Market Rasen Mail is a weekly newspaper which serves Market Rasen, Lincolnshire, England and the surrounding area.
It was founded in 1856 by Richard Hackett, a farmer who had established a printing business in the town.
In 1947, the Mail was bought by Charles Edward “Teddy” Sharpe, who remained associated with the title until his death in 1983. He modernised the business and expanded it by buying the Horncastle News and the printing company Mortons of Horncastle.
In 2001, the Mail was bought by Johnston Press.[1]
One of the biggest stories in the history of the paper happened on 27 February 2008, when Market Rasen was at the epicentre of an earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter Scale. Reporters responded with a multi-media package of articles, videos, eye-witness accounts and reader submissions.[2]
According to data from analysts JICREG, weekly circulation of Market Rasen Mail was 4,097 in the period January-June 2009.[3]
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