Tweeddale Press Group
The Tweeddale Press Group was a newspaper and magazine publisher in the Scottish Borders. It evolved from the newspapers owned by successive generations of the Richardson, later Smail, family, from 1808. It became a subsidiary of Johnston Press in 1999, and was dissolved in 2020 following the liquidation of Johnston Press.
History
[edit | edit source]The Berwick Advertiser was established in 1808 and moved into premises at 90 Marygate, Berwick-upon-Tweed in 1900.[1] Tweeddale Press Group was formed in 1950 when Berwick Advertiser owner Major J.I.M. Smail bought the Southern Reporter.[2][3] The group took over the Berwickshire News in 1957.[3] In 1999, the Smail family sold the Tweeddale Press Group to Johnston Press.[4][5]
Current titles
[edit | edit source]Under Johnston Press ownership, the group published the following titles:[6]
- Berwick Advertiser
- Berwickshire News
- Carrick Gazette
- East Lothian News
- Galloway Gazette
- Hawick News
- Lothian Times
- Midlothian Advertiser
- Musselburgh News
- Selkirk Weekend Advertiser
- Southern Reporter
- Peebles Times
Previous titles
[edit | edit source]Tweeddale Press Group previously owned and published other titles:
- Morpeth Herald was acquired by the group in 1983, then sold to Northeast Press in 1992.
- Ponteland Observer was bought by the group in 1984, with the last edition being published in January 1986 then merged with the Morpeth Herald.
- Alnwick Advertiser, founded by the group in 1979, was sold to Northeast Press in 1992 and immediately merged with their Northumberland Gazette.
- Kelso Chronicle and Jedburgh Gazette, an amalgamation of several previous titles, itself merged with the Southern Reporter in 1983.
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