Later on, when newspaper was shut down, Gloucester Journal started publishing stories in the form of articles online on their website.
On 2 May 1720, Raikes, in partnership with William Dicey, founded the Northampton Mercury.
A year later, the partners set up a second press in Northgate Street, Gloucester, from where the Gloucester Journal first appeared on 9 April 1722.
[1] In September 1725, Raikes and Dicey divided their partnership,[2] Dicey retaining the Northampton press, and Raikes taking sole ownership of the Gloucester Journal press (now moved to premises in Southgate Street) and associated printing business.
Raikes' business thrived, despite a change in newspaper duties in 1725, and a number of brushes with the law over articles published under his authority.