The Courier (Dundee)
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The Courier (known as The Courier & Advertiser between 1926 and 2012) is a newspaper published by DC Thomson in Dundee, Scotland.<ref name="bbc">Template:Cite news</ref> As of 2013, it is printed in six regional editions: Dundee, Angus & The Mearns, Fife, West Fife, Perthshire, and Stirlingshire.<ref name="bpo">Template:Cite web</ref> However, by 2020, this had been reduced to three regional editions for Perth and Perthshire; Angus and Dundee; and Fife.<ref name = "D.C. Thomson">Template:Cite web</ref>
As of August 2025, the circulation for The Courier stands at 14,836, this was a decrease from December 2024, where the average daily circulation of The Courier was 15,737, both figures are significantly down from the 30,179 copies sold in December 2019.<ref name="abc">Template:Cite web</ref>
History
Established in 1801<ref name="bbc" /> as the Dundee Courier & Argus, the entire front page of The Courier used to contain classified advertisements – a traditional newspaper format for many years. In 1809 it was taken over by Robert Rintoul who used the paper to campaign for political reform, and criticism of local politicians such as Alexander Riddoch.<ref name = Gauldie>Template:Cite web</ref>
In 1926, during the General Strike The Courier was merged with The Advertiser. From the 10 May<ref name="bna">Template:Cite web</ref> to 28 May 1926, the paper adopted the headline-news format of The Advertiser, before reverting to its previous format which it maintained until 1992.<ref name="bpo" /> The next major change to the newspaper came on 21 January 2012, when it changed to a compact format, having previously existed as a broadsheet. Editor Richard Neville said the move represented the "dawn of a new era" and that the company was "investing in new sections, increasing content across the title and investing significantly in resources."<ref name = Bould>Template:Cite web</ref> Just over a year later, a digital version of the newspaper was launched.<ref name = bbc2>Template:Cite web</ref> In 2016, the year of its bicentenary, The Courier was named the UK Regional Newspaper of the Year.<ref name = DCT>Template:Cite web</ref>
In 2022, The Courier was named Scotland's news website of the year at the Scottish Press Awards.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Archive
Historical copies of the Dundee Courier, dating back to 1844, are available to search and view in digitized form at The British Newspaper Archive.<ref name="BNA">Template:Cite web</ref>
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