TheBlackpool Gazette(locally marketed as simplyThe Gazette) is an English dailynewspaperbased inBlackpool,Lancashire.Published every day except Sunday, it covers the towns and communities of theFylde coast.It was founded asThe West Lancashire Evening Gazettein 1929 before being renamed theEvening Gazette,and thenBlackpool Gazette.The paper's history dates back to a weekly publication founded in 1873.
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| Type | Dailynewspaper(excluding Sundays) |
|---|---|
| Format | Localnewspaper |
| Owner(s) | National World |
| Editor | Vanessa Sims |
| Founded | 1873 |
| Political alignment | Neutral |
| Headquarters | 89 Caxton Road, Fulwood, Preston[1] |
| Circulation | 2,555 (as of 2023)[2] |
| Website | blackpoolgazette |
Background
editThe newspaper is published byNational World,and is known locally asThe Gazette.The editor is Vanessa Sims.[3]Two other weekly newspapers are also published – theLytham St.Annes Expressand theFleetwood Weekly News.It is online at blackpoolgazette.co.uk.
The Gazettehad a close link with local football clubBlackpooluntil the club's relegation from the Premier League in 2011. In 2014, the newspaper decided to scrap club chairmanKarl Oyston's weekly column "given such disgusting and offensive comments" he made to a Blackpool fan.[4]Oyston's response was to stop recognizingThe Gazetteas local media, instead only allowing them to attend national news conferences. The Oystons left the club in 2019.[citation needed]
References
edit- ^"Find Us".The Gazette.Retrieved16 May2024.
- ^"The Gazette – Blackpool".Audit Bureau of Circulations (UK).22 February 2024.Retrieved16 May2024.
- ^Sharman, David (15 March 2021)."Blackpool Gazette regains own editor after six years".holdthefrontpage.co.uk.
- ^"Gazette comment: More shame on Blackpool FC"–Blackpool Gazette,22 December 2014
External links
edit- Blackpool Gazette – official website
- Lytham St.Annes Express online
- Fleetwood Weekly News online
- Witryana Polska – Polish Gazette(archived 21 September 2007)
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