News Post Leader

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News Post Leader
Type Weekly newspaper
Format Tabloid
Owner(s) National World
EditorAmanda Bourn
Founded1874 (as Blyth News)
Political alignmentNon-aligned
LanguageEnglish (UK)
Headquarters Morpeth, Northumberland
Circulation 238(as of 2023) [1]
ISSN 1753-7266
Website northumberlandgazette.co.uk

The News Post Leader is a British paid-for weekly that covers the north-east county of Northumberland, including the towns of Cramlington, Ashington, Bedlington and Blyth. [2] [3]

Contents

History

The paper was formed from the amalgamation of several south-east Northumberland titles during the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s the oldest of which was the Blyth News founded in 1874. The paper was taken over by Johnston Press in 1999. [4] The News PostLeader title was arrived at from the amalgamation of the paid-for News Post with the freesheet Leader in August 1982. The resulting paper was a freesheet until 30 April 2021, when it became a paid-for title. In December 2021 its website was amalgamated with that of its sister title the Northumberland Gazette.

Content

The paper tends to have a focus on community news and events, mixed with its heavy advertising of local companies that is evident throughout. It also tends to cover local politics and the affairs of Northumberland County Council, as well as local sports such as local football team Blyth Spartans. [5] [6]

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