The Royal Gazette (Bermuda)
The Royal Gazette is a Bermudian English-language daily newspaper. Founded in 1828, it is Bermuda's only daily newspaper (not published on Sundays and public holidays).
Front page of the Royal Gazette, 24 February 2004 | |
Type | Daily newspaper (not published on Sundays or public holidays) |
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Owner(s) | The Bermuda Press (Holdings) Ltd. (BSX: BPH.BH) |
Editor | Dexter Smith |
Founded | 1828 |
Language | English |
Headquarters | Hamilton, Bermuda |
Circulation | 14,578 copies (last audited November 2007) |
Sister newspapers | Mid-Ocean News (weekly; ceased publication October 2009) |
OCLC number | 36836340 |
Website | royalgazette.com |
Circulation, administration and ownership
With an average daily circulation 14,578 copies (last audited November 2007), (probably around 6,00 copies daily now 2018) the newspaper says it reaches around 97 percent of the adult population (per mindmaps March 2013 media survey).
It is 100% owned by The Bermuda Press (Holdings) Ltd. The Bermuda Press (Holdings) Limited is a publicly traded company on the Bermuda Stock Exchange.
Dexter Smith has served as the Editor since 2015.[1]
Content
The sports section devotes extensive coverage to Bermuda's cricket and football (soccer) teams, along with reports of English football and occasional wire stories on American football and baseball. The Saturday religion section has a large number of church advertisements, along with news accounts of church programmes and issues.
Daily sections
- Local News
- Overseas News
- Sports
- Business
- Lifestyle
- Opinion
Weekly sections
- Personal Technology (Wednesday)
- Shipping (Wednesday)
- Youth (Thursday)
- TV Week (Friday)
- Personal Finance (Saturday)
- Religion (Saturday)
- Weekender (Saturday)
Former sister publication
When The Royal Gazette's sister paper, the weekly Mid-Ocean News, ceased publication in October 2009, its full-colour comics section and magazine-style television guide insert became Royal Gazette features.[2]
See also
References
- "Dexter Smith: new Editor of The Royal Gazette". The Royal Gazette. 26 June 2015. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
- "Mid-Ocean News To Cease Publication". The Royal Gazette. 14 October 2009. Retrieved 5 December 2009.
External links
- royalgazette.com, the newspaper's official website
- Archival issues of The Royal Gazette and Colonist Daily, available in the Digital Library of the Caribbean