The ''Salisbury Journal'' is the local

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for the

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area of

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. Founded in 1729, it was revived by William Collins in 1736, who used it to oppose the government of

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. Benjamin Collins took over the publication of the Journal after his brother's death. In the 19th century, it was known as the ''Salisbury and Winchester Journal''. The Beinecke Library of

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owns an almost unbroken run of the Journal, from No. 1, 27 November 1736 to the end of the eighteenth century. The run of the Journal in the

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begins in 1762. The newspaper is now part of the

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publishing company. It contains, among other things, local news, local sport reports, cars for sale, assorted classified advertisements and government and utility notices. It is published weekly on a Thursday. The current editor and publisher is Bill Browne.

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