Today I researched information about two local newspapers:
Harrogate Advertiser
The newspaper was founded in 1836 and is distributed mainly in the Harrogate area, but it is widely read in other areas such as Ripon, Knaresborough, Wetherby, Pately Bridge and Leeds. It comes out every Friday, costing 88p, and is one of the leading titles in a series of 6 local newspapers in the North Yorkshire area. It is published by the Ackrill Media Group.
Total circulation: 29637
Ripon Gazette
It was founded in 1889, and it's full titles is Ripon Gazette & Boroughbridge Herald, although most people just call it Ripon Gazette. It comes out every Friday and aswell as the Harrogate Advertiser, costs 88p, and is published by the Akcrill Media Group. Its sister newspapers in the Johnston Press network of websites are the Harrogate Advertiser and the Northallerton Times.
(was unable to find circulation figures)
Yorkshire Post
This newspaper is the oldest paper in Yorkshire, and the most well-known. When it first started in 1754, it was called Leedes Intelligencer. It is distributed throughout the whole of traditional Yorkshire. It is known as one of the weightiest daily local newspapers ever since the Manchester Guardian graduated to a national level in 1959. Even though local/regional newspapers are supposed to have a neutral pollitical stance, the Yorkshire Post is conservative.
Total circulation: 45718