The ''Scunthorpe Telegraph'' is a local paid-for newspaper published and distributed weekly in

Scunthorpe Scunthorpe () is an industrial town and unparished area in the unitary authority of North Lincolnshire in Lincolnshire, England of which it is the main administrative centre. Scunthorpe had an estimated total population of 82,334 in 2016. A pre ...

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. It was launched on 8 September 1937. Prior to the ''Scunthorpe Telegraph''s launch, the town was served by the ''

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''. The ''Scunthorpe Telegraph'' and ''Grimsby Evening Telegraph'' and their associated websites became GSMG (Grimsby Scunthorpe Media Group) in 2007. In 2012,

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acquired owner Northcliffe Media from

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. The ''Scunthorpe Telegraph''s editor is Jamie Macaskill. Their reporters include David Elliott, Charlie Wilson, Jamie Waller and Paul Crute. Their photographer is David Haber. The final edition of the ''Daily Scunthorpe Telegraph'' was printed on 12 August 2011, with the paper becoming a weekly from 18 August 2011.

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Official websiteJournalism.co.uk - Scunthorpe Telegraph Staff 'devastated' By Weekly Move
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