The ''Southern Reporter'' is a weekly

tabloid format A tabloid is a newspaper with a compact page size smaller than broadsheet. There is no standard size for this newspaper format. Etymology The word ''tabloid'' comes from the name given by the London-based pharmaceutical company Burroughs Wel ...

sold in the

Scottish Borders The Scottish Borders ( sco, the Mairches, 'the Marches'; gd, Crìochan na h-Alba) is one of 32 council areas of Scotland. It borders the City of Edinburgh, Dumfries and Galloway, East Lothian, Midlothian, South Lanarkshire, West Lothi ...

. It comes out on Thursdays and is owned by

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'' ...

. It has a circulation of around 5,400.

History

The paper was established in 1855. The

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 Ma ...

owned the title and became a subsidiary of the

in 2000. It was named the best weekly newspaper in Scotland in 2002 and 2003. In 2004 the paper published a caption which caused offence locally, causing the editor to resign. Susan Windram succeeded Willie Mack as editor in 2007. Windram was succeeded by Phil Johnson, who was appointed in June 2015. Darin Hutson was appointed editor in 2016. In 2012 Johnston Press announced that the office would be closing and relocating to other premises in Selkirk. The move was completed in April 2014. In 2013 the newspaper switched to tabloid format after more than 150 years as a broadsheet. After a progressive decline in circulation, the average circulation of paid copies was around 12,500 for each issue.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Southern Reporter Newspapers published in Scotland Publications established in 1855 1855 establishments in Scotland