November 15th, 2021
The National Wales launches app, Newsletters, whilst ending weekly print edition
On the March 1, 2021, The National Wales launched as a new digital news service for Wales. To coincide with the launch, it published a souvenir print edition followed by a special edition to preview the Welsh Senedd election.聽
Since then, The National Wales has also published a weekly Saturday edition. The main objective for the newspaper was to raise awareness of the new digital news service for Wales as an alternative to the UK national news brands published out of England.聽
On Saturday, November 13, the print edition, having achieved its objective, will return to its pop-up format, and the team will be focusing all its energies on the core digital service. Details of The National鈥檚 pop-up print plans will be shared in the New Year.聽
Readers can now access all The National Wales鈥� content via the website and our new mobile and tablet app. The app gives a great reading experience, is ad free, and will give access to any future print editions.聽
In addition, the National Wales will be launching a host of new email newsletters in the coming weeks, including:聽
飩� The Edition: Published on Saturday mornings featuring the best content from the week for those who enjoy a curated weekly digital of Welsh news and comment.聽
飩� The National Conversation: The week鈥檚 best opinion writing, featuring regular columnists and guest op-ops, sent every Sunday morning聽
飩� Wales Uncovered: A weekly round-up from writer Twm Owen of the best culture, history, human interest and quirky stories that The National does best聽
飩� Social Justice Wales: Featuring coverage of social issues, curated by the irrepressible reporter Rebecca Wilks聽
Gavin Thompson, editor, said:聽
鈥淪ince launching in March we鈥檝e been overwhelmed by the positive response The National has received and we鈥檙e delighted that to have proved that there is a huge appetite for a new national news service for all of Wales.聽
鈥淥ur original intention was to be digital only, but we had such a strong response from our early popup print editions, that we built out a weekly print newspaper as well. With the digital audience going from strength to strength, we feel now is the time to focus only on the digital opportunity for The National and are launching a host of new digital features and content, with more to come. Watch this space!聽
鈥淚f you believe what The National Wales is doing is important then please consider becoming a subscriber to our digital service, not only will you get access to all our content, but you鈥檒l be also investing in a service that can play an important role in the future of Wales.鈥澛�
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