Coventry Evening Telegraph
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The Coventry Telegraph is a local English tabloid newspaper. Originally called The Midland Daily Telegraph, it was founded in 1891 by William Isaac Iliffe as Coventry
's first daily newspaper, a four-page broadsheet
newspaper originally sold for a half penny. It changed its name to the Coventry Evening Telegraph on 17 November 1941, and to the Coventry Telegraph on 2 October 2006.
As of 2010, it is part of the Trinity Mirror
group, the biggest regional newspaper publisher in the United Kingdom and has a daily circulation of approximately 47,000 copies (July to December 2007).
raid on the city.
From 1946 until the end of April 2004, a separate sports publication, The Pink, was printed every Saturday evening. It provided coverage of sport from the Midlands, as well as national and international sport. The fortunes of Coventry City F.C.
played a prominent role in The Pink. With the 1998-99 football season, The Pink, became the first regional evening newspaper to provide same day reports from all FA Premiership matches.
The foundation stone of its offices at 157 Corporation Street, Coventry, CV1 1FP, was laid by the then proprietor, Lord Iliffe
G.B.E
, on 21 November 1957.
In 1985, the local radio station Mercia FM
and the Telegraph formed the Snowball Appeal, a charitable organisation whose aim is to raise money to help sick and needy children in Coventry and Warwickshire
.
From Monday 2 October 2006, the publication changed from an evening paper to a morning paper. To reflect this change, the newspaper's name changed to simply Coventry Telegraph. The switch to a morning paper saw a change in emphasis with the printed edition concentrating on exclusive and community news, leaving breaking news to its website.
The Telegraph is published Monday to Saturday in the following editions:
Coventry Newspapers Ltd. (managing director: Debbie Davies) comprises the Telegraph together with its sister publications:
Coventry
Coventry is a city and metropolitan borough in the county of West Midlands in England. Coventry is the 9th largest city in England and the 11th largest in the United Kingdom. It is also the second largest city in the English Midlands, after Birmingham, with a population of 300,848, although...
's first daily newspaper, a four-page broadsheet
Broadsheet
Broadsheet is the largest of the various newspaper formats and is characterized by long vertical pages . The term derives from types of popular prints usually just of a single sheet, sold on the streets and containing various types of material, from ballads to political satire. The first broadsheet...
newspaper originally sold for a half penny. It changed its name to the Coventry Evening Telegraph on 17 November 1941, and to the Coventry Telegraph on 2 October 2006.
As of 2010, it is part of the Trinity Mirror
Trinity Mirror
Trinity Mirror plc is a large British newspaper and magazine publisher. It is Britain's biggest newspaper group, publishing 240 regional papers as well as the national Daily Mirror, Sunday Mirror and People, and the Scottish Sunday Mail and Daily Record. Its headquarters are at Canary Wharf in...
group, the biggest regional newspaper publisher in the United Kingdom and has a daily circulation of approximately 47,000 copies (July to December 2007).
History
15 November 1940 was the only day that the newspaper was unable to publish, due to the blitzCoventry Blitz
The Coventry blitz was a series of bombing raids that took place in the English city of Coventry. The city was bombed many times during the Second World War by the German Air Force...
raid on the city.
From 1946 until the end of April 2004, a separate sports publication, The Pink, was printed every Saturday evening. It provided coverage of sport from the Midlands, as well as national and international sport. The fortunes of Coventry City F.C.
Coventry City F.C.
Coventry City Football Club, otherwise known as the Sky Blues owing to the traditional colour of their strip, are a professional English Football league club based in Coventry...
played a prominent role in The Pink. With the 1998-99 football season, The Pink, became the first regional evening newspaper to provide same day reports from all FA Premiership matches.
The foundation stone of its offices at 157 Corporation Street, Coventry, CV1 1FP, was laid by the then proprietor, Lord Iliffe
Edward Iliffe, 1st Baron Iliffe
Edward Mauger Iliffe, 1st Baron Iliffe , was a British newspaper magnate, public servant and Conservative Member of Parliament.Iliffe was the son of William Isaac Iliffe, a publisher and Justice of the Peace, of Allesley near Coventry...
G.B.E
Order of the British Empire
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...
, on 21 November 1957.
In 1985, the local radio station Mercia FM
Mercia FM
Mercia is an Independent Local Radio station serving Coventry and Warwickshire. The station, owned and operated by Orion Media broadcasts from studios shared with BRMB at Broad Street in Birmingham.-History:...
and the Telegraph formed the Snowball Appeal, a charitable organisation whose aim is to raise money to help sick and needy children in Coventry and Warwickshire
Warwickshire
Warwickshire is a landlocked non-metropolitan county in the West Midlands region of England. The county town is Warwick, although the largest town is Nuneaton. The county is famous for being the birthplace of William Shakespeare...
.
From Monday 2 October 2006, the publication changed from an evening paper to a morning paper. To reflect this change, the newspaper's name changed to simply Coventry Telegraph. The switch to a morning paper saw a change in emphasis with the printed edition concentrating on exclusive and community news, leaving breaking news to its website.
The Telegraph is published Monday to Saturday in the following editions:
- City
- Warwickshire
- Nuneaton
Coventry Newspapers Ltd. (managing director: Debbie Davies) comprises the Telegraph together with its sister publications:
- The Coventry Times (formerly The Coventry Citizen)
- The NuneatonNuneatonNuneaton is the largest town in the Borough of Nuneaton and Bedworth and in the English county of Warwickshire.Nuneaton is most famous for its associations with the 19th century author George Eliot, who was born on a farm on the Arbury Estate just outside Nuneaton in 1819 and lived in the town for...
Tribune - The HinckleyHinckleyHinckley is a town in southwest Leicestershire, England. It has a population of 43,246 . It is administered by Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council...
Times - The Hinckley Herald & Classified Journal
- The KenilworthKenilworthKenilworth is a town in central Warwickshire, England. In 2001 the town had a population of 22,582 . It is situated south of Coventry, north of Warwick and northwest of London....
, WarwickWarwickWarwick is the county town of Warwickshire, England. The town lies upon the River Avon, south of Coventry and just west of Leamington Spa and Whitnash with which it is conjoined. As of the 2001 United Kingdom census, it had a population of 23,350...
& Royal Leaminton SpaLeamington SpaRoyal Leamington Spa, commonly known as Leamington Spa or Leamington or Leam to locals, is a spa town in central Warwickshire, England. Formerly known as Leamington Priors, its expansion began following the popularisation of the medicinal qualities of its water by Dr Kerr in 1784, and by Dr Lambe...
Times (formerly The Kenilworth Citizen) - The BedworthBedworthBedworth is a market town in the Nuneaton and Bedworth district of Warwickshire, England. It lies northwest of London, east of Birmingham, and north northeast of the county town of Warwick. It is situated between Coventry, to the south, and Nuneaton, to the north.In the 2001 census the town...
Echo - The RugbyRugby, WarwickshireRugby is a market town in Warwickshire, England, located on the River Avon. The town has a population of 61,988 making it the second largest town in the county...
Times - Midland Farm Ad
External links
- Coventry Telegraph website
- Coventry Times website
- Trinity Mirror website
- FarmAd website - which is no longer being updated.