- Londonderry Sentinel
Infobox Newspaper
name = Londonderry Sentinel
caption =
type = WeeklyNewspaper
format = Tabloid
foundation = 19 September 1829
owners =Johnston Publishing (NI) political = Unionist
headquarters = Waterside,Derry
editor = Robin Young
website = [http://www.londonderrysentinel.co.uk/ www.londonderrysentinel.co.uk]
The "Londonderry Sentinel" is a unionist-leaning newspaper based inDerry ,Northern Ireland . It is published byJohnston Publishing (NI) , a holding company ofJohnston Press and Robin Young is the current editor. TheRoe Valley Sentinel is an edition of the paper, and combined they have a circulation of 4,955. [ [http://abcpdfcerts.abc.org.uk/pdf/certificates/14387461.pdf ABC Certificate for "Londonderry Sentinel" Series] ]Infobox_papernumbers
cir=4,955
read=
time=1 January to 1 July 2007
source= [http://abcpdfcerts.abc.org.uk/pdf/certificates/14387461.pdf Audited Bureau of Circulations] |The paper was originally titled the "Londonderry Sentinel and North West Advertiser" and was first published on 19 September 1829 at the price of 5d (five pence). [ [http://www.sag.org.au/aisnltrs/AISN0812.pdf Short History of "Londonderry Sentinel"] ] It was founded by a group that included William Wallen, who had edited what was then the "Londonderry Journal and General Advertiser" (now "Derry Journal ") but quit over the moderate political stance of the "Journal" (the paper backed calls forCatholic Emancipation which was finally introduced in 1829). [ [http://www.derryjournal.com/CustomPages/CustomPage.aspx?PageID=56735 History of "Derry Journal"] ] Ironically both papers are now owned by Johnston Press.When first launched, the "Sentinel" was published on a Saturday, but during the past three centuries it has been published on Tuesday and Thursday at various times, and had competed as a regional alternative to the "
Belfast Telegraph ". Today it takes a tabloid form and is published every Wednesday.References
External links
* [http://www.londonderrysentinel.co.uk/newspaper.aspx "Londonderry Sentinel" Homepage]
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