Worcester News
Encyclopedia
The Worcester News is a tabloid newspaper
based in Worcester, UK. The Worcester
newspaper, which was re-branded from the Worcester Evening News in July 2005, is the largest selling daily local newspaper in Worcester
. The Worcester News is published Monday to Saturday. Wednesday's edition includes a substantial jobs section, Thursday's includes a property supplement and on Friday there is a motoring section.
The Worcester News covers the city and the surrounding areas within Worcestershire
. The paper is published at offices in Hylton Road, Worcester, which overlook the Pitchcroft Racecourse and the River Severn
.
The current editor of the Worcester News is Peter John.
The Worcester News was named Midlands Newspaper of the Year in 2010.
The newspaper is owned by Newsquest Media Group which was acquired by the Gannett corporation in 1999. The Newsquest head office is based in Weybridge
, Surrey
and employs a total of more than 9,100 people across the UK. With 300 titles to its name, Newsquest is the second largest publisher of regional
and local newspapers in the United Kingdom.
In September 2005, Newsquest bought Exchange & Mart and Auto Exchange from United Advertising Publications
, after UAP merged with sister company CMPi in a restructuring of US parent UBM.
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...
based in Worcester, UK. The Worcester
Worcester
The City of Worcester, commonly known as Worcester, , is a city and county town of Worcestershire in the West Midlands of England. Worcester is situated some southwest of Birmingham and north of Gloucester, and has an approximate population of 94,000 people. The River Severn runs through the...
newspaper, which was re-branded from the Worcester Evening News in July 2005, is the largest selling daily local newspaper in Worcester
Worcester
The City of Worcester, commonly known as Worcester, , is a city and county town of Worcestershire in the West Midlands of England. Worcester is situated some southwest of Birmingham and north of Gloucester, and has an approximate population of 94,000 people. The River Severn runs through the...
. The Worcester News is published Monday to Saturday. Wednesday's edition includes a substantial jobs section, Thursday's includes a property supplement and on Friday there is a motoring section.
The Worcester News covers the city and the surrounding areas within Worcestershire
Worcestershire
Worcestershire is a non-metropolitan county, established in antiquity, located in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes it is a NUTS 3 region and is one of three counties that comprise the "Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire" NUTS 2 region...
. The paper is published at offices in Hylton Road, Worcester, which overlook the Pitchcroft Racecourse and the River Severn
River Severn
The River Severn is the longest river in Great Britain, at about , but the second longest on the British Isles, behind the River Shannon. It rises at an altitude of on Plynlimon, Ceredigion near Llanidloes, Powys, in the Cambrian Mountains of mid Wales...
.
The current editor of the Worcester News is Peter John.
The Worcester News was named Midlands Newspaper of the Year in 2010.
The newspaper is owned by Newsquest Media Group which was acquired by the Gannett corporation in 1999. The Newsquest head office is based in Weybridge
Weybridge
Weybridge is a town in the Elmbridge district of Surrey in South East England. It is bounded to the north by the River Thames at the mouth of the River Wey, from which it gets its name...
, Surrey
Surrey
Surrey is a county in the South East of England and is one of the Home Counties. The county borders Greater London, Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Hampshire and Berkshire. The historic county town is Guildford. Surrey County Council sits at Kingston upon Thames, although this has been part of...
and employs a total of more than 9,100 people across the UK. With 300 titles to its name, Newsquest is the second largest publisher of regional
Régional
Régional Compagnie Aérienne Européenne, or Régional for short, is a subsidiary airline wholly owned by Air France which connects hubs at Paris, Lyon, Clermont-Ferrand, and Bordeaux to 49 airports in Europe. The airline operates in Air France livery, retaining its name in small titles and logo on...
and local newspapers in the United Kingdom.
In September 2005, Newsquest bought Exchange & Mart and Auto Exchange from United Advertising Publications
United Advertising Publications
United Advertising Publications is a trading division of UBM but, by the end of 2005, its products will be merged with those of CMPi - another division of UBM specialising in business-to-business media and exhibitions. Two of UAP's best known titles in the UK, Exchange & Mart and Auto Exchange,...
, after UAP merged with sister company CMPi in a restructuring of US parent UBM.
External links
- Worcester News website
- @worcesternews on TwitterTwitterTwitter is an online social networking and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters, informally known as "tweets".Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey and launched that July...