The Orcadian

The Orcadian
TypeWeekly newspaper
FormatTabloid (since 2018)
Owner(s)Orkney Media Group (Anderson-Mackintosh family)
Founder(s)James Urquhart Anderson
EditorLeah Seator
Founded1854 (1854) (as A Literary and Commercial Advertiser for Orkney and Zetland)
LanguageEnglish
HeadquartersKirkwall, Orkney, Scotland
Websitewww.orcadian.co.uk

The Orcadian is the oldest newspaper in Orkney, Scotland, first published in 1854. At first a monthly paper, it soon became a weekly. The newspaper is based in Kirkwall but printed in Glasgow for sale every Thursday. It is part of the Orkney Media Group, formed out of a partnership with a competing newspaper, Orkney Today, in 2007.