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Background and Format: Launched in 1858, The Western Daily Press is published by Reach plc daily and is aimed at residents of Bristol, Gloucestershire, Somerset, Wiltshire and parts of south Wales. Covers news, business, what's on and sport. For more information about advertising rates, the team can be reached here Circulation: Source: ABC (print and digital edition combined). Awards: 2016 - Regional Press Awards, Front Page of the Year: The Day Britain Changed (nominated) 2010 - The EDF Energy South West Media Awards, Daily Newspaper of the Year (nominee) 2007 - EDF Energy South West Media Awards , Daily Newspaper of the Year, Runner Up 2005 - RSPCA Animal Welfare Award 2004 - Regional Press Awards, Finalist: Daily/Sunday Newspaper of the Year Alerts: Gorkana Alert: Wednesday 19 December 2012 Local media business Local World has purchased the assets of former regional publishing groups Northcliffe Media and Iliffe News and Media. As a result, the new group now owns 16 daily newspapers, 36 paid-for weeklies, 40 free weeklies and 63 local websites. For full details of which publications have been acquired visit www.local-world.co.uk. Gorkana Alert: Thursday 24 November 2011 The Western Daily Press has moved back to Bristol. The newspaper previously moved to Plymouth as part of a partial merger with the Western Morning News. Tim Dixon, Editor of the Western Daily Press, can be reached on +44 (0)1752 765 500. Gorkana Consumer Alert: Tuesday 13 April 2010 Following the merger of the content and production operations of the Western Daily Press and the Western Morning News, both papers have now been redesigned to give them a similar look and feel. Both titles will have the same design, but different content, except for some shared pages including news, sport, TV and puzzles. Both the Western Daily Press and the Western Morning News are under the control of Editor-in-Chief Alan Qualtrough. He can be reached on +44 (0)1752 765 540 and aqualtrough@westernmorningnews.co.uk. Andy Wright, previously Editor of the Western Daily Press, has now retired and has been replaced by Tim Dixon, who can be reached on +44 (0)1935 700 502 and tim.dixon@westgaz.co.uk Gorkana Alert: Monday 15th March 2010 The Plymouth-based Western Morning News and Bristol-based Western Daily Press are to combine functions including production and content management. The two regional morning dailies are to merge their content desks and come under a single Editor-In-Chief. The new hub will be responsible for production of The Herald, Plymouth, the Herald Express, Torquay, and the Express and Echo, Exeter. However production of the Western Morning News itself will move to the existing subbing hub at Bristol, with content management for the Western Daily Press moving in the opposite direction to Plymouth. Although the two titles will retain separate reporting teams, they will also undergo a redesign which will give them a similar look and feel. Morning News Editor Alan Qualtrough is