14/08/2026
⚠️ WHO REALLY OWNS OUR LOCAL NEWS?! ⚠️You think you are supporting a local newspaper, but your money is going straight to Wall Street! 😡
The parent company that owns local papers, Gannett, isn't even a regular company anymore. It is a massive, corporate machine traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: GCI).Look at who is actually pulling the strings:Zero local ownership: Not owned by a family or a local business.Wall Street control: Over 65% is owned by massive financial institutions, hedge funds, and investment firms.
The Big Names: Huge corporate giants like Alta Fundamental Advisers, Two Seas Capital, Apollo Management, and BlackRock are holding the shares.Massive Merger: They grew into a giant monopoly after a massive $1.4 billion corporate mega-merger.
Our local stories and community voices are being managed by hedge funds and billionaires in New York offices who have probably never even stepped foot in West Wales! 💸📉Wake up, everyone! Share this before it gets buried by the algorithm! 🚨📢
Gannett owns two daily newspapers and over a dozen weekly regional titles across Wales through its UK subsidiary, Newsquest Media Group.
Daily Newspapers
South Wales Argus — The primary daily regional paper serving Newport, Monmouthshire, Blaenau Gwent, Torfaen, and Caerphilly.
The Leader — The daily morning newspaper serving Wrexham, Flintshire, and parts of Chester.
Weekly Newspapers
Tivy-Side Advertiser - Serving Cardigan, Newcastle Emlyn, and the Teifi Valley.
Western Telegraph - Serving Pembrokeshire and parts of Carmarthenshire.
South Wales Guardian - Covering the Amman, Gwendraeth, and Swansea Valleys.
Powys County Times - Serving Montgomeryshire and Mid Wales.
Barry & District News -Covering Barry and the Vale of Glamorgan.
Penarth Times -Serving Penarth and surrounding areas in the Vale of Glamorgan.
Pontypool Free Press - Serving Pontypool and the borough of Torfaen.
Rhyl, Prestatyn & Abergele Journal- Covering the coastal strip of Denbighshire and Conwy.
Denbighshire Free Press - Serving Denbigh, Ruthin, and the Vale of Clwyd.
North Wales Chronicle - Serving Bangor, Anglesey, and parts of Gwynedd.
North Wales Pioneer - Covering Llandudno, Colwyn Bay, and Conwy.
Milford Mercury - Serving Milford Haven and West Pembrokeshire.
