The Bath Chronicle

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Bath Chronicle

• The Bath Chronicle is a weekly newspaper, published under many titles before 1760, it was published daily until September 2007.
• Published on Thursday.
• News editor, Paul Wiltshire
• The Bath Journal was Published in 1743,was renamed Boddely's Bath Journal in the late 17th century, Keene's Bath Journal in 1822, and Following a number of name changes was eventually renamed the bath chronicle in 1925.
• The paper celebrated its 250th anniversary in October 2010,publishing a special pull out to mark the occasion.
• In 2012, local world took over the publishing firm. 
• The Bath chronicle has a circulation of 16,239. Its circulation reaches the population of bath and the surrounding areas, parts of Wiltshire and Somerset.
• The Issue is 70p where sold.
• The stories covered are generally about what's on in bath and the surrounding areas. Many stories also cover events that have previously taken place, such as big charity events. however The Bath Chronicle seems to feature more articles on the shadier side of the news than the majority of local papers I have read.
• The typical word count of an article is about 300-400 words accompanied by a photo related to the article. 
• The Typical People that feature in the Bath Chronicle are local celebrities, middle aged or young children.