The newspaper was established in 1824 by Lex Scott, a local bookseller. It cost 7
d. until 1836, when the price was reduced to 4
d. In 1870, the paper was published daily, with a second edition to provide news of the
Franco-Prussian War. That year, a competition was to establish the liberal
North Devon Herald. Both papers survived until 1941 when they merged as the
North Devon Journal Herald. In 1986 the paper changed from
broadsheet to
tabloid format, and became the
North Devon Journal again. In 2012,
Local World acquired owner Northcliffe Media from
Daily Mail and General Trust. Local World was subsequently acquired by Trinity Mirror. ==References==