The Local is a multi-regional, European digital news publisher targeting expats, labour migrants and second home owners.

[3] The Local was founded in Stockholm in 2004 by Paul Rapacioli, formerly a director of reed.co.uk[4] and managing editor James Savage, formerly a radio journalist and PR consultant.

[11] In late 2017, The Local launched a subscription model (marketed as membership), beginning with the Swedish edition.

[12] Throughout 2018, The Local's membership programme was rolled out to other editions including Germany,[13] France,[14] Italy,[15] and Spain.

[22] The Local's CEO James Savage received the Swedish Magazine Publishers' Associations Grand Prize (Sveriges tidskrifters stora pris) in 2021.