| Type | Weekly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Tabloid |
| Owner(s) | Reach PLC |
| Founded | 1810 |
| Headquarters | Truro, Cornwall |
| Circulation | 3,744 (as of 2023)[1] |
| Website | www |
The West Briton is a local weekly newspaper published every Thursday. It serves various areas of Cornwall in the United Kingdom: there are four separate editions – Truro and mid-Cornwall; Falmouth and Penryn; Redruth, Camborne and Hayle; and Helston and The Lizard. It was established in 1810 and is part of the Cornwall & Devon Media group of companies. It is based in Truro.
Weekly circulation was 30,700 as of 29 August 2012,[2] down 1,687 copies – or 5.2% – when compared to figures for March of the same year.[3]
In 2012, Local World acquired Cornwall & Devon Media owner Northcliffe Media from Daily Mail and General Trust.[4] In October 2015, Trinity Mirror (now Reach plc) reached agreement with Local World's other shareholders to buy the company.[5]
- ^ "West Briton". Audit Bureau of Circulations (UK). 19 February 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
- ^ "ABC figures: How all the weeklies performed - Journalism News from HoldtheFrontPage by Paul Linford, last updated on August 29, 2012". Retrieved 2 September 2012.
- ^ "ABC figures: How all the weeklies performed - Journalism News from HoldtheFrontPage by Paul Linford, last updated on March 1, 2012". Retrieved 2 September 2012.
- ^ Daily Mail sells regional newspapers to Local World BBC News, 21 November 2012
- ^ "Trinity Mirror buys newspaper rival Local World". BBC News. 28 October 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2015.