The ''Ellon Times'' is a local, weekly
newspaper based in
Ellon,
Aberdeenshire
Aberdeenshire ( sco, Aiberdeenshire; gd, Siorrachd Obar Dheathain) is one of the 32 Subdivisions of Scotland#council areas of Scotland, council areas of Scotland.
It takes its name from the County of Aberdeen which has substantially differe ...
. It is a sister paper of the ''
Buchan Observer'', ''
Fraserburgh Herald
Fraserburgh (; sco, The Broch or ; gd, A' Bhruaich) is a town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland with a population recorded in the 2011 Census at 13,100. It lies at the far northeast corner of Aberdeenshire, about north of Aberdeen, and north of P ...
'' and ''
Inverurie Herald
Inverurie (Scottish Gaelic: ''Inbhir Uraidh'' or ''Inbhir Uaraidh'', 'mouth of the River Ury') is a town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland at the confluence of the rivers Ury and Don, about north-west of Aberdeen.
Geography
Inverurie is in the val ...
''.
The ''Times'' covers a range of local news and sport, with a coverage area which includes Ellon and the surrounding villages of
Auchnagatt,
Balmedie,
Collieston
Collieston is a small former fishing village on the North Sea coast in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The village lies just north of the Sands of Forvie Special Protection Area, between Cruden Bay and Newburgh.
History
The earliest recorded history ...
,
Cruden Bay,
Formartine,
Methlick,
Newburgh,
Pitmedden,
Tarves and
Udny Green.
The newspaper's ownership was transferred between Archant and
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 Letter'' ...
in 2007.
["Local papers delivered £11m deal"]
- BBC News, 19 January 2007 After Johnston Press went into administration in 2018,
JPIMedia took ownership of its assets.
References
External links
Newspapers published in Scotland
Newspapers published by Johnston Press
Ellon, Aberdeenshire
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