Gloucestershire Live

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Gloucestershire Live
TypeWeekly (from 12 October 2017) newspaper, formerly six-day-a-week
Owner(s) Reach plc
PublisherGloucestershire Media
HeadquartersGloucester, England
Circulation 2,927(as of 2023) [1]
Website gloucestershirelive.co.uk

Gloucestershire Live is a local weekly newspaper based in Gloucester, England. Published every Thursday, it covers the areas of Bishops Cleeve, Cheltenham, Moreton-in-Marsh, Northleach, Stow-on-the-Wold and Tewkesbury. [2] The newspaper is headquartered at Gloucester Quays. [3]

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History

The Gloucestershire Echo was founded in 1873. [4]

In 2012, Local World acquired owner Northcliffe Media from Daily Mail and General Trust. [5] The newspaper is now owned by Reach plc, publisher of the Daily Express and Daily Mirror national newspapers. [2]

Until it went weekly with its 12 October 2017 issue, the Gloucestershire Echo was a six-day-a-week daily newspaper produced by Gloucestershire Media, part of Reach plc. [6]

Editor Rachael Sugden was appointed in October 2017 as the paper went weekly. She supplanted Matt Holmes, who had been in position since January 2015. [7] [8]

See also

References and sources

References
  1. "Gloucestershire Echo". Audit Bureau of Circulations (UK). 5 February 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
  2. 1 2 "Gloucestershire Echo". Reach Solutions. Archived from the original on 21 August 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  3. "The Gloucestershire Echo is moving from Clarence Parade to a new HQ". Gloucestershire Echo. 31 August 2010. Archived from the original on 5 September 2010. Retrieved 5 December 2010.
  4. "Gloucestershire Newspapers A guide to national & local newspapers and their holdings" (PDF). Gloucestershire Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 August 2020. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  5. "Daily Mail sells regional newspapers to Local World". BBC News . 21 November 2012. Archived from the original on 17 January 2018. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
  6. Live, Gloucestershire (12 September 2017). "Citizen and Echo newspapers to go weekly". gloucestershirelive. Archived from the original on 11 July 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  7. "Bristol Evening Post's Blackadder is made editor of the Gloucestershire Echo". Press Gazette . 10 June 2008. Archived from the original on 6 May 2018. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
  8. "Whitehaven man made editor of Gloucester paper". Whitehaven News . 11 June 2008. Archived from the original on 6 May 2018. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
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