Throughout its history, it was known as the Reading Mercury or Weekly Entertainer, Oxford Gazette, Newbury Herald and Berkshire County Paper among other names.

[3] Carnan died late that same year, after which he was succeeded by his brother and widow; she later married John Newbery, who then partly held ownership over the Ready Mercury.

After Micklewright's death in 1755, the ownership of the Reading Mercury would change hands several times, including by John Carnan in 1761 and Newbery's stepdaughter, Anna Maria Smart, by January 1762, who then ran the publication together.

[10] In 1870, the Reading Mercury had an annual circulation of 55,000, making it the 33rd largest English provincial newspaper.

[14] Since 9 February 2013, issues of the Reading Mercury are being digitised and added to the British Newspaper Archive.