The Swindon Advertiser (affectionately known by locals as 'the Adver')is a daily tabloid newspaper, published in Swindon. The newspaper was founded in 1854, and had a circulation in 2006 of 22,321.
It claims to have been the UK's first 'penny-paper'.
It is owned by Newsquest, the UK subsidiary of U.S.-based Gannett Company.
It is the original of the four newspapers head-quartered in the Newsquest Wiltshire building in Victoria Road, Swindon, the ...
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The Swindon Advertiser (affectionately known by locals as 'the Adver')is a daily tabloid newspaper, published in Swindon. The newspaper was founded in 1854, and had a circulation in 2006 of 22,321.
It claims to have been the UK's first 'penny-paper'.
It is owned by Newsquest, the UK subsidiary of U.S.-based Gannett Company.
It is the original of the four newspapers head-quartered in the Newsquest Wiltshire building in Victoria Road, Swindon, the others being three weeklies:
The Swindon Advertiser was founded in 1854 by William Morris (Grandfather of Desmond Morris). Originally intended to be a weekly paper, His aim was to produce a newspaper "that would act as a mouthpiece for the poor." Morris decided to print one issue a month due to the Stamp Tax laws at the time only applying to newspapers published every 28 days.
It was originally printed as a broadsheet on 6 February 1854 and titled the "Swindon Advertiser and Monthly Record" using a hand press in his father's shop in Wood...
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