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Diss Express
Owner(s)Iliffe Media Group Ltd
Founded1864
Circulation1,347 (as of 2022)[1]
Websitewww.dissexpress.co.uk

The Diss Express is an English newspaper that covers a 500-square-mile circulation area on the Norfolk/Suffolk border. It was owned by Johnston Press with a print edition released every Friday. Major towns and villages covered by the Diss Express include Diss, Eye, Harleston, Debenham and Long Stratton.

History

The paper was founded by Mr Abbott in November 1864 as the Diss Express and Norfolk & Suffolk Journal.

In January 2017, it was bought along with 12 other titles, by Iliffe Media for £17m. Since then, it has been printed in Cambridge.[2]

Since June 2020, the Chief Reporter at the newspaper has been Joe Hadden.

References

  1. ^ "Diss Express". Audit Bureau of Circulations (UK). 21 February 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  2. ^ Linford, Paul (2017). "Iliffe Media completes purchase of 13 weeklies from JP - Journalism News from HoldtheFrontPage". HoldtheFrontPage. Hold the Front Page. Retrieved 22 March 2020.