Mid-Ocean News
Encyclopedia
The Mid-Ocean News was a newspaper
published in Bermuda
between 1911 and October 16, 2009. It was a sister publication of The Royal Gazette
, which acquired it in 1962. At the time, the Mid-Ocean News was a daily afternoon newspaper. In 1968, it became a weekly publication, distributed on Saturdays.
From 1976 until its final edition on October 16, 2009, it was a weekly newspaper published on Fridays. In its final years, the Mid-Ocean news had colour comics and a magazine-style TV programme section, and was published by Bermuda Press Holdings Ltd., the owner of the Royal Gazette.
Newspaper
A newspaper is a scheduled publication containing news of current events, informative articles, diverse features and advertising. It usually is printed on relatively inexpensive, low-grade paper such as newsprint. By 2007, there were 6580 daily newspapers in the world selling 395 million copies a...
published in Bermuda
Bermuda
Bermuda is a British overseas territory in the North Atlantic Ocean. Located off the east coast of the United States, its nearest landmass is Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, about to the west-northwest. It is about south of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, and northeast of Miami, Florida...
between 1911 and October 16, 2009. It was a sister publication of The Royal Gazette
The Royal Gazette
The Royal Gazette, founded in 1828, is the only daily newspaper in the island nation of Bermuda. It is published Mondays through Saturdays; there is no Sunday edition....
, which acquired it in 1962. At the time, the Mid-Ocean News was a daily afternoon newspaper. In 1968, it became a weekly publication, distributed on Saturdays.
From 1976 until its final edition on October 16, 2009, it was a weekly newspaper published on Fridays. In its final years, the Mid-Ocean news had colour comics and a magazine-style TV programme section, and was published by Bermuda Press Holdings Ltd., the owner of the Royal Gazette.
External links
- Archival issues of The Mid-Ocean from the Digital Library of the CaribbeanDigital Library of the CaribbeanThe Digital Library of the Caribbean is an international digital library operated collaboratively by the contributing partners.-Partners:...