The New Blackmore Vale Magazine

[2][3][4] It covers the Blackmore Vale, an area of north Dorset, south Somerset and southwest Wiltshire.

[6] In 2012, the publisher Local World was formed and acquired a large number of regional titles, including the Blackmore Vale Magazine.

[8] Publication suspended in March 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic, and in August, Reach announced the magazine would be closed down and replaced by the online SomersetLive.

[9] On September 24, 2020, Wiltshire businessman Lloyd Armishaw launched the first issue of the New Blackmore Vale Magazine, with an initial print run of 30,000.

[10] Paul Jones - former group editor for the Archant south west division, and Newsquest's four Somerset papers - was appointed as editor-in-chief of The Blackmore Vale Ltd in October 2022.