''The Courier'' (known as ''The Courier & Advertiser'' between 1926 and 2012) is a newspaper published by

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, Scotland. As of 2013, it is printed in six regional editions: Dundee, Angus & The Mearns,

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, West Fife,

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, and

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. However, by 2020 this had been reduced to three regional editions for Perth and Perthshire; Angus and Dundee and Fife. In the months July to December 2019 the average daily circulation of the Courier was 30,179 copies. Established in 1801 as the ''Dundee Courier & Argus'', the entire front page of ''The Courier'' used to contain classified advertisements – a traditional newspaper format for many years. In 1809 it was taken over by

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who used the paper to campaign for political reform, and criticism of local politicians such as

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. In 1926, during the

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''The Courier'' was merged with ''The Advertiser''. From the 10 May to 28 May 1926, the paper adopted the headline-news format of ''The Advertiser'', before reverting to its previous format which it maintained until 1992. The next major change to the newspaper came on 21 January 2012, when it changed to a compact format, having previously existed as a

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. Editor Richard Neville said the move represented the "dawn of a new era" and that the company was "investing in new sections, increasing content across the title and investing significantly in resources." Just over a year later, a digital version of the newspaper was launched. In 2016, the year of its bicentenary, ''The Courier'' was named the UK Regional Newspaper of the Year. In 2022, The Courier was named Scotland's news website of the year at th
Scottish Press Awards
Historical copies of the ''Dundee Courier'', dating back to 1844, are available to search and view in digitised form at The

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The Courier

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