Darlington & Stockton Times
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The Darlington & Stockton Times is a British, regional, weekly, paid for, newspaper covering the Richmond - Darlington - Stokesley - Thirsk - Leyburn area.[4] It is published in Darlington by Newsquest Media Group Ltd, a subsidiary of Gannett Company Inc.[2] Three separate editions are published for County Durham, North Yorkshire and Cleveland.[5]
Type | Regional weekly newspaper |
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Format | Compact[1] |
Owner(s) | Gannett Company[2] |
Founder(s) | George Brown[1] |
Editor | Hannah Chapman[2] |
Founded | 1847; 177 years ago (1847) in Barnard Castle[1] |
Language | English |
Headquarters | Priestgate, Darlington[2] |
City | Darlington |
Country | UK |
Circulation | 8,421 (as of 2023)[3] |
Website | Official website |
A substantial proportion of Darlington & Stockton Times readers live in rural areas, and it contains information and news relating to farming issues.[4]
It was one of the last UK newspapers to devote its front page entirely to adverts; a practice that persisted until 1997. Compact format replaced broadsheet in 2009.[1]