Dunfermline Press
{{Short description|Scottish tabloid newspaper}}
{{Infobox newspaper
| name = Dunfermline Press
| image =
| type = Weekly newspaper
| format = Tabloid
| foundation = {{start date|1859}}
| owners = Newsquest
| headquarters = Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
| editor =
| circulation = 5,408
| circulation_date = 2023
| circulation_ref = {{cite web|url=https://www.abc.org.uk/product/2924 |title= Dunfermline Press & West of Fife Advertiser |publisher=Audit Bureau of Circulations (UK) |date=21 February 2024 |access-date=2 March 2024}}
| website = {{URL|dunfermlinepress.com}}
}}
The Dunfermline Press and West of Fife Advertiser (commonly known as the Dunfermline Press in Scotland and simply The Press in the Dunfermline area) is a weekly Scottish tabloid newspaper, based in Dunfermline, Fife.
History
The Dunfermline Press was founded in 1859 by the Romanes family. The family owned several other local newspapers, including the Border Telegraph and Stirling News and increased their portfolio by 14 when taking over Berkshire Regional Newspapers from Trinity Mirror.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2007/jul/19/mirror.citynews |title=Trinity Mirror sells Berkshire regionals for £10m |first=Chris |last=Tryhorn |work=The Guardian |date=19 July 2007 |access-date=16 June 2024}} In 2005 the group acquired its first company without newspapers when it bought Your Radio FM.
With average sales of 21,852[http://abcpdfcerts.abc.org.uk/pdf/certificates/14367881.pdf ABC Circulation figures] {{dead link|date=June 2017}}{{when|date=June 2017}} the newspaper was read by more people in the Dunfermline area than any other quality newspapers combined. When included with the other local newspapers owned and published by the Dunfermine Press Group, such as the Central Fife Times and the Fife and Kinross Extra, the Dunfermline Press Group claimed to reach over 100,000 readers in East Central Scotland.[http://www.cfpress.net/images/dfpress.pdf Dunfermline Press Group press pack]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
Dunfermline Press went into receivership after the death of owner Deirdre Romanes and were acquired by management and Lloyds Bank under the name Romanes Media in 2012.{{cite news |url=https://www.scotsman.com/business/management-buyout-saves-dunfermline-press-group-1631416 |title=Management buyout saves Dunfermline Press group |first=Erikka |last=Askeland |work=The Scotsman |date=24 April 2012 |access-date=16 June 2024}} Newsquest acquired Romanes Media in 2015.{{cite news |url=http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/newsquest-acquires-29-more-newspapers-its-buys-greenock-telegraph-publisher-romanes |title=Newsquest acquires 29 more newspapers as it buys Greenock Telegraph publisher Romanes |first=Dominic |last=Ponsford |work=Press Gazette |date=26 May 2015 |access-date=16 June 2024}}{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2015/may/26/cost-cutting-newsquestgannett-goes-on-the-acquisition-trail |title=Cost-cutting Newsquest/Gannett goes on the acquisition trail |first=Roy |last=Greenslade |work=The Guardian |date=26 May 2015 |access-date=16 June 2024}}
Historical copies of the Dunfermline Press, dating back to 1859, are available to search and view in digitised form at the British Newspaper Archive.{{cite web |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/search/results?newspaperTitle=Dunfermline%20Press |title=Digitised copies of the Dunfermline Press |publisher=British Newspaper Archive |access-date=16 June 2024}}
Content
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Being a local newspaper, the Dunfermline Press focuses on local issues (such as the removal of tolls at the Forth Road Bridge and the fortunes of local sports teams, mainly Dunfermline Athletic Football Club). One page is normally devoted to letters to the editor, while readers also air their views in small "viewpoints" across several pages. Gossip with a humorous slant is provided by an anonymous contributor known as "Observer". The crossword that used to be on the back page, underneath the Sports headlines was removed in early 2010, which proved unpopular with readers.
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Official website}}
{{Gannett}}
{{Scottish newspapers}}
{{Authority control}}
Category:Newspapers published in Scotland