The ''Perthshire Advertiser'' (originally the ''Perthshire Advertiser and Strathmore Journal'')
[''Leslie's directory for Perth and Kinross'' (1911), p. 40]
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, published by Reach plc, in Perth, Scotland
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. The ''PA'', as it is commonly known, has two editions, a Tuesday and Friday.
Beginning life in 1829 as the ''Strathmore Journal'', and published in Coupar Angus, the 'Strathmore' was renamed the ''Perthshire Advertiser and Strathmore Journal. C''osting 7d and comprising four densely packed pages, it was issued on Thursday mornings.[''Perthshire Advertiser'', 7 August 1979.]
The paper's price was reduced to fourpence halfpenny on 8 September 1836 and dropped a further penny in 1855 as a result of the reduction in newspaper stamp duty.
In 1866, Samuel Cowan
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Career
Educated at Lisburn Technology College and the Open University, Cowan was commissioned into the Royal Corps of Signals in 1963. In 1980 he b ...
became the paper's printer and publisher, a role he maintained until 1907. The paper dropped its price to 3d in §870 and in 1873 it began to publish three times a week – on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
Notable publishers
* 1830s: John Taylor
* George Penny
* Charles Anderson
* 1866: Samuel Cowan
* 1907 Donald Mathieson
* 1911? Davidson and Mackay/Munro Press Ltd
* 1958: Scottish Counties Newspapers Ltd
* 1960: George Outram Ltd
* 1972: Scottish and Universal Newspapers Ltd
* 1974: Holmes MacDougall Ltd
* 1977: Scottish and Universal Newspapers Ltd
Circulation
By 1832 the ''PA'' was already claiming success, suggesting it had doubled subscription numbers during the previous 12 months, and its circulation was 'not only the largest of any paper in the country, but equal, if not superior, to that of any provincial journal in the Kingdom".
Printing
Originally printed at the printing office in the Kings' Arms Close, High Street Perth, adjacent to the municipal buildings, Llike all Scottish and Universal/Media Scotland newspapers, the ''PA'' used to be printed locally, but in the mid-1990s the printing of all of their Scottish titles was centralised at a new custom-built plant at Blantyre
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. Editions of its newspapers and guides were transferred to being printed in Merseyside in 2016. The ''PA''s Perth office was formerly housed at 36-38 Tay Street.Perthshire Advertiser
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See also
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List of newspapers in Scotland
This is a list of newspapers in Scotland.
Daily newspapers
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References
External links
''Perthshire Advertiser''s official websiteThe ''Perthshire Advertiser'' at media.info
Publications established in 1829
Newspapers published in Scotland
Mass media in Perth and Kinross
Mass media in Perth, Scotland
Companies based in Perth, Scotland
1829 establishments in Scotland
Newspapers published by Reach plc
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