Oldham Evening Chronicle
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The Oldham Evening Chronicle is a daily newspaper
Newspaper
A newspaper is a scheduled publication containing news of current events, informative articles, diverse features and advertising. It usually is printed on relatively inexpensive, low-grade paper such as newsprint. By 2007, there were 6580 daily newspapers in the world selling 395 million copies a...

 published each weekday evening. It is a local newspaper which serves the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham
Metropolitan Borough of Oldham
The Metropolitan Borough of Oldham is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. It has a population of 219,600, and spans . The borough is named after its largest town, Oldham, but also includes the outlying towns of Chadderton, Failsworth, Royton and Shaw and Crompton, the village of...

, in Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 2.6 million. It encompasses one of the largest metropolitan areas in the United Kingdom and comprises ten metropolitan boroughs: Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan, and the...

, England. There are also two sister editions called Oldham Extra and Saddleworth Extra published on Thursdays.

The paper is owned by Hirst Kidd and Rennie.

History

On May 6, 1854, the first edition of the Oldham Chronicle (as it was originally known) was published by a bookseller and printer Daniel Evans in an effort to provide the then thriving cotton manufacturing town of Oldham
Oldham
Oldham is a large town in Greater Manchester, England. It lies amid the Pennines on elevated ground between the rivers Irk and Medlock, south-southeast of Rochdale, and northeast of the city of Manchester...

 with its own locally produced newspaper. Oldham was enjoying rapid economic expansion thanks to the Industrial Revolution
Industrial Revolution
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, but local communities had to rely on Manchester
Manchester
Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...

 papers for news about the town and surrounding districts. The Oldham Chronicle was published in an attempt to fill this gap. Five months later, he sold it to Robert Lewis Gerrie.

When Gerrie died 18 months later from consumption, Jonathan Hirst and Wallace Rennie bought the paper in 1857 for £800, and members of the Hirst family still work for the newspaper - the current managing director is Philip Hirst, great great grandson of Jonathan Hirst.

The paper went from strength to strength and became an established and favoured paper for the wider Metropolitan Borough of Oldham
Metropolitan Borough of Oldham
The Metropolitan Borough of Oldham is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. It has a population of 219,600, and spans . The borough is named after its largest town, Oldham, but also includes the outlying towns of Chadderton, Failsworth, Royton and Shaw and Crompton, the village of...

.

Due to this increase in popularity, in 1880, it was decided to produce a daily edition (Monday to Saturday). The weekly edition and the Oldham Evening Chronicle were published together until 1982, when the paid-for Oldham Chronicle became the free Chronicle Weekend. In 2010, Chronicle Weekend was separated into two free weekly editions, Oldham Extra and Saddleworth Extra.

Staff

  • Managing Director: Philip Hirst


Editorial
  • Editor: David Whaley
  • Deputy Editor: Bob Young
  • News editor: Mike Attenborough:
  • Business Editor: Martyn Torr
  • Sports Editor: Kevin Richardson


Advertising
  • Manager: Jenny Cattermole
  • Teleads Supervisor: Wendy Krastins


IT and Production
  • Production and IT Director: Jim Taylor
  • IT Manager: Shane Gallaghan
  • Chief Comp: Michael Horton

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