteland Observer 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.
• Kelso Chronicle and Jedburgh Gazette, an amalgamation of several previous titles, itself merged with the Southern Reporter in 1983.

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