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The Shetland Times
TypeWeekly newspaper
Owner(s)The Shetland Times Ltd
Founded1872; 152 years ago (1872)
LanguageEnglish
CityLerwick, Shetland, Scotland
CountryScotland
Websitewww.shetlandtimes.co.uk

The Shetland Times is a weekly newspaper in Shetland, published on Fridays and based in Lerwick, the main town in the Shetland Islands.

The newspaper is owned by The Shetland Times Ltd, a company which also operates a publishing arm, a bookshop and a printing company. Up to October 2014, the Shetland Times Ltd claimed to have 55 employees.[1]

Locally known as The Times, the newspaper was established in 1872 and costs £1.30. The newspaper claims a circulation figure of 11,438. It was voted Newspaper of the Year by the (Scottish) Highlands and Islands Media Awards in 2006.

Editors

From February 2006 until February 2008 the editor was Jonathan Lee, formerly of the Aberdeen Evening Express. Lee left the Shetland Times following newsroom staff passing a vote of no confidence in his editorship.[2][3][4] He was succeeded by Paul Riddell, a former assistant editor of The Scotsman.[5]

References

  1. ^ "About". The Shetland Times. Archived from the original on 7 October 2014.
  2. ^ Brook, Stephen; Kiss, Jemima (3 January 2008). "Shetland Times editor exits amid unrest". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  3. ^ Staff (10 January 2008) "Lee ‘positive’ despite Shetland revolt" The Press Gazette Archived 17 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Bevington, Pete (3 January 2007) "Shetland Times editor abandons ship" The Shetland News[permanent dead link] date is questionable
  5. ^ Kiss, Jemima (14 February 2008). "Shetland Times appoints new editor". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 March 2016.

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