The Newbury Weekly News featured in a short Central Office of Information film in 1952, titled "Local Newspaper".

The newspaper was first published in 1867 by Walter Blacket and Thomas Wheildon Turner.

[4] The paper celebrated its 150th anniversary in February 2017 with a special edition including a reprint of the first Newbury Weekly News newspaper.

[citation needed] The newspaper's catchment covers an area of 300 square miles (780 km2) and a population of around 150,000.

[8] In 2007, Newbury Today was named the Picture Editors’ Newspaper Website of the Year, an award it shared with The Sun.