| Cambridge News | |
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
| Format | Tabloid |
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| Owner | Iliffe News and Media |
| Publisher | Cambridge Newspapers |
| Editor | Murray Morse |
| Founded | 1888 |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | Milton, Cambridgeshire |
| Circulation | 28,026 [1] |
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| Website: www.cambridge-news.co.uk | |
The Cambridge News (also known as the CEN or locally as simply the News, and formally the Cambridge Evening News) is a British daily newspaper published each week day (with afternoon and evening editions) and on Saturdays. A newspaper is a written Publication containing News, information and Advertising, usually printed on low-cost paper called Newsprint. A tabloid is a Newspaper industry term which refers to a smaller newspaper format per spread to a weekly or semi-weekly alternative newspaper that focuses on local-interest Year 1888 ( MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Milton is a village just north of Cambridge separated from the city by the A14. History Cambridgeshire is noted as the site of some of the earliest known Neolithic permanent settlement in the United Kingdom, along with sites at Fengate This is a list of the daily Newspapers in the World by average circulation The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located A newspaper is a written Publication containing News, information and Advertising, usually printed on low-cost paper called Newsprint. It is distributed from its parent company Cambridge Newspapers Ltd's Milton base which was opened in 1991 as a print works, and became the Evening News' main operational hub in 1998. Milton is a village just north of Cambridge separated from the city by the A14. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Its current (June 2007) daily circulation is just over 28,000. June 2007 is the sixth month of that year It began on a Friday and 30 days later ended on a Saturday. A Newspaper 's circulation is the number of copies it distributes on an average day [1]
The paper was founded by William Farrow Taylor as the Cambridge Daily News in 1888 and after a slow start saw sales rise as an appetite for knowledge of the news and sports grew among the Cambridge public. Year 1888 ( MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a The city of Cambridge (ˈkeɪmbrɪdʒ is a university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England [2] As its following steadily grew the fledgling paper survived the need for modernisation in the early Twentieth Century (Captain Archibald Taylor, son of the founder, was the first managing director to introduce a standard typeface during this time, for example), the uncertain economic climate during the 1920s and 1930s and the printing shortages of the Second World War. The twentieth century of the Common Era began on The 1920s is sometimes referred to as the " Jazz Age " or the " Roaring Twenties " when speaking about the United States and Canada The 1930s were described as an abrupt shift to more radical and conservative lifestyles as countries were struggling to find a solution to the Great Depression. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including In the 1920s the Taylors sold the paper to the Iliffe family, who sold it in 1938 and then reacquired it in 1959, moving it to a larger premises on Newmarket Road: they continued to turn the paper into a profit making business under the new name of the Cambridge Evening News, starting in 1969. The 1920s is sometimes referred to as the " Jazz Age " or the " Roaring Twenties " when speaking about the United States and Canada Baron Iliffe, of Yattendon in the County of Berkshire, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The headquarters moved from Newmarket Road to Milton in 1998. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) The current owners are Iliffe News and Media. Yattendon Investment Trust plc is a private British company owned by the Iliffe family.
The Cambridge Evening News also has sister papers with a more local circulation which are delivered free of charge once a week to residents' doors. There are currently 10 such local editions of this 'Weekly News' series - Cambourne, Cambridge, Ely, Haverhill, Huntingdon, Newmarket, Royston, Saffron Walden, St Ives and St Neots. Cambourne is a new settlement in Cambridgeshire, England, in the district of South Cambridgeshire. Ely (, rhyming with "freely" is a Cathedral city in Cambridgeshire, England. Haverhill is an industrial market town in the county of Suffolk, England, next to the borders of Essex and Cambridgeshire. Huntingdon is a town in the county of Cambridgeshire in East Anglia, England. Royston is a town and Civil parish in the District of North Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire, England. Saffron Walden is a medium-sized market town in the Uttlesford district of Essex, England. St Ives is a Market town in Cambridgeshire, England, around 24 km north-west of the city of Cambridge and 110 km St Neots is a town of about 29000 people on the River Great Ouse. The paper is also active in local community campaigns such as its long running 'Action on the A14' campaign which demands action be taken on the dangerous road that bisects the paper's readership area, and also sponsors numerous local events such as the Village & Community Magazine Awards and the annual Business Excellence Awards, while running its own Community Awards to recognise readers who have made a difference in the area. The current editor is Murray Morse, who joined from the Newcastle Chronicle in November 2004. The Evening Chronicle is a daily evening Newspaper produced in Newcastle upon Tyne, covering Tyne and Wear, southern Northumberland
Awards
The Cambridge Evening News was named Daily Newspaper of the Year in the EDF Energy East of England Media Awards in January 2007. EDF Energy is the trading name of EDF Energy Customers plc, an energy company that provides Gas and Electricity to homes throughout the United The judges said the paper was "punchy, without trying to be too flashy" and "knows where its core readership is, and what it wants to see, and presents content in a clean and sensible way". It also won Community Campaign of the Year after its four-month crusade to deliver free bus fares to the region's 140,000 pensioners ended in victory.
References
- ^ a b Cambridge Evening News Hold the Front Page. Retrieved 25 December 2007
- ^ The History of the News cambridge-news. Events 274 - Roman Emperor Aurelian Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. co. uk. Retrieved 08 September 2007
External links
Events 70 - Roman forces under Titus sack Jerusalem. 1264 - The Statute of Kalisz Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.Dapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic