Stroud News & Journal
Stroud News & Journal headquarters in Lansdown, Stroud
TypeWeekly newspaper
Owner(s)Newsquest
Founded1957
Circulation3,483 (as of 2023)[1]
Websitestroudnewsandjournal.co.uk

The Stroud News & Journal is a weekly paid-for newspaper based in Stroud, Gloucestershire. It is published every Wednesday in a tabloid format by Newsquest and covers a large portion of the Stroud district, including the towns of Stroud, Minchinhampton, Nailsworth, Stonehouse, Painswick and Chalford, and their surrounding villages.

History

The SNJ, as it often refers to itself in print, was amalgamated in 1957 from the Stroud News and the Stroud Journal.[2]

Demographics and statistics

The SNJ has a circulation of ppl around 10,000 weekly copies, as circulation has dropped by 25-30% pa. Since the last audited number of 19,000 in 2004 [3] ABC statistics indicate a readership of 46,880 roughly 2.5 readers per copy,[4] with the readership split evenly between the socio-economic groups and age ranges.

References

  1. ^ "Stroud News & Journal". Audit Bureau of Circulations (UK). 22 February 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Gloucestershire Newspapers A guide to national & local newspapers and their whereabouts" (PDF). Gloucestershire County Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 August 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  3. ^ "Stroud News and Journal". Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 5 September 2006.
  4. ^ "Stroud News & Journal". Audit Bureau of Circulation. Archived from the original on 23 August 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2020.

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