[2] The only paid-for title in Burton-on-Trent, the Mail has been established for more than a century, and prints news from the town and its surrounding area.

It was set up in competition to the existing Burton Guardian, which in turn represented the views of the Liberal Party.

Financial backing for the Burton Mail came from the town's brewery barons, who continued to exert an influence over the newspaper well into the 1970s.

[3] Published from Monday to Saturday, the Burton Mail changed from being an evening newspaper, on sale around lunchtime, to being a morning publication in 2006, now in the shops at around 6am each day.

[citation needed] Burton Mail publish most of their news online via their website a service which is free.