The Marlborough Express
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The Marlborough Express
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| description | New Zealand daily newspaper |
| language | English |
| First edition | 1866 |
| Frequency of publication | daily Monday to Friday |
| Sold edition | 6,699 copies |
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| Range | 0.024 million readers |
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| Editor-in-chief | Steve Mason |
| editor | Fairfax Media |
| Web link | www.stuff.co.nz/marlborough-express |
The Marlborough Express is a daily regional newspaper in New Zealand . Their catchment area is in the northeastern part of the South Island with the editorial office in Blenheim .
history
The Marlborough Express was founded in Blenheim in 1866 by Samuel Johnson , an experienced journalist from England . Johnson , who came to New Zealand in 1862 and had worked in North Auckland for the Albertland Gazette and later for various other newspapers in the country, finally came to Blenheim and promised to publish a newspaper for the entire province against the politically rival newspapers in Picton and Blenheim . That helped him to gain a foothold with his newspaper in the highly competitive newspaper market in the province and to assert himself against the competition.
In 1879 Johnson sold the Express to Smith Furness and James Boudy . They published the newspaper daily from 1880 and took over the rival paper Marlborough Times in 1895 and the Marlborough Press in 1948 . The Furness family controlled the newspaper until 1998 when they sold the paper to Independent Newspapers Limited (INL).
The Independent Newspapers finally sold the Marlborough Express along with all other publications in their possession in 2003 to the Australian Fairfax Media Group.
The newspaper today
The Nelson Mail had an average daily circulation of 6,699 copies in 2014 and continues to appear daily from Monday to Friday in the afternoon, with the newspaper's editorial staff only covering the local section. The national part is created centrally for all newspapers of the Fairfax Media Group in Wellington .
The newspaper covers the Marlborough District .
See also
Web links
- The Marlborough Express homepage . Fairfax Media ,accessed March 8, 2015.
- The Marlborough Express . National Library of New Zealand ,accessed March 8, 2015.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c The Marlborough Express . News Work NZ , archived from the original on March 2, 2015 ; accessed on May 19, 2019 (English, original website no longer available).
- ^ The Marlborough Express . National Library of New Zealand , accessed March 8, 2015 .