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Caledonian Mercury was the name of a Scottish newspaper, published three times a week between 1720–1867.[1] Numbers published from 1800 on are available online for registered users of the National Library of Scotland website. In its final years it was published by Thomas Allan & Co from 265 High Street, on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh.[2][3]

Historical copies of the Caledonian Mercury, dating back to 1720, are available to search and view in digitised form at The British Newspaper Archive. [4]

Currently it is a Scottish online newspaper taking its name after its printed predecessor and the even earlier Mercurius Caledonius (1660–1661).[5][6] Set up by Stewart Kirkpatrick (formerly responsible for The Scotsman website), Graham Jones and Tony Purcell, it launched late at night on 24 January 2010. It is supposed to "rarely cover breaking news, concentrating on analytical, discursive reporting".[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Newspapers – Rare Book Collections – National Library of Scotland – National Library of Scotland". Nls.uk. Retrieved 2015-09-21.
  2. ^ "(40) – Scottish Post Office Directories > Towns > Edinburgh > 1805–1834 – Post Office annual directory > 1832–1833 – Scottish Directories – National Library of Scotland". Digital.nls.uk. Retrieved 2015-09-21.
  3. ^ "(65) – Scottish Post Office Directories > Towns > Edinburgh > 1805–1834 – Post Office annual directory > 1832–1833 – Scottish Directories – National Library of Scotland". Digital.nls.uk. Retrieved 2015-09-21.
  4. ^ "Results | Caledonian Mercury | Publication". British Newspaper Archive. Retrieved 2015-09-21.
  5. ^ "Caledonian Mercury: New online rival for Scottish press". BBC News. 2010-01-25. Retrieved 2015-09-21.
  6. ^ [1] Archived 2010-03-05 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ Severin Carrellt. "Caledonian Mercury launches web challenge to Scottish national press | Media". The Guardian. Retrieved 2015-09-21.