The ''Londonderry Sentinel'' is a newspaper based in Derry,

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. It is published by

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, a holding company of Johnston Press and Peter Hutcheon is the current editor. The ''Roe Valley Sentinel'' is an edition of the paper, and combined they have a circulation of 4,955. The paper was originally titled the ''Londonderry Sentinel and North West Advertiser'' and was first published on 19 September 1829 at the price of 5d (five pence). It was founded by a group that included William Wallen, who had edited what was then the ''Londonderry Journal and General Advertiser'' (now ''

Derry Journal The ''Derry Journal'' is a newspaper based in Derry, Northern Ireland, serving Derry as well as County Donegal in the Republic of Ireland. It is operated by a Johnston Press holding company entitled Derry Journal Newspapers. The paper is publis ...

'') but quit over the moderate political stance of the ''Journal'' (the paper backed calls for

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which was finally introduced in 1829). Both papers are now owned by Johnston Press. When first launched, the ''Sentinel'' was published on a Saturday, but during the past three centuries it has been published on Tuesday and Thursday at various times, and had competed as a regional alternative to the '' Belfast Telegraph''. Today it takes a tabloid form and is published every Wednesday. From 1 January to 1 July 2007, the ''Londonderry Sentinel'' series had an

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-assessed circulation of 4,955Audited Bureau of Circulations
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