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| Type | Dailynewspaper (excluding Sundays) |
|---|---|
| Format | Localnewspaper |
| Owner | National World |
| Editor | Vanessa Sims |
| Founded | 1873 |
| Political alignment | Neutral |
| Headquarters | 89 Caxton Road, Fulwood, Preston[1] |
| Circulation | 2,555 (as of 2023)[2] |
| Website | blackpoolgazette |
TheBlackpool Gazette (locally marketed as simplyThe Gazette) is an English dailynewspaper based inBlackpool,Lancashire. Published every day except Sunday, it covers the towns and communities of theFylde coast. It was founded asThe West Lancashire Evening Gazette in 1929 before being renamed theEvening Gazette, and thenBlackpool Gazette. The paper's history dates back to a weekly publication founded in 1873.
The newspaper is published byNational World, and is known locally asThe Gazette. The editor is Vanessa Sims.[3] Two other weekly newspapers are also published – theLytham St.Annes Express and theFleetwood Weekly News. It is online at blackpoolgazette.co.uk.
The Gazette had a close link with local football clubBlackpool until the club's relegation from thePremier League in 2011. In 2014, the newspaper decided to scrap club chairmanKarl Oyston's weekly column "given such disgusting and offensive comments" he made to a Blackpool fan.[4] Oyston's response was to stop recognisingThe Gazette as local media, instead only allowing them to attend national news conferences. The Oystons left the club in 2019.[5]
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