The ''Darlington & Stockton Times'' is a British, regional, weekly, paid for, newspaper covering the

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area. It is published in Darlington by Newsquest Media Group Ltd, a subsidiary of Gannett Company Inc. Three separate editions are published for County Durham, North Yorkshire and Cleveland. A substantial proportion of ''Darlington & Stockton Times'' readers live in rural areas, and it contains information and news relating to farming issues. It was one of the last UK newspapers to devote its front page entirely to adverts; a practice that persisted until 1997.

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format replaced broadsheet in 2009.

History

Title

The ''Darlington & Stockton Times'' was first published with four broadsheet pages, on a single sheet, in 1847 as the: That was soon changed to: before in 1894, the full title became:

Objectives

Before publication, Brown advertised the newspaper would In the event, page one of the first edition contained only

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news, insurance and general advertisements. Meetings of the Darlington Abstinence Society and Stockton Institute of Literature and Science filled page two, but it sold out.

Ownership

Location

Circulation

Weekly

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circulation for second half of year:

ISSN

The Darlington & Stockton Times regional edition

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codes are: *1470-4305, North Yorkshire *1470-4307, County Durham *1470-4323, Cleveland

References

External links

Official Website
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