Warrington Guardian
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{{Infobox newspaper
| name = Warrington Guardian
| type = Weekly newspaper
| owners = Newsquest
| foundation = 1853
| circulation = 6,732
| circulation_date = 2023
| circulation_ref = {{cite web|url=https://www.abc.org.uk/product/5787 |title= Warrington Guardian |publisher=Audit Bureau of Circulations (UK) |date=22 February 2024 |access-date=2 March 2024}}
| website = {{URL|warringtonguardian.co.uk}}
}}
The Warrington Guardian is a local newspaper that has been published in Warrington, England, since 1853, originally published weekly on Saturdays.The Literary and Educational Yearbook for 1859, p. 287 In 1856 it was bought by Alexander Mackie, who used it as a springboard to establish a number of other "Guardian" titles in Cheshire: the Northwich Guardian in 1861, the Altrincham Guardian in 1862, the Crewe Guardian in 1863, and the Chester Guardian in 1867.{{sfnp|Lee|1976|p=92|ps=none}} By 1859 the Warrington Guardian had a circulation of 2,200. As of 2013 the paper is owned by Newsquest.
Former journalists
- John Ray, BAFTA-winning ITV News correspondent.{{Cite web |date=2009-04-27 |title=Success for former Guardian reporter at Baftas |url=https://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/news/4323669.former-warrington-guardian-reporter-john-ray-wins-bafta/ |access-date=2024-07-25 |website=Warrington Guardian |language=en}} He was formerly Africa Correspondent, Middle East Correspondent and was the first Western TV journalist to report from inside Syria's borders at the start of the war.{{Cite web |title=John Ray ITV News Correspondent |url=https://www.itv.com/news/meet-the-team/john-ray |access-date=25 July 2024 |publisher=ITV News}}
- Rebekah Brooks (née Wade) (born 1968), British media executive and the first woman editor of The Sun newspaper.{{Cite web |date=2003-01-16 |title=Rebekah's ladder to press success |url=https://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/news/5254224.rebekahs-ladder-to-press-success/ |access-date=2024-07-25 |website=Warrington Guardian |language=en}}
References
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- {{citation |title=The Literary and Educational Yearbook for 1859 |year=1859 |publisher=Kent & Co.|ref=LitAndEducational}}
- {{citation |last=Lee |first=Alan J. |title=The origins of the popular press in England, 1855–1914 |year=1976 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=978-0-87471-856-0 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/originsofpopular0000leea }}
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Category:1853 establishments in England
Category:Newspapers published by Newsquest
Category:Newspapers published in Cheshire
Category:Newspapers established in 1853
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