Borås Tidning was established in 1838.The paper has its headquarters in Borås.It had two predecessors, Borås Weckoblad(1826–1833) and Borås Nya Tidning (1834–1838). From 1898 to 2003 Borås Tidning was published by a stock corporation, AB Borås Tidning.In 2003 the paper merged with three newspapers, namely Blekinge Läns Tidning, Barometern, and Smålandsposten, to create the joint holding company Gota Media.Borås Tidning is owned by Gota Media AB and has Stefan Eklund as chief editor.Borås Tidning was published in broadsheet format until Spring 2005 when it switched to tabloid format.The paper included a weekly Finnish language page from 1967 to 2011 when it discontinued due to losing its functionality as reported by the publisher.It has a politically conservative leaning.