The Oxford Times
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The Oxford Times is a weekly newspaper
, published each Thursday in Oxford
, England
. It is published from a large production facility at Osney Mead, west Oxford, and is owned by Newsquest
, the UK
subsidiary of US
-based Gannett Company
.
The Oxford Times has a number of colour supplements. Oxfordshire Limited Edition, is included with the first edition of each month. There is also a monthly In Business supplement.
The Oxford Times has several sister publications:
.
The Oxford Times has won a number of national awards including Regional Weekly Newspaper of the Year in 2004, 2005, and 2007.
In March 2008 the paper changed to tabloid or "compact
" style Until 24 October 2008 the paper was published each Friday.
The Oxford Times circulation fell from 26,262 in 2006 to 20,537 in January 2008.
In 1922 Lawrence of Arabia commissioned The Oxford Times to typeset and print an advance private edition of Seven Pillars of Wisdom
. This is known as the "1922 Edition" or the "Oxford Text" of Seven Pillars.
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 Thursday in Oxford
Oxford
The city of Oxford is the county town of Oxfordshire, England. The city, made prominent by its medieval university, has a population of just under 165,000, with 153,900 living within the district boundary. It lies about 50 miles north-west of London. The rivers Cherwell and Thames run through...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. It is published from a large production facility at Osney Mead, west Oxford, and is owned by Newsquest
Newsquest
Newsquest is the third largest publisher of regional and local newspapers in the United Kingdom with 300 titles in its portfolio. Newsquest is based in Weybridge, Surrey and employs a total of more than 5,500 people across the UK...
, the UK
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
subsidiary of US
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
-based Gannett Company
Gannett Company
Gannett Company, Inc. is a publicly-traded media holding company headquartered in Tysons Corner, Virginia, United States, near McLean. It is the largest U.S. newspaper publisher as measured by total daily circulation. Its assets include the national newspaper USA Today and the weekly USA Weekend...
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The Oxford Times has a number of colour supplements. Oxfordshire Limited Edition, is included with the first edition of each month. There is also a monthly In Business supplement.
The Oxford Times has several sister publications:
- The Herald Series - a set of weekly tabloid newspapers covering AbingdonAbingdon, OxfordshireAbingdon or archaically Abingdon-on-Thames is a market town and civil parish in Oxfordshire, England. It is the seat of the Vale of White Horse district. Previously the county town of Berkshire, Abingdon is one of several places that claim to be Britain's oldest continuously occupied town, with...
, WantageWantageWantage is a market town and civil parish in the Vale of the White Horse, Oxfordshire, England. The town is on Letcombe Brook, about south-west of Abingdon and a similar distance west of Didcot....
, Wallingford and DidcotDidcotDidcot is a town and civil parish in Oxfordshire about south of Oxford. Until 1974 it was in Berkshire, but was transferred to Oxfordshire in that year, and from Wallingford Rural District to the district of South Oxfordshire...
. - Witney Gazette - a weekly tabloid newspaper covering WitneyWitneyWitney is a town on the River Windrush, west of Oxford in Oxfordshire, England.The place-name 'Witney' is first attested in a Saxon charter of 969 as 'Wyttannige'; it appears as 'Witenie' in the Domesday Book of 1086. The name means 'Witta's island'....
and CartertonCarterton, OxfordshireCarterton is the second largest town in West Oxfordshire and is about south of the A40 and south-west of Witney. The town is on the edge of the Thames Valley and on the edge of the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.-History:...
. - Bicester Advertiser - a weekly tabloid newspaper covering BicesterBicesterBicester is a town and civil parish in the Cherwell district of northeastern Oxfordshire in England.This historic market centre is one of the fastest growing towns in Oxfordshire Development has been favoured by its proximity to junction 9 of the M40 motorway linking it to London, Birmingham and...
. - Banbury CakeBanbury Cake (newspaper)The Banbury Cake is a free, weekly, newspaper published by Newsquest Oxfordshire. It is distributed to houses in Banbury and the surrounding area, usually on a Thursday. It contains local news, sport, entertainment news, gossip; as well as job, car and other adverts. Its offices are in Banbury High...
- a free weekly tabloid newspaper for the BanburyBanburyBanbury is a market town and civil parish on the River Cherwell in the Cherwell District of Oxfordshire. It is northwest of London, southeast of Birmingham, south of Coventry and north northwest of the county town of Oxford...
area. - The Oxford Star - a free weekly tabloid newspaper established in 1976;
- Oxford MailOxford MailOxford Mail is a daily tabloid newspaper in Oxford, England owned by Newsquest. It is published six days a week. It is a sister paper to the weekly tabloid The Oxford Times.-History:...
- a daily tabloid newspaper published Monday to Saturday founded in 1928.
History
The Oxford Times was founded in 1862 as a weekly broadsheetBroadsheet
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...
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The Oxford Times has won a number of national awards including Regional Weekly Newspaper of the Year in 2004, 2005, and 2007.
In March 2008 the paper changed to tabloid or "compact
Compact (newspaper)
A compact newspaper is a broadsheet-quality newspaper printed in a tabloid format, especially one in the United Kingdom. The term is used also for this size came into use in its current use when The Independent began producing a smaller format edition for London's commuters, designed to be easier...
" style Until 24 October 2008 the paper was published each Friday.
The Oxford Times circulation fell from 26,262 in 2006 to 20,537 in January 2008.
In 1922 Lawrence of Arabia commissioned The Oxford Times to typeset and print an advance private edition of Seven Pillars of Wisdom
Seven Pillars of Wisdom
Seven Pillars of Wisdom is the autobiographical account of the experiences of British soldier T. E. Lawrence , while serving as a liaison officer with rebel forces during the Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Turks of 1916 to 1918....
. This is known as the "1922 Edition" or the "Oxford Text" of Seven Pillars.