Darlington & Stockton Times

{{Short description|Weekly newspaper in North Yorkshire, Durham and Tees-side}}

{{Infobox newspaper

| name = Darlington & Stockton Times

| image = D&STimes.jpg

| image_size = 200px

| caption = Darlington & Stockton Times front page

| type = Regional weekly newspaper

| format = Compact

| foundation = {{start date and age|1847}} in Barnard Castle

| founder = George Brown

| owners = Gannett Company

| editor = Hannah Chapman

| language = English

| circulation = 8,421

| circulation_date = 2023

| circulation_ref = {{cite web|url=https://www.abc.org.uk/product/220 |title= Darlington & Stockton Times |publisher=Audit Bureau of Circulations (UK) |date=23 February 2024 |access-date=2 March 2024}}

| headquarters = Priestgate, Darlington

| publishing_city = Darlington

| publishing_country = UK

| ISSN =

| website = {{URL|http://www.darlingtonandstocktontimes.co.uk|Official website}}

}}

The Darlington & Stockton Times is a British, regional, weekly, paid for, newspaper covering the Richmond - Darlington - Stokesley - Thirsk - Leyburn area.{{Cite web |title=Media Pack news from the Darlington and Stockton Times |url=https://www.darlingtonandstocktontimes.co.uk/contactus/mediapack/#inprint |access-date=2022-05-23 |website=Darlington and Stockton Times |archive-date=13 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180813213630/http://www.darlingtonandstocktontimes.co.uk/contactus/mediapack/#inprint |url-status=live }} It is published in Darlington by Newsquest Media Group Ltd, a subsidiary of Gannett Company Inc.{{Cite web |title=Contact Us |url=https://www.darlingtonandstocktontimes.co.uk/contact/ |access-date=2022-05-23 |website=Darlington and Stockton Times |archive-date=23 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523143426/https://www.darlingtonandstocktontimes.co.uk/contact/ |url-status=live }} Three separate editions are published for County Durham, North Yorkshire and Cleveland.{{Cite web |title=The ISSN Portal |url=https://portal.issn.org/api/search?search%5B%5D=MUST=default=Darlington+and+Stockton+times&search_id=18201913 |access-date=2022-05-23 |website=ISSN |archive-date=23 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523145321/https://portal.issn.org/api/search?search%5B%5D=MUST=default=Darlington+and+Stockton+times&search_id=18201913 |url-status=live }}

A substantial proportion of Darlington & Stockton Times readers live in rural areas, and it contains information and news relating to farming issues.

It was one of the last UK newspapers to devote its front page entirely to adverts; a practice that persisted until 1997.

Compact format replaced broadsheet in 2009.

History

=Title=

The Darlington & Stockton Times was first published with four broadsheet pages, on a single sheet, in 1847 as the:

{{quote|Darlington & Stockton Times and Barnard-Castle, Richmond, Auckland, Middlesbrough, Hartlepool, Teesdale and Swaledale Journal.}}

That was soon changed to:

{{quote|Darlington & Stockton Times and Barnard-Castle, Richmond, Auckland, Middlesbrough, Hartlepool, Teesdale and Swaledale Journal and South Durham and North Yorkshire Advertiser}}

before in 1894, the full title became:

{{quote|Darlington & Stockton Times and Barnard-Castle, Richmond, Auckland, Middlesbrough, Hartlepool, Teesdale and Swaledale Journal and South Durham and North Yorkshire Advertiser and Ripon and Richmond Chronicle.{{Cite web |last=Lloyd |first=Chris |date=2017-10-06 |title=Darlington & Stockton Times 170th Anniversary: Resolute and steadfast, refusing to bow to the whims of fancy |url=https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/history/15581623.darlington-stockton-times-170th-anniversary-resolute-steadfast-refusing-bow-whims-fancy/ |access-date=2022-05-23 |website=The Northern Echo |language=en |archive-date=23 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523154739/https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/history/15581623.darlington-stockton-times-170th-anniversary-resolute-steadfast-refusing-bow-whims-fancy/ |url-status=live }}}}

=Objectives=

Before publication, Brown advertised the newspaper would

{{blockquote|..labour to promote the diffusion of liberal principles, and the progress of peaceful and enlightened measures for the removal of national Abuses, and for securing the just Rights and Privileges of all men and the safety and welfare of the Country... Our views are in favour of Peace, Temperance, a reformed criminal code, thorough Sanitary Regulations, and the Extension of unfettered Education to all.|author=George Brown, 1847}}

In the event, page one of the first edition contained only auction news, insurance and general advertisements. Meetings of the Darlington Abstinence Society and Stockton Institute of Literature and Science filled page two, but it sold out.

=Ownership=

class="wikitable" ! 1847 \| Liberal philanthropist and barrister, George Brown established the newspaper, with printer Henry Atkinson, in Barnard Castle. He employed Henry King Spark as a compositor, and subsequently moved the newspaper to the better connected and larger market of Darlington.{{Cite thesis\|title=W T Stead and the New Journalism\|date=2010\|last=Mulpetre\|first=Owen\|via=Attacking the Devil\|url=https://attackingthedevil.co.uk/worksabout/W.T.SteadandtheNewJournalism.pdf\|publisher=Teesside University\|access-date=2022-08-25\|archive-date=7 July 2022\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220707041645/https://attackingthedevil.co.uk/worksabout/W.T.SteadandtheNewJournalism.pdf\|url-status=live}}
1849 \| George Brown moved back to Barnard Castle and sold his newspaper to property developers Robert and William Thompson.
1864 \| The Thompsons' business failed and their newspaper was purchased by the now wealthy Henry King Spark. He used it in his bids to establish Darlington as a parliamentary borough, and be its first mayor and member of parliament. Darlington became a borough and Spark embarrassed the powerful, liberal Pease family but he was not elected to either position. In 1870, liberals, including the Pease family, established the Northern Echo to counter the Darlington & Stockton Times' influence in Darlington.{{Cite web\|url=http://www.ingeniousdarlington.co.uk/our-town/\|title=The History of Darlington\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220824231859/http://www.ingeniousdarlington.co.uk/500?aspxerrorpath=/our-town/\|archive-date=24 August 2022\|via=Ingenious Darlington\|access-date=2022-08-24\|publisher=Darlington Borough Council}}
1878 \| Spark was declared bankrupt and title passed to the rival, liberal faction led by Northern Echo publisher John Hyslop Bell, and the Pease family.
{{circa\|1885}} \| Mirroring a split in the Liberal Party, the newspaper's directors disagreed over its position on home rule for Ireland. Those favouring home rule were bought out by the unionist Arthur Pease's faction. The Darlington & Stockton Times supported Pease's 1895 campaign to become Tory aligned Liberal Unionist MP for Darlington. Pease ousted the Northern Echo supported Liberal Theodore Fry from the seat.
1914 \| Arnold Rowntree and Charles Starmer controlled, liberal aligned and Northern Echo owning, North of England Newspaper Company Ltd purchased the Darlington & Stockton Times. The newspaper retained its unionist voice.{{Cite web \|title=North of England Newspapers - Media Information \|url=http://clients.thisisthenortheast.co.uk/mediapack/index.html \|access-date=2022-05-23 \|website=This is the North East \|archive-date=13 October 2012 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121013233142/http://clients.thisisthenortheast.co.uk/mediapack/index.html \|url-status=live }}{{Cite web\|url=https://attackingthedevil.co.uk/echo/index.php\|title=W.T. Stead & the Darlington Northern Echo\|website=Attacking the Devil\|date=2012\|last=Mulpetre\|first=Owen\|access-date=24 August 2022\|archive-date=28 March 2022\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220328105723/https://attackingthedevil.co.uk/echo/index.php\|url-status=live}}{{Cite web\|url=https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/history/18136488.charles-starmer-age-gimmicks-nig-nogs-northern-echo\|date=2020-01-05\|access-date=2022-08-25\|title=Charles Starmer and his age of 'gimmicks and nig nogs'\|first=Chris\|last=Lloyd\|website=The Northern Echo\|archive-date=7 December 2022\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207202735/https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/history/18136488.charles-starmer-age-gimmicks-nig-nogs-northern-echo/\|url-status=live}}
1921 \| North of England Newspapapers Company Ltd purchased by Charles Starmer and Pearson's, King and Hutchings Ltd. King and Hutchings Ltd subsequently renamed Westminster Press Ltd.{{cite web\|url=http://www.pearson.com/about-us/our-history.html\|title=Our History\|website=Pearson\|access-date=18 April 2011\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015023257/http://www.pearson.com/about-us/our-history.html\|archive-date=15 October 2013\|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web \|title=LOCALIQ LIMITED overview\|url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00157678 \|access-date=2022-05-23 \|website=Companies House \|language=en \|archive-date=23 May 2022 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523184257/https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00157678 \|url-status=live }}
1937 \| Pearson take complete control of Westminster Press Ltd.{{Cite web\|url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00331496\|title=NEWSQUEST (HERTS AND BUCKS) LIMITED overview\|website=Companies House\|access-date=24 August 2022\|archive-date=24 August 2022\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220824152534/https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00331496\|url-status=live}}
1969 \| Pearson plc floated on the London Stock Exchange.{{Cite web\|url=http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/pearson-plc-history/\|title=History of Pearson plc\|website=Funding Universe\|archive-date=4 May 2022\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220504105629/http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/pearson-plc-history/\|url-status=live\|access-date=2022-08-24}}
1995 \| Westminster Press Ltd sold by Pearson plc to Newsquest Media Group Ltd.{{Cite web \|last=Quinn \|first=Anthony \|title=UK Regional Newspapers and local newspapers - Magforum \|url=http://www.magforum.com/papers/regional.htm \|access-date=2022-05-23 \|website=Mag Forum \|language=en-GB \|archive-date=26 October 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211026213855/http://www.magforum.com/papers/regional.htm \|url-status=live }}
1999 \| Newsquest Media Group Ltd purchased by Gannett Company Inc.[http://www.secinfo.com/d16Uk.6y.a.htm/ Pro Forma Financial Statements, Securities and Exchange Commission, London. 1999] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127145255/http://www.secinfo.com/d16Uk.6y.a.htm/ \|date=27 November 2020 }}.Accessed: 12 September 2007.
2019 \| GateHouse Media purchased Gannett Company Inc, and subsequently took the name of its acquisition.{{Cite web \|last=Doctor \|first=Ken \|date=2017-02-17 \|title=Newsonomics: Softbank, Fortress, Trump – and the real story of Gatehouse's boundless ambition \|url=https://www.niemanlab.org/2017/02/newsonomics-softbank-fortress-trump-and-the-real-story-of-gatehouses-boundless-ambition/ \|access-date=2022-05-23 \|website=Nieman Lab \|archive-date=11 April 2022 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220411004817/https://www.niemanlab.org/2017/02/newsonomics-softbank-fortress-trump-and-the-real-story-of-gatehouses-boundless-ambition/ \|url-status=live }}

class="wikitable"

! 1847

| Liberal philanthropist and barrister, George Brown established the newspaper, with printer Henry Atkinson, in Barnard Castle. He employed Henry King Spark as a compositor, and subsequently moved the newspaper to the better connected and larger market of Darlington.{{Cite thesis|title=W T Stead and the New Journalism|date=2010|last=Mulpetre|first=Owen|via=Attacking the Devil|url=https://attackingthedevil.co.uk/worksabout/W.T.SteadandtheNewJournalism.pdf|publisher=Teesside University|access-date=2022-08-25|archive-date=7 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220707041645/https://attackingthedevil.co.uk/worksabout/W.T.SteadandtheNewJournalism.pdf|url-status=live}}

1849

| George Brown moved back to Barnard Castle and sold his newspaper to property developers Robert and William Thompson.

1864

| The Thompsons' business failed and their newspaper was purchased by the now wealthy Henry King Spark. He used it in his bids to establish Darlington as a parliamentary borough, and be its first mayor and member of parliament. Darlington became a borough and Spark embarrassed the powerful, liberal Pease family but he was not elected to either position. In 1870, liberals, including the Pease family, established the Northern Echo to counter the Darlington & Stockton Times' influence in Darlington.{{Cite web|url=http://www.ingeniousdarlington.co.uk/our-town/|title=The History of Darlington|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220824231859/http://www.ingeniousdarlington.co.uk/500?aspxerrorpath=/our-town/|archive-date=24 August 2022|via=Ingenious Darlington|access-date=2022-08-24|publisher=Darlington Borough Council}}

1878

| Spark was declared bankrupt and title passed to the rival, liberal faction led by Northern Echo publisher John Hyslop Bell, and the Pease family.

| Mirroring a split in the Liberal Party, the newspaper's directors disagreed over its position on home rule for Ireland. Those favouring home rule were bought out by the unionist Arthur Pease's faction. The Darlington & Stockton Times supported Pease's 1895 campaign to become Tory aligned Liberal Unionist MP for Darlington. Pease ousted the Northern Echo supported Liberal Theodore Fry from the seat.

1914

| Arnold Rowntree and Charles Starmer controlled, liberal aligned and Northern Echo owning, North of England Newspaper Company Ltd purchased the Darlington & Stockton Times. The newspaper retained its unionist voice.{{Cite web |title=North of England Newspapers - Media Information |url=http://clients.thisisthenortheast.co.uk/mediapack/index.html |access-date=2022-05-23 |website=This is the North East |archive-date=13 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121013233142/http://clients.thisisthenortheast.co.uk/mediapack/index.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite web|url=https://attackingthedevil.co.uk/echo/index.php|title=W.T. Stead & the Darlington Northern Echo|website=Attacking the Devil|date=2012|last=Mulpetre|first=Owen|access-date=24 August 2022|archive-date=28 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220328105723/https://attackingthedevil.co.uk/echo/index.php|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/history/18136488.charles-starmer-age-gimmicks-nig-nogs-northern-echo|date=2020-01-05|access-date=2022-08-25|title=Charles Starmer and his age of 'gimmicks and nig nogs'|first=Chris|last=Lloyd|website=The Northern Echo|archive-date=7 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207202735/https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/history/18136488.charles-starmer-age-gimmicks-nig-nogs-northern-echo/|url-status=live}}

1921

| North of England Newspapapers Company Ltd purchased by Charles Starmer and Pearson's, King and Hutchings Ltd. King and Hutchings Ltd subsequently renamed Westminster Press Ltd.{{cite web|url=http://www.pearson.com/about-us/our-history.html|title=Our History|website=Pearson|access-date=18 April 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015023257/http://www.pearson.com/about-us/our-history.html|archive-date=15 October 2013|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web |title=LOCALIQ LIMITED overview|url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00157678 |access-date=2022-05-23 |website=Companies House |language=en |archive-date=23 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523184257/https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00157678 |url-status=live }}

1937

| Pearson take complete control of Westminster Press Ltd.{{Cite web|url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00331496|title=NEWSQUEST (HERTS AND BUCKS) LIMITED overview|website=Companies House|access-date=24 August 2022|archive-date=24 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220824152534/https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00331496|url-status=live}}

1969

| Pearson plc floated on the London Stock Exchange.{{Cite web|url=http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/pearson-plc-history/|title=History of Pearson plc|website=Funding Universe|archive-date=4 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220504105629/http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/pearson-plc-history/|url-status=live|access-date=2022-08-24}}

1995

| Westminster Press Ltd sold by Pearson plc to Newsquest Media Group Ltd.{{Cite web |last=Quinn |first=Anthony |title=UK Regional Newspapers and local newspapers - Magforum |url=http://www.magforum.com/papers/regional.htm |access-date=2022-05-23 |website=Mag Forum |language=en-GB |archive-date=26 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211026213855/http://www.magforum.com/papers/regional.htm |url-status=live }}

1999

| Newsquest Media Group Ltd purchased by Gannett Company Inc.[http://www.secinfo.com/d16Uk.6y.a.htm/ Pro Forma Financial Statements, Securities and Exchange Commission, London. 1999] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127145255/http://www.secinfo.com/d16Uk.6y.a.htm/ |date=27 November 2020 }}.Accessed: 12 September 2007.

2019

| GateHouse Media purchased Gannett Company Inc, and subsequently took the name of its acquisition.{{Cite web |last=Doctor |first=Ken |date=2017-02-17 |title=Newsonomics: Softbank, Fortress, Trump – and the real story of Gatehouse's boundless ambition |url=https://www.niemanlab.org/2017/02/newsonomics-softbank-fortress-trump-and-the-real-story-of-gatehouses-boundless-ambition/ |access-date=2022-05-23 |website=Nieman Lab |archive-date=11 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220411004817/https://www.niemanlab.org/2017/02/newsonomics-softbank-fortress-trump-and-the-real-story-of-gatehouses-boundless-ambition/ |url-status=live }}

=Location=

class="wikitable" ! 1847 \| Horsemarket, Barnard Castle{{Cite web \|title=Google Maps \|url=https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/26+Horse+Market,+Barnard+Castle+DL12+8LZ/@54.5443118,-1.9254051,137m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m12!1m6!3m5!1s0x487c3b2eb4279067:0x80a9ea4764d059f9!2sCosta+Coffee!8m2!3d54.544116!4d-1.9245213!3m4!1s0x487c3b2c128bf399:0xb67b9562c2c73242!8m2!3d54.5441324!4d-1.9244846 \|access-date=2022-05-23 \|website=Google Maps \|language=en \|archive-date=23 May 2022 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523185631/https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/26+Horse+Market,+Barnard+Castle+DL12+8LZ/@54.5443118,-1.9254051,137m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m12!1m6!3m5!1s0x487c3b2eb4279067:0x80a9ea4764d059f9!2sCosta+Coffee!8m2!3d54.544116!4d-1.9245213!3m4!1s0x487c3b2c128bf399:0xb67b9562c2c73242!8m2!3d54.5441324!4d-1.9244846 \|url-status=live }} \| {{Coord\|54.5440\|N\|1.9245\|W\|display=inline\|type:landmark_region:GB}}
1848 \| Bennett House / Central Hall, Darlington \| {{Coord\|54.5240\|N\|1.5547\|W\|display=inline\|type:landmark_region:GB}}
1866 \| Purpose built premises in Salt Yard, Darlington \| {{Coord\|54.5263\|N\|1.5580\|W\|display=inline\|type:landmark_region:GB}}
1931 \| Priestgate, Darlington \| {{Coord\|54.5259\|N\|1.5529\|W\|display=inline\|type:landmark_region:GB}}

class="wikitable"

! 1847

| Horsemarket, Barnard Castle{{Cite web |title=Google Maps |url=https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/26+Horse+Market,+Barnard+Castle+DL12+8LZ/@54.5443118,-1.9254051,137m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m12!1m6!3m5!1s0x487c3b2eb4279067:0x80a9ea4764d059f9!2sCosta+Coffee!8m2!3d54.544116!4d-1.9245213!3m4!1s0x487c3b2c128bf399:0xb67b9562c2c73242!8m2!3d54.5441324!4d-1.9244846 |access-date=2022-05-23 |website=Google Maps |language=en |archive-date=23 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523185631/https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/26+Horse+Market,+Barnard+Castle+DL12+8LZ/@54.5443118,-1.9254051,137m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m12!1m6!3m5!1s0x487c3b2eb4279067:0x80a9ea4764d059f9!2sCosta+Coffee!8m2!3d54.544116!4d-1.9245213!3m4!1s0x487c3b2c128bf399:0xb67b9562c2c73242!8m2!3d54.5441324!4d-1.9244846 |url-status=live }}

| {{Coord|54.5440|N|1.9245|W|display=inline|type:landmark_region:GB}}

1848

| Bennett House / Central Hall, Darlington

| {{Coord|54.5240|N|1.5547|W|display=inline|type:landmark_region:GB}}

1866

| Purpose built premises in Salt Yard, Darlington

| {{Coord|54.5263|N|1.5580|W|display=inline|type:landmark_region:GB}}

1931

| Priestgate, Darlington

| {{Coord|54.5259|N|1.5529|W|display=inline|type:landmark_region:GB}}

=Circulation=

Weekly ABC circulation for second half of year:

class="wikitable" !1923 \| \|25,927{{Cite journal\|access-date=2022-08-25\|via=Archive.org\|volume=56\|location=New York\|publisher=Editor and Publisher Company\|number=35\|date=1924\|title=Editor and Publisher\|url=https://archive.org/stream/sim_editor-publisher_1924-01-26_56_35/sim_editor-publisher_1924-01-26_56_35_djvu.txt}}
2011 \| \|22,369
2012 \|{{decrease}} \|21,117{{Cite news \|date=2013-02-27 \|title=Regional ABCs: Paid-for local press circulation drops by 6.4 per cent \|url=https://pressgazette.co.uk/regional-abcs-paid-local-press-circulation-drops-64-cent-full-breakdown/ \|access-date=2022-05-23 \|website=Press Gazette \|language=en-US \|archive-date=23 May 2022 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523155917/https://pressgazette.co.uk/regional-abcs-paid-local-press-circulation-drops-64-cent-full-breakdown/ \|url-status=live}}
2013 \|{{decrease}} \|20,072
2014 \|{{decrease}} \|18,743{{Cite web \|last=Turvill \|first=William \|date=2015-04-29 \|title=Darlington and Stockton Times editor leaves after 23 years as role is phased out \|url=https://pressgazette.co.uk/darlington-and-stockton-times-editor-leaves-after-23-years-as-role-is-phased-out/ \|access-date=2022-05-23 \|website=Press Gazette \|language=en-US \|archive-date=23 May 2022 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523153147/https://pressgazette.co.uk/darlington-and-stockton-times-editor-leaves-after-23-years-as-role-is-phased-out/ \|url-status=live }}{{Cite web \|last=Linford \|first=Paul \|date=2015-02-25 \|title=ABCs: Only three paid-for weeklies increase print sales - Journalism News from HoldtheFrontPage \|url=https://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2015/news/abcs-only-three-paid-for-weeklies-increase-print-sales/ \|access-date=2022-05-23 \|website=HoldtheFrontPage \|language=en-GB \|archive-date=16 June 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210616023518/https://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2015/news/abcs-only-three-paid-for-weeklies-increase-print-sales/ \|url-status=live }}
2015 \|{{decrease}} \|17,341
2016 \|{{decrease}} \|15,538{{Cite web \|last=Ponsford \|first=Dominic \|date=2017-02-23 \|title=ABCs: UK local weekly newspapers lose print sales by average of 11.2 per cent \|url=https://pressgazette.co.uk/abcs-uk-local-weekly-newspapers-lose-print-sales-by-average-of-11-2-per-cent/ \|access-date=2022-05-23 \|website=Press Gazette \|language=en-US \|archive-date=23 May 2022 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523160832/https://pressgazette.co.uk/abcs-uk-local-weekly-newspapers-lose-print-sales-by-average-of-11-2-per-cent/ \|url-status=live }}
2017 \|{{decrease}} \|14,214{{Cite web \|last=Mayhew \|first=Freddy \|date=2018-03-05 \|title=Regional non-daily paid-for ABCs: Trinity Mirror sees number of paid-for weeklies drop sales by 20 per cent or more \|url=https://pressgazette.co.uk/regional-non-daily-paid-for-abcs-trinity-mirror-sees-number-of-paid-for-weeklies-drop-sales-by-20-per-cent-or-more/ \|access-date=2022-05-23 \|website=Press Gazette \|language=en-US \|archive-date=23 May 2022 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523161700/https://pressgazette.co.uk/regional-non-daily-paid-for-abcs-trinity-mirror-sees-number-of-paid-for-weeklies-drop-sales-by-20-per-cent-or-more/ \|url-status=live }}
2018 \|{{decrease}} \|13,117{{Cite web \|last=Mayhew \|first=Freddy \|date=2019-02-28 \|title=Regional non-daily ABC figures for last six months of 2018 in full \|url=https://pressgazette.co.uk/regional-non-daily-abc-figures-for-last-six-months-of-2018-in-full/ \|access-date=2022-05-23 \|website=Press Gazette \|language=en-US \|archive-date=23 May 2022 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523162131/https://pressgazette.co.uk/regional-non-daily-abc-figures-for-last-six-months-of-2018-in-full/ \|url-status=live }}

class="wikitable"

!1923

|25,927{{Cite journal|access-date=2022-08-25|via=Archive.org|volume=56|location=New York|publisher=Editor and Publisher Company|number=35|date=1924|title=Editor and Publisher|url=https://archive.org/stream/sim_editor-publisher_1924-01-26_56_35/sim_editor-publisher_1924-01-26_56_35_djvu.txt}}

2011

|22,369

2012

|{{decrease}}

|21,117{{Cite news |date=2013-02-27 |title=Regional ABCs: Paid-for local press circulation drops by 6.4 per cent |url=https://pressgazette.co.uk/regional-abcs-paid-local-press-circulation-drops-64-cent-full-breakdown/ |access-date=2022-05-23 |website=Press Gazette |language=en-US |archive-date=23 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523155917/https://pressgazette.co.uk/regional-abcs-paid-local-press-circulation-drops-64-cent-full-breakdown/ |url-status=live}}

2013

|{{decrease}}

|20,072

2014

|{{decrease}}

|18,743{{Cite web |last=Turvill |first=William |date=2015-04-29 |title=Darlington and Stockton Times editor leaves after 23 years as role is phased out |url=https://pressgazette.co.uk/darlington-and-stockton-times-editor-leaves-after-23-years-as-role-is-phased-out/ |access-date=2022-05-23 |website=Press Gazette |language=en-US |archive-date=23 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523153147/https://pressgazette.co.uk/darlington-and-stockton-times-editor-leaves-after-23-years-as-role-is-phased-out/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Linford |first=Paul |date=2015-02-25 |title=ABCs: Only three paid-for weeklies increase print sales - Journalism News from HoldtheFrontPage |url=https://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2015/news/abcs-only-three-paid-for-weeklies-increase-print-sales/ |access-date=2022-05-23 |website=HoldtheFrontPage |language=en-GB |archive-date=16 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210616023518/https://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2015/news/abcs-only-three-paid-for-weeklies-increase-print-sales/ |url-status=live }}

2015

|{{decrease}}

|17,341

2016

|{{decrease}}

|15,538{{Cite web |last=Ponsford |first=Dominic |date=2017-02-23 |title=ABCs: UK local weekly newspapers lose print sales by average of 11.2 per cent |url=https://pressgazette.co.uk/abcs-uk-local-weekly-newspapers-lose-print-sales-by-average-of-11-2-per-cent/ |access-date=2022-05-23 |website=Press Gazette |language=en-US |archive-date=23 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523160832/https://pressgazette.co.uk/abcs-uk-local-weekly-newspapers-lose-print-sales-by-average-of-11-2-per-cent/ |url-status=live }}

2017

|{{decrease}}

|14,214{{Cite web |last=Mayhew |first=Freddy |date=2018-03-05 |title=Regional non-daily paid-for ABCs: Trinity Mirror sees number of paid-for weeklies drop sales by 20 per cent or more |url=https://pressgazette.co.uk/regional-non-daily-paid-for-abcs-trinity-mirror-sees-number-of-paid-for-weeklies-drop-sales-by-20-per-cent-or-more/ |access-date=2022-05-23 |website=Press Gazette |language=en-US |archive-date=23 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523161700/https://pressgazette.co.uk/regional-non-daily-paid-for-abcs-trinity-mirror-sees-number-of-paid-for-weeklies-drop-sales-by-20-per-cent-or-more/ |url-status=live }}

2018

|{{decrease}}

|13,117{{Cite web |last=Mayhew |first=Freddy |date=2019-02-28 |title=Regional non-daily ABC figures for last six months of 2018 in full |url=https://pressgazette.co.uk/regional-non-daily-abc-figures-for-last-six-months-of-2018-in-full/ |access-date=2022-05-23 |website=Press Gazette |language=en-US |archive-date=23 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523162131/https://pressgazette.co.uk/regional-non-daily-abc-figures-for-last-six-months-of-2018-in-full/ |url-status=live }}

ISSN

The Darlington & Stockton Times regional edition ISSN codes are:

1470-4305, North Yorkshire
1470-4307, County Durham
1470-4323, Cleveland

References

External links

[http://www.darlingtonandstocktontimes.co.uk/ Official Website]

Category:Newspapers published by Newsquest

Category:Newspapers published in County Durham

Category:Newspapers established in 1847

Category:Borough of Darlington

Category:1847 establishments in England

Category:Weekly newspapers published in the United Kingdom