The Weston Mercury was established 1 April 1843 and was family-owned for much of its history.
It is now owned by publishing company Archant.
[2] It has won the Newspaper Society's Community Newspaper of the year award numerous times, most recently in 2007 and 2008.
[3][4] Its office is in the heart of Weston town centre.
Also based in the Weston office is the Mercury's sister paper, the North Somerset Times, and the Midweek Mercury, a free weekly newspaper which incorporates the former free advert paper Admag.