The Whitby Gazette was founded on 6 July 1854 by Ralph Horne, a local printer, bookseller, stationer, bookbinder, paperhanger and shipowner, who was also a member of the Whitby Literary and Philosophical Society.
However, on 2 January 1858, it became a proper twice-weekly newspaper, published on Tuesday and Friday each week.
[3] The Gazette briefly experimented with a paywall, but this was quickly abandoned as the number of subscribers remained low.
The Gazette was re-launched as weekly edition in January 2012 and the paper is now published on a Friday.
Editor: Ed Asquith Editorial Director since 2003 (previously editor 1996-1998) The Whitby Gazette is the only newspaper in the world to have been read on the highest mountain on each of the seven continents, thanks to the efforts of mountaineer Alistair Sutcliffe, who lives in a village near to the seaside port.