''Tavistock Times Gazette'' is a
weekly newspaper
A weekly newspaper is a general-news or Current affairs (news format), current affairs publication that is issued once or twice a week in a wide variety broadsheet, magazine, and electronic publishing, digital formats. Similarly, a biweekly new ...
which serves the
Tavistock
Tavistock ( ) is an ancient stannary and market town within West Devon, England. It is situated on the River Tavy from which its name derives. At the 2011 census the three electoral wards (North, South and South West) had a population of 13,028 ...
area in
West Devon
West Devon is a local government district and borough in Devon, England. Towns and villages in the district include Chagford, Okehampton, Princetown and Tavistock, where the council is based.
The district was formed on 1 April 1974, under the ...
,
England
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. It is published in
tabloid format every Thursday.
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The paper exists as the result of the merging of two rival papers in 1986. The ''Tavistock Times'', founded in 1920, competed with the older ''Tavistock Gazette'', founded in 1857, and each at various points threatened to put the other out of business.
and is owned by the
Tindle Newspaper Group
The Tindle Group is a British multimedia company operating regional newspapers and radio stations across the British Isles.
It publishes over 200 local newspapers in the UK, a number of which are over 100 years old.
The company is based in F ...
.
References
External links
Tavistock Times Gazette - Official website
Publications established in 1986
Weekly newspapers published in the United Kingdom
Newspapers published in Devon
Tavistock
1857 establishments in England
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