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November 21, 2012

The new Local World regional press consortium at a glance

By Press Gazette

The sale of Northcliffe Media and Iliffe News & Media to a new consortium called Local World was confirmed this morning.

The company will take over 107 print titles, including: 16 daily newspapers, 36 paid-for weeklies and 40 free weeklies. There are also a number of magazines as well as 63 local websites and more than 400 Local People ultra local sites.

Here is the full breakdown of the print titles and websites now under Local World ownership.

NORTHCLIFFE MEDIA

South Wales

Dailies

  • South Wales Evening Post

Paid-for weeklies

  • Carmarthen Journal
  • Llanelli Star
  • Swansea Herald of Wales

Monthly publications

  • County Life
  • Swansea Life

Bi-monthly publications

  • Swansea Bay Business Life

Bristol, Somerset & Gloucestershire

Dailies

  • Bristol Post
  • Gloucester Citizen
  • Gloucestershire Echo
  • Metro (South West)
  • Western Daily Press
  • The Herald (Plymouth)
  • Western Morning News

Paid-for weeklies

  • Bath Chronicle
  • Wells Journal
  • Shepton Mallet Journal
  • Central Somerset Gazette
  • Cheddar Valley Gazette
  • Somerset Standard
  • Somerset Guardian
  • Stroud Life
  • Exeter Express & Echo
  • Western Gazette
  • West Briton
  • Herald Express
  • The Cornishman
  • Cornish Guardian
  • North Devon Journal
  • Culm Valley Gazette
  • Crediton Gazette
  • Tiverton Gazette

Free weeklies

  • Bridgwater & Burnham Times
  • Bristol Observer Series
  • Cornwall and Devon
  • The Extra
  • The Weekender Series
  • Exeter Times

Magazines

  • What's on Torbay
  • Blackmore Vale Magazine
  • Stour and Avon Magazine
  • Fosse Way Magazine
  • Cornwall Today

South East

Paid-for weeklies

  • Kent & Sussex Courier
  • Sevenoaks Chronicle
  • Brentwood Gazette
  • Essex Chronicle
  • Advertiser Series
  • Surrey Mirror Series
  • Express Series
  • Isle of Thanet Gazette

Free weeklies

  • Crawley News
  • Croydon Advertiser Series
  • Mirror Midweek
  • Thanet Times
  • Times Series

Part-free part paid-for weeklies

  • East Grinstead Courier & Observer
  • Herald Series


Midlands

Dalies

  • Leicester Mercury
  • Derby Telegraph
  • Nottingham Post
  • Stoke Sentinel
  • Metro East Midlands

Weekly paid-fors

  • Tamworth Herald
  • Free Newspapers
  • Derby Express
  • Belper Express
  • Ripley, Ilkeston & Heanor Express
  • Leicester Mail
  • Ashby Mail
  • Coalville Mail
  • Charnwood Mail
  • The Sentinel Advertiser
  • Walsall Advertiser
  • Sutton Coldfield Observer
  • Great Barr Observer
  • Lichfield Mercury

Monthly titles

  • Nottinghamshire Today
  • Derbyshire Magazine
  • Leicestershire Life
  • Leicestershire Chronicle
  • The Journal
  • Free Ads Titles
  • Ad-Mag

North of England

Dailies

  • Hull Daily Mail
  • East Riding Mail
  • Grimsby Telegraph

Paid-for weeklies

  • Scunthorpe Telegraph
  • Lincolnshire Echo
  • Retford Times

Free weeklies

  • Beverley Advertiser
  • Hull & East Riding Advertiser
  • Grimsby Post
  • Cleethorpes Post
  • Scunthorpe Target
  • Gainsborough Target
  • Lincoln Target
  • Boston Target
  • Sleaford Target
  • East Coast Target
  • Wolds Target

Monthly titles

  • The Journal
  • Bygones
  • Nostalgia

General news websites

thisisSouthWales
thisisBristol
thisisBath
thisisSomerset
thisisGloucestershire
thisisCornwall
thisisPlymouth
thisisExeter
thisisDevon
thisisSouthDevon
thisisDorset
thisisTotalEssex.co.uk
thisisKent.co.uk
thisisCroydonToday.co.uk
thisisSurreyToday.co.uk
thisisSussex.co.uk
thisisHullandEastRiding
thisisGrimsby
thisisScunthorpe
thisisLincolnshire
thisisLeicestershire
thisisDerbyshire
thisisNottingham
thisisStaffordshire

Specialist websites

businessinthebay.co.uk
venue.co.uk
west-weddings.co.uk
southwestbusiness.co.uk
Western Daily Press Riders
cornwalltoday.co.uk
admag.co.uk
bargainpages.co.uk

ILIFFE NEWS & MEDIA

Cambridge

Dailies

  • Cambridge News

Free weeklies

  • Cambridge News & Crier Now
  • Ely Weekly News
  • Haverhill Weekly News
  • Newmarket News
  • Royston Weekly News
  • Saffron Walden Weekly News
  • Huntingdon/St Ives & St Neots News & Crier

Other Titles

  • Style Magazines (free monthly)
  • Cambridgeshire Journal (part paid for monthly)
  • Cambridge Business (free bi monthly)
  • HomesNow Magazine (paid for weekly)
  • JobsNow E-zine (free weekly)

Herts & Essex

Paid-for weeklies

  • The Hertfordshire Mercury, The Buntingford & Royston Mercury, The Hoddesdon & Broxbourne Mercury, The Cheshunt & Waltham Mercury
  • The Herts & Essex Observer

Free weeklies

  • The Harlow Star, The Herts & Lea Valley Star,
  • Hitchin/Letchworth Advertisier, Stevenage Advertiser, Biggleswade Advertiser

Other titles

  • Trend Magazine (3 x year free)
  • JobsNow E-zine (free weekly)

Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire

Free weeklies

  • Bedfordshire on Sunday 77,675
  • Bedford Midweek 15,000
  • Luton on Sunday
  • Luton & Dunstable Express
  • MK News 89,143
  • Northampton Herald & Post
  • Wellingborough Herald & Post

Staffordshire

Dailies

  • Burton Mail

Paid-for weekly

  • Ashbourne News Telegraph
  • Black Country Bugle
  • Staffordshire Newsletter
  • Uttoxeter Advertiser
  • Leek Post & Times
  • Uttoxeter Post & Times

Free weeklies

  • Burton & South Derbyshire Advertiser 18,980

Part-free part paid-for

  • Nuneaton News

Other titles

  • Burton Guide (free yearly)
  • Staffordshire Guide (free yearly)
  • Staffordshire Life Magazine (free & paid for monthly)
  • Staffordshire Life Wedding Planner (free & paid for twice yearly)
  • Times Gone By (paid-f or quarterly)
  • Living Locally Series (free monthly)

Websites

Cambridge

Herts and Essex

Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire

Staffordshire Newspapers

Burton Mail
Staffordshire Newsletter
Ashbourne News Telegraph
Uttoxeter Advertiser
Your Leek
Staffordshire Life
Blackcountry Bugle
Nuneaton News
Staffordshire HomesNow
Staffordshire JobsNow

Others

Channel Online
HomesNow
JobsNow
Moneyoff-deals
Iliffe Print
MKweb

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