The Newark Advertiser is a British regional newspaper, owned by Iliffe Media, for the town of Newark-on-Trent and surrounding areas.
Upon Tomlinson's death his son-in-law Mr Whiles became the sole owner of the Advertiser.
Within months of taking the editor's chair, Brown was ready to buy a half-share in the newspaper, for which he paid Mr Whiles £600.
He had already been writing for the paper for some years and also ran a coal business at Beaumond Cross.
The year after Mr Parlby was made editor, the Advertiser became the first newspaper in the country to invest in a web-offset printing press to ensure better photograph reproduction.