{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2022}} {{Infobox newspaper | name = Mid Somerset Series | image = | caption = | type = Weekly | format = Tabloid | founded = 1851 | ceased_publication = | price = | owners = [[Local World]] | publisher = | editor = | chief_editor = | associate_editor = | staff_writers = | language = English | political_position = | circulation = 6,584 [ABC 2019] | headquarters = | ISSN = | website = http://www.centralsomersetgazette.co.uk }}
The '''Mid Somerset Series''' consists of four paid-for newspapers, published in [[Somerset]], England. They include the ''Wells Journal'', ''Shepton Mallet Journal'', ''Central Somerset Gazette'' and ''Cheddar Valley Gazette'', which cover the area of [[Wells, Somerset|Wells]], [[Glastonbury]], Street, [[Shepton Mallet]], [[Cheddar, Somerset|Cheddar]], and the surrounding villages.
In 2012, [[Local World]] acquired owner Northcliffe Media from [[Daily Mail and General Trust]].<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20424474 Daily Mail sells regional newspapers to Local World] BBC News, 21 November 2012</ref>
In October 2015, Trinity Mirror reached agreement with Local World's other shareholders to buy the company.<ref>{{cite news|title=Trinity Mirror buys newspaper rival Local World|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-34660516|accessdate=28 December 2015|publisher=BBC News|date=28 October 2015}}</ref> The sale was completed on 13 November 2015.<ref name=localworld->{{cite web |url=http://www.localworld.co.uk/ |title=Trinity Mirror PLC |publisher=Local World |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303172012/http://www.localworld.co.uk/ |archivedate=3 March 2016}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}} {{Local World}}
[[Category:Northcliffe Media]] [[Category:Newspapers published in Somerset]]
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