List of newspapers in Scotland

This is a list of newspapers in Scotland.

Daily newspapers

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Title	Market type	Print	Location	Format	Scottish circulation 2017^[1]	Scottish circulation 2016^[2]	Scottish circulation 2015^[3]	Foundation date
The Herald	Scottish – Quality	Morning	Scottish	Broadsheet	25,869	28,872	32,141	1783
The Scotsman	Scottish – Quality	Morning	Scottish	Compact	19,792	19,449	22,740	1817
The National	Scottish – Mid Market	Morning	Scottish	Compact	9,746	8,496	12,124	2014
Daily Record	Scottish – Popular	Morning	Scottish	Tabloid				1895
The Press and Journal	Regional	Morning	Scottish	Compact	48,208	51,880	56,422	1747
The Courier	Regional	Morning	Scottish	Compact	35,813	39,324	43,031	1801
Greenock Telegraph	Local	Morning	Scottish	Tabloid	8,959	9,555	10,511	1857
Paisley Daily Express	Local	Morning	Scottish	Tabloid	4,508	4,800	5,109	1874
Evening Express	Local – Aberdeen	Evening	Scottish	Tabloid	22,736	25,744	28,802	1879
Glasgow Times	Local – Glasgow	Evening	Scottish	Tabloid	20,874	23,696	27,733	1876
Edinburgh Evening News	Local	Evening	Scottish	Tabloid	16,660	18,362	21,803	1873
Evening Telegraph	Local – Dundee	Evening	Scottish	Tabloid	13,321	14,971	16,855	1877
The Times (Scottish edition)	UK – Quality	Morning	Scottish edition of UK newspaper	Compact				1785
The Daily Telegraph (Scottish edition)	UK – Quality	Morning	Scottish edition of UK newspaper	Broadsheet				1855
i	UK – Quality	Morning	UK newspaper widely available in Scotland	Compact				2010
The Guardian	UK – Quality	Morning	UK newspaper widely available in Scotland	Tabloid				1821
The Financial Times	UK – Quality	Morning	UK newspaper widely available in Scotland	Broadsheet				1888
Scottish Daily Mail	UK – Mid Market	Morning	Scottish edition of UK newspaper	Tabloid				1896
Scottish Daily Express	UK – Mid Market	Morning	Scottish edition of UK newspaper	Tabloid				1900
The Scottish Sun	UK – Popular	Morning	Scottish edition of UK newspaper	Tabloid				1964
Daily Star of Scotland	UK – Popular	Morning	Scottish edition of UK newspaper	Tabloid				1978
Scottish Daily Mirror	UK – Popular	Morning	Scottish edition of UK newspaper	Tabloid				1903
Metro, Scottish Edition	UK – Free	Morning	Scottish edition of UK newspaper	Tabloid				1999
The Morning Star	UK – Mid Market	Morning	Scottish edition of UK newspaper	Tabloid				1930

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Traditionally newspapers could be divided into 'quality', serious-minded newspapers (usually referred to as 'broadsheets' due to their large size) and 'tabloids', or less serious newspapers. However, these definitions no longer apply, as several 'quality' papers in Scotland have followed the lead of The Independent by adopting a tabloid format (which some prefer to refer to as 'compact' to avoid being associated with their more downmarket peers). In Scotland, two broadsheet newspapers have made the switch to 'compact' format. The Scotsman did so in August 2004, and the Sunday Herald followed in November 2005.

In addition to newspapers published in Scotland, including Scottish editions of United Kingdom newspapers, a number of local newspapers published in other parts of the British Isles are widely available.

Sunday newspapers

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Title	Market type	Location	Format	Scottish circulation
Scotland on Sunday	Scottish – Quality	Scottish	Broadsheet	16,289
The Sunday Post	Scottish – Mid Market	Scottish	Tabloid	123,393
Sunday Mail	Scottish – Popular	Scottish	Tabloid	140,743
Sunday National	Mid Market (pro-independence)	Scottish	Broadsheet
The Sunday Times Scotland	UK – Quality	Scottish edition of UK newspaper	Broadsheet	46,593
The Observer	UK – Quality	UK newspaper widely available in Scotland	Tabloid	11,772
The Sunday Telegraph Scotland	UK – Quality	Scottish edition of UK newspaper	Broadsheet	11,234
Mail on Sunday Scotland	UK – Mid Market	Scottish edition of UK newspaper	Tabloid	63,290
Scottish Sunday Express	UK – Mid Market	Scottish edition of UK newspaper	Tabloid	21,661
Sun on Sunday	UK – Popular	UK newspaper widely available in Scotland	Tabloid	142,272
Daily Star Sunday	UK – Popular	UK newspaper widely available in Scotland	Tabloid	19,299
Scottish Sunday Mirror	UK – Popular	Scottish edition of UK newspaper	Tabloid	7,523
The Sunday People	UK – Popular	UK newspaper widely available in Scotland	Tabloid	4,656

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Local weekly newspapers

Aberdeen

Aberdeenshire

Banffshire Journal
The Buchanie
Deeside Piper
Donside Piper
Ellon Times & East Gordon Advertiser
Fraserburgh Herald
Huntly Express
Inverurie Herald
Kincardineshire Observer
Mearns Leader

Angus

Angus County Press

Argyll and Bute

Campbeltown Courier & Argyllshire Advertiser
Dunoon Observer and Argyllshire Standard
Helensburgh Advertiser
Isle of Bute News
The Ileach
Oban Times

Clackmannanshire

Alloa & Hillfoots Advertiser

Dumfries and Galloway

Annandale Herald & Moffat News
Annandale Observer
Dumfries & Galloway Standard (bi-weekly)
Dumfries Courier
Eskdale and Liddesdale Advertiser
Galloway Gazette
Galloway News
Stranraer and Wigtownshire Free Press

Dundee

East Ayrshire

Cumnock Chronicle
Kilmarnock Standard

East Dunbartonshire

Kirkintilloch Herald
Milngavie & Bearsden Herald

East Lothian

East Lothian Courier

East Renfrewshire

Barrhead News

Edinburgh

Linlithgow Gazette - incorporating Bo'ness Journal and Queensferry Gazette

Falkirk

Linlithgow Gazette - incorporating Bo'ness Journal and Queensferry Gazette
Falkirk Herald - the largest local weekly newspaper in Scotland in terms of circulation and readership

Fife

Central Fife Times and Advertiser – weekly tabloid newspaper and classified advertiser in the Cowdenbeath, Kelty and Lochgelly area
Dunfermline Press – weekly tabloid newspaper for West Fife
East Fife Mail – tabloid weekly sister paper of Fife Free Press for the Levenmouth area
Fife Free Press – weekly tabloid newspaper for the Kirkcaldy area
Fife Herald
Glenrothes Gazette (Leslie and Markinch News) – tabloid sister weekly paper of Fife Free Press
St Andrews Citizen

Glasgow

The Digger – scandal sheet with stories of minor trials and arrests and gossip about local gangs
Glasgow South & Eastwood Extra
Glasgow Eyes – a picture news magazine featuring street/reportage photography/news/music and showbiz

Highlands

Caithness Courier
The Inverness Courier (bi-weekly)
John O'Groat Journal
Oban Times incorporating the Lochaber Times
The Northern Times
Rossshire Journal
Strathspey & Badenoch Herald
Ullapool News
West Highland Free Press

Inverclyde

Midlothian

Midlothian Advertiser

Moray

Banffshire Advertiser
Banffshire Journal
Forres Gazette
Northern Scot

North Ayrshire

Ardrossan & Saltcoats Herald
Arran Banner
Irvine Herald & Kilwinning Chronicle
Irvine Times
Largs and Millport Weekly News

North Lanarkshire

Orkney

The Orcadian

Perth and Kinross

Renfrewshire

Gryffe Advertizer
Paisley and Renfrewshire Gazette

Scottish Borders

Berwickshire News
Border Telegraph
The Hawick Paper
Peeblesshire News
Southern Reporter

Shetland

Shetland Times

South Ayrshire

South Lanarkshire

East Kilbride News
Hamilton Advertiser
Lanark & Carluke Gazette
Rutherglen Reformer
Strathaven Echoes

Stirling

Stirling News
Stirling Observer (bi-weekly)

West Dunbartonshire

Clydebank Post
Dumbarton and Vale of Leven Reporter
Lennox Herald

West Lothian

Linlithgow Gazette - incorporating Bo'ness Journal and Queensferry Gazette
West Lothian Courier

Western Isles

Stornoway Gazette

Specialist newspapers

The i-Witness - Muslim paper in English
The Pink Paper - Edinburgh soccer paper, which shares its name with a separate gay and lesbian publication
Scots Independent - mainly supporting the Scottish National Party (SNP)
Scottish Catholic Observer
Scottish Socialist Voice - printed by the Scottish Socialist Party (SSP)
Third Force News - newspaper serving the voluntary sector, non-party-political

UK-wide specialist newspapers widely available in Scotland

The Economist - weekly news-focused magazine owned by Pearson PLC, founded by Scot James Wilson
PinkNews - LGBT online newspaper
Private Eye - Fortnightly satirical current affairs news magazine
The Jewish Chronicle - aimed at Britain's Jewish community
Racing Post – daily horse racing, greyhound racing and sports betting newspaper

University newspapers

Brig – University of Stirling
Gaudie – University of Aberdeen (see: Aberdeen University Students' Association)
Glasgow University Guardian – University of Glasgow
The Journal – University of Edinburgh, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh Napier University, Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh College of Art, University of Strathclyde and the University of Glasgow
The EDIT - Glasgow Caledonian University
The Magdalen – University of Dundee (see: Dundee University Students' Association)
qmunicate – University of Glasgow's Queen Margaret Union
The Saint – University of St Andrews
Strathclyde Telegraph – University of Strathclyde
Student – University of Edinburgh
Veritas – Napier University

Defunct newspapers

Aberdeen Citizen
Allanwater Herald
An Gàidheal Ùr - for speakers of Scottish Gaelic (monthly)
Arbroath Herald
Brechin Advertiser
The Bulletin
Business am
The Buteman
Carnoustie Guide & Gazette
The Citizen
East Lothian News
Edinburgh Advertiser
Edinburgh Courant
Ellon Advertiser
Fife & Kinross Extra
Forfar Dispatch
Glasgow Argus
Glasgow Evening News
The Gourock Times
Hawick News
The Highlander
Highland News
Inverness Herald
Inverurie Advertiser
Kirriemuir Herald
Lothian and Peebles Times
Mercurius Caledonius
Montrose Review
Nairnshire Telegraph
North Ayrshire World
The North Briton
North Star
Paisley People
Perth Shopper
Rossshire Herald
Scottish Daily News
Scottish Guardian
Scottish Leader (3 January 1887 – 4 July 1894) - Edinburgh-based daily, Liberal and pro-home rule, established in competition with The Scotsman
Scottish Standard
Selkirk Advertiser
Strathkelvin Advertiser
Sunday Scot
Sunday Standard
Turriff Advertiser
West Lothian Herald & Post

References

[1]
Mayhew, Freddy (1 March 2018). "Regional ABCs print: Steep circulation falls for dailies the Yorkshire Evening Post and Carlisle & News Star". Press Gazette. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
[2]
Ponsford, Dominic (23 February 2017). "UK regional dailies lose print sales by average of 12.5 per cent: Wigan Post and The National are biggest fallers". Press Gazette. Retrieved 2018-05-07.
[3]
Ponsford, Dominic (24 February 2016). "Regional press ABCs, dailies: Liverpool Echo's positive relaunch has negative impact on sales". Press Gazette. Retrieved 2018-05-07.

External links

ThePaperboy.com UK newspaper directory
allmediascotland.com
National and local newspaper links
History of British newspapers
The Audit Bureau of Circulation provides circulation figures for Scottish newspapers. Their research is also reproduced in digested form at this Media Guardian index along with commentary.

[1] [1]
Mayhew, Freddy (1 March 2018). "Regional ABCs print: Steep circulation falls for dailies the Yorkshire Evening Post and Carlisle & News Star". Press Gazette. Retrieved 7 May 2018.

[2] [2]
Ponsford, Dominic (23 February 2017). "UK regional dailies lose print sales by average of 12.5 per cent: Wigan Post and The National are biggest fallers". Press Gazette. Retrieved 2018-05-07.

[3] [3]
Ponsford, Dominic (24 February 2016). "Regional press ABCs, dailies: Liverpool Echo's positive relaunch has negative impact on sales". Press Gazette. Retrieved 2018-05-07.

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