The Comet (newspaper)

The Comet
TypeWeekly newspaper
FormatTabloid
OwnerUSA Today Co.
PublisherNewsquest
EditorGeorgia Barrow
Founded
  • May 1971 (1971-05)
  • (as the Stevenage Sun)
LanguageEnglish
HeadquartersStevenage, United Kingdom
Circulation
  • 66,791 weekly
  • (98.4% free; 2014)
Sister newspapersRoyston Crow
Websitewww.thecomet.net

The Comet is a weekly newspaper covering the English towns of Stevenage, Hitchin, Letchworth and Baldock, as well as the surrounding villages in north Hertfordshire and south-east Bedfordshire. It is based in Stevenage. The vast majority of its copies are delivered locally or picked up as a free newspaper, but it is also sold. It is published each Thursday in three editions—one concentrates on the Stevenage area, another focuses on Hitchin and a third pays particular attention to Letchworth and Baldock. It is published by Newsquest.