The Stroud News & Journal is a weekly paid-for newspaper based in Stroud, Gloucestershire. It is published every Wednesday in a tabloid format by Newsquest and covers a large portion of the Stroud district, including the towns of Stroud, Minchinhampton, Nailsworth, Stonehouse, Painswick and Chalford, and their surrounding villages.
 Stroud News & Journal headquarters in Lansdown, Stroud | |
| Type | Weekly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Owner(s) | Newsquest |
| Founded | 1957 |
| Circulation | 3,483 (as of 2023)[1] |
| Website | stroudnewsandjournal |
History
The SNJ, as it often refers to itself in print, was amalgamated in 1957 from the Stroud News and the Stroud Journal.[2]
Demographics and statistics
The SNJ has a circulation of ppl around 10,000 weekly copies, as circulation has dropped by 25-30% pa. Since the last audited number of 19,000 in 2004 [3] ABC statistics indicate a readership of 46,880 roughly 2.5 readers per copy,[4] with the readership split evenly between the socio-economic groups and age ranges.
