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| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Owner(s) | Reach plc |
| Founder(s) | John Crichton-Stuart, 3rd Marquess of Bute |
| Publisher | Media Wales |
| Founded | 1869 |
| Circulation | 5,271 (as of 2023)[1] |
| Website | walesonline |
The Western Mail is a daily newspaper published by Media Wales Ltd in Cardiff, Wales owned by the UK's largest newspaper company, Reach plc.[2] The Sunday edition of the newspaper is published under the title Wales on Sunday.[3]
It describes itself as "the national newspaper of Wales" (originally "the national newspaper of Wales and Monmouthshire"), although it has a very limited circulation in north Wales.[4] The paper was published in broadsheet format until 2004,[5] when it became a compact. It has an average circulation of 6,119 in 2022.[6]
- ^ "Wales - The Western Mail". Audit Bureau of Circulations (UK). 29 January 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
- ^ "Western Mail (Wales)". papersdirect. 5 July 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2025.
- ^ "Wales on Sunday in British Newspaper Archive". www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
- ^ Minutes of the Welsh Local Government Association Co-ordinating Committee, 26 March 2004, Welsh Local Government Association, Archived 17 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Welsh paper to turn tabloid". 9 August 2004. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
- ^ "Circulation per issue" (PDF). Abc.org.uk.