Cambridge Evening News
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The Cambridge Evening News (also known as the CEN or locally as simply the News) is a British daily newspaper published each week day (with afternoon and evening editions) 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. Its current daily circulation is just more than 32,000 (March 2006).
The paper was first published 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 Cambridge public. As its following steadily grew the fledgling paper survived the need for modernisation in the early Twentieth Century (Captain Archibald Taylor 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 1959 the paper was reaquired by its pre-War owners, the Iliffe family, who moved the paper to a larger premises on Newmarket Road, and continued to turn the paper into a profit making business under the new name of the Cambridge Evening News, which survives today.
The Cambridge Evening News also has sister papers with a more local circulation which are delivered free of charge once a week to residents' doors. There are currently 10 such local editions of this 'Weekly News' series - Cambourne, Cambridge, Ely, Haverhill, Huntingdon, Newmarket, Royston, Saffron Walden, St Ives and St Neots. 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 disects 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've made a difference in the area. The current editor is Murray Morse, who joined from The Newcastle Chronicle in November 2004.
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[edit] Awards
The Cambridge Evening News was named Daily Newspaper of the Year in the EDF Energy East of England Media Awards in January 2007. The judges said the paper was "punchy, without trying to be too flashy" and "knows where its core readership is, and what it wants to see, and presents content in a clean and sensible way". It 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.
[edit] Criticisms
The newspaper, which is currently published in tabloid format, tends to focus on celebrity gossip and is recognisable for its bold 'attention-grabbing' headlines giving news of sexual misconduct and petty crimes. Often the paper will 'name and shame' a member of the public, and, despite being a local newspaper, many stories can be similar to those found in national tabloids.
[edit] Notes
- ^ Source: HoldTheFrontPage.co.uk
