This newspaper was published in Bangor by the printer Edward Williams, but it closed two years later due to financial difficulties.

The paper moved again to Mold when it became part of the company Papurau Newydd Gogledd Cymru ('North Wales Newspapers').

[4] Williams re-employed Geoff Charles as a photographer and he built up an archive whilst working for the paper which is now in the National Library of Wales.

[5] Williams's 17 years in the post saw the paper increase its circulation to a peak of 28,000 and introduced a new, more "professional" journalistic style.

[7] Then, in 2004, the paper was purchased by the Cambrian News, part of the Tindle newspaper group, and the office moved to Porthmadog.

In March 2017 Tindle Newspapers announced that the paper was for sale and would cease publication in June if no buyer was found.

[12] By June, four groups had expressed interest in buying the paper, although negotiations continued between them and Tindle and the Welsh Books Council.

[14][15] In November 2017 it was announced that a campaign group had received funding from the Welsh Books Council to assist a relaunch of Y Cymro as a monthly newspaper, which was launched by Cyfryngau Cymru Cyf.