| Dunfermline Press | |
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| Type | Weekly newspaper |
| Format | Broadsheet |
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| Owner | Dunfermline Press Group |
| Founded | 1859 |
| Price | 55p |
| Headquarters | Dunfermline (Scotland) |
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| Website: www.dunfermlinepress.com | |
The Dunfermline Press and West Fife Advertiser (commonly known as the Dunfermline Press in Scotland and simply The Press in the Dunfeemline area) is a weekly Scottish broadsheet newspaper, based in Dunfermline, Fife. A newspaper is a written Publication containing News, information and Advertising, usually printed on low-cost paper called Newsprint. Broadsheet is the largest of the various Newspaper formats and is characterized by long vertical pages (typically 22 inches or more Dunfermline (Scottish Gaelic Dùn Phàrlain is a town and former Royal Burgh in Fife. Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. Broadsheet is the largest of the various Newspaper formats and is characterized by long vertical pages (typically 22 inches or more Dunfermline (Scottish Gaelic Dùn Phàrlain is a town and former Royal Burgh in Fife. With average sales of 21,852 [1] the newspaper is read by more people in the Dunfermline area than the 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, the Dunfermline Press Group claim to reach over 100,000 readers in East Central Scotland. [2]
The Dunfermline Press was founded in 1859 by the Romanes family, who still own the newspaper today. Year 1859 ( MDCCCLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The group owns 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. Trinity Mirror plc is a large United Kingdom Newspaper and Magazine publisher [3]. In 2005 the group acquired it's first company outwith newspapers when it bought Your Radio FM.
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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). The Forth Road Bridge is a Suspension bridge in east central Scotland Dunfermline Athletic Football Club are a Scottish football team based in Dunfermline, Fife, commonly known as just Dunfermline 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 anonymus contributor known as "Observer", while on the back page a prize crossword consisting of general knowledge clues rather than cryptic ones apears below the main sporting headlines.
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