Stroud News & Journal

The Stroud News & Journal is a weekly paid-for newspaper based in Stroud, Gloucestershire. It is published every Wednesday in a tabloid format by Newsquest and covers a large portion of the Stroud district, including the towns of Stroud, Minchinhampton, Nailsworth, Stonehouse, Painswick and Chalford, and their surrounding villages.

Stroud News & Journal

Stroud News & Journal headquarters in Lansdown, Stroud
Type	Weekly newspaper
Owner(s)	Newsquest
Founded	1957
Circulation	3,798 (as of 2022)^[1]
Website	https://www.stroudnewsandjournal.co.uk/

History

The SNJ, as it often refers to itself in print, was amalgamated in 1957 from the Stroud News and the Stroud Journal.^[2]

Demographics and statistics

The SNJ has a circulation of ppl around 10,000 weekly copies, as circulation has dropped by 25-30% pa. Since the last audited number of 19,000 in 2004 ^[3] ABC statistics indicate a readership of 46,880 roughly 2.5 readers per copy,^[4] with the readership split evenly between the socio-economic groups and age ranges.

References

1. "Stroud News & Journal". Audit Bureau of Circulations (UK). 22 February 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
2. "Gloucestershire Newspapers A guide to national & local newspapers and their whereabouts" (PDF). Gloucestershire County Council. (PDF) from the original on 23 August 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
3. . Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 5 September 2006.
4. "Stroud News & Journal". Audit Bureau of Circulation. from the original on 23 August 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2020.

External links

• Official website