 Swindon Advertiser cover on 20 February 2007 | |
| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Tabloid |
| Owner(s) | Newsquest Media Group |
| Founded | 1854 |
| Headquarters | Dorcan, Swindon |
| Circulation | 3,757 (as of 2023)[1] |
| Website | swindonadvertiser.co.uk |
The Swindon Advertiser is a daily tabloid newspaper, published in Swindon. The newspaper was founded in 1854, and had an audited average daily circulation at the end of 2017 of 8,828.[2]
It claims to have been the UK's first provincial 'penny-paper'.[3]
It is owned by Newsquest, the UK subsidiary of U.S.-based Gannett Company.
It is the original of the four newspapers that had their headquarters in the Newsquest Wiltshire building in Victoria Road, Swindon, the others being three weeklies:
- Gazette and Herald
- Swindon Star
- Wiltshire Times
- ^ "Swindon Advertiser". Audit Bureau of Circulations (UK). 19 February 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
- ^ "Regional ABCs print: Steep circulation falls for dailies the Yorkshire Evening Post and Carlisle & News Star – Press Gazette". pressgazette.co.uk. March 2018. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
- ^ A newspaper to support the cause of the common man Archived 16 February 2007 at the Wayback Machine holdthefrontpage.co.uk accessed 11 December 2006