Newbury Weekly News
The Newbury Weekly News is an English local weekly newspaper, covering Newbury and West Berkshire. The paper's website is known as Newbury Today. It is published by the Newbury Weekly News Group. History. The newspaper was first published in 1867 by Walter Blacket and Thomas Wheildon Turner. It has been independently and family-owned since its establishment, with Blacket Turner & Co being formed in the 1980s. The paper celebrated its 150th anniversary in February 2017 with a special edition including a reprint of the first Newbury Weekly News newspaper. On 1 May 2019, the paper was  sold to Iliffe Media Group. Circulation. The newspaper's catchment covers an area of and a population of around 150,000. In the company's certificate of circulation (circulation published in February 2016 by the Audit Bureau of Circulations), the average circulation per issue was 13,810. Awards. In 2006, the newspaper won The Newspaper Society's "Best Paid-For Weekly Newspaper" award. The newspaper's website was voted "Best Website Produced by a Weekly Newspaper". In 2007, Newbury Today was named the Picture Editors’ "Newspaper Website of the Year", an award it shared with The Sun. In 2019, Newbury Weekly News  won the Society of Editor’s Regional Press Awards " Best paid for weekly newspaper (circulation above 10000)" category. A NWN photographer was also shortlisted for the "Weekly Photographer of the Year" at the event.