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The ''Newbury Weekly News'' is an
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local weekly newspaper, covering Newbury and
West Berkshire West Berkshire is a local government district in Berkshire, England, administered from Newbury by West Berkshire Council. History The district of Newbury was formed on 1 April 1974, as a merger of the borough of Newbury, Bradfield Rural Dist ...
. The paper's website is known as ''Newbury Today''. It is published by the Newbury Weekly News Group.


History

The newspaper was first published in 1867 by Walter Blacket and Thomas Wheildon Turner. It has been independently and family-owned since its establishment, with Blacket Turner & Co being formed in the 1980s. The paper celebrated its 150th anniversary in February 2017 with a special edition including a reprint of the first Newbury Weekly News newspaper. On 1 May 2019, the paper was sold to Iliffe Media Group.


Circulation

The newspaper's catchment covers an area of and a population of around 150,000. In the company's certificate of circulation (circulation published in February 2016 by the Audit Bureau of Circulations), the average circulation per issue was 13,810.


Awards

In 2006, the newspaper won The Newspaper Society's ''Best Paid-For Weekly Newspaper'' award. The newspaper's website was voted ''Best Website Produced by a Weekly Newspaper''. In 2007, Newbury Today was named the Picture Editors’ ''Newspaper Website of the Year'', an award it shared with The Sun. In 2019, Newbury Weekly News won the Society of Editor’s Regional Press Awards '' Best paid for weekly newspaper (circulation above 10000)'' category. A NWN photographer was also shortlisted for the ''Weekly Photographer of the Year'' at the event.


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Newbury Today
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