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Type | Weekly newspaper |
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Owner(s) | The Shetland Times Ltd |
Founded | 1872 |
Language | English |
City | Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland |
Country | Scotland |
Website | www |
The Shetland Times is a weekly newspaper in Shetland, published on Fridays and based in Lerwick, the main town in the Shetland Islands.
The newspaper is owned by The Shetland Times Ltd, a company which also operates a publishing arm, a bookshop and a printing company. Up to October 2014, the Shetland Times Ltd claimed to have 55 employees.[1]
Locally known as The Times, the newspaper was established in 1872 and costs £1.30. The newspaper claims a circulation figure of 11,438. It was voted Newspaper of the Year by the (Scottish) Highlands and Islands Media Awards in 2006.