Burnley Express

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Burnley Express

Type	Local Newspaper
Format	Tabloid

Owner	Johnston Press
Editor	Chris Daggett
Founded	1877
Political allegiance	Centre
Headquarters	Burnley Town Centre

Website: Burnley Express Newspaper

The Burnley Express is a newspaper for the town of Burnley, England and its local area. The paper is printed twice a week (Tuesdays and Fridays) with the Friday paper being larger. The paper has been in print since 1877^[1] and is now part of the Johnston Press group of papers. The Padiham Express is a a variant of the Burnley Express - with the first few pages being specific to Padiham. Most of the paper's content is also published online on the paper's website.

[edit] Readership

In 2003, according to JICREG, ^[2] the newspapers had approximately 50000 readers for the Friday editions and 39000 for the Tuesday editions. ^[3]

[edit] Sister papers

Other sister newspapers are the Nelson Leader, Colne Times and Barnoldswick and Earby Times - all published every Friday, Clitheroe Advertiser and Times - published every Thursday and the Pendle Express - a variant of the Tuesday Burnley Express - published every Tuesday. All of these titles are owned by Johnston Press, of Edinburgh.