Cambridge Evening News
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The Cambridge News is a British
daily newspaper
published each weekday and on Saturdays. 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. In the period December 2010-June 2011, it had an average daily circulation of 20,987.
public. 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.
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 headquarters moved from Newmarket Road to Milton in 1998. The current owners are Iliffe News and Media.
In 2007 the paper started publishing an early-morning "Sunrise" edition titled simply Cambridge News, as well as the afternoon edition. In 2008, the evening edition was stopped. As the paper now only has a morning edition; "Evening" has been removed from the paper's title.
The Cambridge News also has eight sister papers with a more local circulation as part of the Weekly News series: Cambridge
, Ely
, Huntingdon
, St Ives
and St Neots
(all in Cambridgeshire
), Haverhill
and Newmarket (in Suffolk
), Royston
(in Hertfordshire
) and Saffron Walden
(in Essex
).
Until 2002 the St Neots
edition was titled St Neots Evening News and the Huntingdon
& St Ives
edition Huntingdon and St Ives Evening News for around three years, before reverting to their original names. 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 Paul Brackley.
Cambridge News 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.
The paper won Regional Newspaper of the Year at The Newspaper Awards held in 2009.
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Newspaper
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published each weekday and on Saturdays. It is distributed from its parent company Cambridge Newspapers Ltd's Milton
Milton, Cambridgeshire
Milton is a village just north of Cambridge, England. It has a population of approximately 4,300 with 3,200 being on the electoral register. It expanded considerably in the late 1980s when two large housing estates were built between the bypass and the village resulting in a doubling of the...
base which was opened in 1991 as a print works, and became the Evening News main operational hub in 1998. In the period December 2010-June 2011, it had an average daily circulation of 20,987.
History
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 CambridgeCambridge
The city of Cambridge is a university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies in East Anglia about north of London. Cambridge is at the heart of the high-technology centre known as Silicon Fen – a play on Silicon Valley and the fens surrounding the...
public. 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.
In the 1920s the Taylors sold the paper to the Iliffe family
Baron Iliffe
Baron Iliffe, of Yattendon in the County of Berkshire, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1933 for the newspaper magnate Sir Edward Iliffe...
, 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 headquarters moved from Newmarket Road to Milton in 1998. The current owners are Iliffe News and Media.
In 2007 the paper started publishing an early-morning "Sunrise" edition titled simply Cambridge News, as well as the afternoon edition. In 2008, the evening edition was stopped. As the paper now only has a morning edition; "Evening" has been removed from the paper's title.
The Cambridge News also has eight sister papers with a more local circulation as part of the Weekly News series: Cambridge
Cambridge
The city of Cambridge is a university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies in East Anglia about north of London. Cambridge is at the heart of the high-technology centre known as Silicon Fen – a play on Silicon Valley and the fens surrounding the...
, Ely
Ely, Cambridgeshire
Ely is a cathedral city in Cambridgeshire, England, 14 miles north-northeast of Cambridge and about by road from London. It is built on a Lower Greensand island, which at a maximum elevation of is the highest land in the Fens...
, Huntingdon
Huntingdon
Huntingdon is a market town in Cambridgeshire, England. The town was chartered by King John in 1205. It is the traditional county town of Huntingdonshire, and is currently the seat of the Huntingdonshire district council. It is known as the birthplace in 1599 of Oliver Cromwell.-History:Huntingdon...
, St Ives
St Ives, Cambridgeshire
St Ives is a market town in Cambridgeshire, England, around north-west of the city of Cambridge and north of London. It lies within the historic county boundaries of Huntingdonshire.-History:...
and St Neots
St Neots
St Neots is a town and civil parish with a population of 26,356 people. It lies on the River Great Ouse in Huntingdonshire District, approximately north of central London, and is the largest town in Cambridgeshire . The town is named after the Cornish monk St...
(all in Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire is a county in England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the northeast, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west...
), Haverhill
Haverhill, Suffolk
Haverhill is an industrial market town and civil parish in the county of Suffolk, England, next to the borders of Essex and Cambridgeshire. It lies southeast of Cambridge and north of central London...
and Newmarket (in Suffolk
Suffolk
Suffolk is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in East Anglia, England. It has borders with Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south. The North Sea lies to the east...
), Royston
Royston, Hertfordshire
Royston is a town and civil parish in the District of North Hertfordshire and county of Hertfordshire in England.It is situated on the Greenwich Meridian, which brushes the towns western boundary, and at the northernmost apex of the county on the same latitude of towns such as Milton Keynes and...
(in Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England. The county town is Hertford.The county is one of the Home Counties and lies inland, bordered by Greater London , Buckinghamshire , Bedfordshire , Cambridgeshire and...
) and Saffron Walden
Saffron Walden
Saffron Walden is a medium-sized market town in the Uttlesford district of Essex, England. It is located north of Bishop's Stortford, south of Cambridge and approx north of London...
(in Essex
Essex
Essex is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England, and one of the home counties. It is located to the northeast of Greater London. It borders with Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent to the South and London to the south west...
).
Until 2002 the St Neots
St Neots
St Neots is a town and civil parish with a population of 26,356 people. It lies on the River Great Ouse in Huntingdonshire District, approximately north of central London, and is the largest town in Cambridgeshire . The town is named after the Cornish monk St...
edition was titled St Neots Evening News and the Huntingdon
Huntingdon
Huntingdon is a market town in Cambridgeshire, England. The town was chartered by King John in 1205. It is the traditional county town of Huntingdonshire, and is currently the seat of the Huntingdonshire district council. It is known as the birthplace in 1599 of Oliver Cromwell.-History:Huntingdon...
& St Ives
St Ives, Cambridgeshire
St Ives is a market town in Cambridgeshire, England, around north-west of the city of Cambridge and north of London. It lies within the historic county boundaries of Huntingdonshire.-History:...
edition Huntingdon and St Ives Evening News for around three years, before reverting to their original names. 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 Paul Brackley.
Awards
Cambridge News Online was highly commended at the EDF Energy Awards and The Newspaper Awards, both held in 2009. Judges called it the "most essential news site in the region" and also praised its high quality multimedia offerings.Cambridge News 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.
The paper won Regional Newspaper of the Year at The Newspaper Awards held in 2009.