Surrey Comet
Circulation 15,502 (as of 2023)[1] | | |
Website | www.surreycomet.co.uk |
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The Surrey Comet is a weekly local newspaper covering the
History
The Surrey Comet was founded in 1854 by
Philpott was forced to sell to Russell Knapp in 1859 due to ill health. When Knapp died suddenly in 1867 his wife Mary Ann ran the business for 33 years, before merging with rival operator and former Comet editor William Drewett, who ran the Kingston and Surbiton News, forming Knapp Drewett.
The Kingston and Surbiton News continued as the mid-week Surrey Comet, published on a Wednesday until at least the late 1980s.
In 1982, the Comet was acquired by Argus Press and moved from its historic home in Church Street, Kingston, to a former furniture factory in Lower Ham Road (later renamed Skerne Road).
In 1993 it was bought by Reed Regional Newspapers, who in turn sold it to Newsquest, a management buyout group in 1996.
During its existence it has interviewed notable personalities, including a 34-year-old Alan Turing on the development of his 'electronic brain' at the nearby National Physical Laboratory in Teddington.
Recent events
Today, the Surrey Comet is owned by Newsquest with an office in Sutton, London. It is sold for 55p at newsagents and other shops in and around the borough. It has an average distribution of 5,777 per issue, including 2,348 copies distributed at colleges, libraries and cinemas.[3]
The Surrey Comet has a number of sister publications, including the weekly
References
- ^ "Surrey & Epsom Comet". Audit Bureau of Circulations (UK). 22 February 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
- ^ Surrey Comet 150th anniversary Retrieved 23 September 2013.
- ^ Circulation certificate July to December 2012 Retrieved 23 September 2013.