The New European

The New European

Frontpage of the first edition
Type Weekly newspaper
Format Berliner
Owner(s) Archant
Editor Matt Kelly
Founded 4 July 2016 (2016-07-04)
Political alignment Pro-Europeanism
Language English
Headquarters Prospect House, Rouen Road, Norwich
Country United Kingdom
Circulation Approximately 20,000
Website www.theneweuropean.co.uk

The New European is a British pro-EU weekly newspaper owned by Archant that began publication on 8 July 2016. Launched as a response to the United Kingdom's 2016 EU referendum, its readership is aimed at those who voted to remain within the European Union, with the newspaper's tagline being "The New Pop-up Paper for the 48%".[1][2]

It is edited by Matt Kelly, who formerly worked at the Daily Mirror[3] and Local World.

The newspaper's owners stated that The New European was to have an initial lifespan of just four issues, beyond which publication would be reviewed on a week-by-week basis. By the eve of the third edition the paper revealed it had broken even and sold around 40,000 copies.[4] It continued to publish beyond its fourth issue, and is currently still publishing. The circulation was reported in November 2016 to be "about 25,000"[5] and, in February 2017, to be 20,000.[6] The paper also announced in November 2016 that it was moving to become more digitally focussed (it claimed to have more than a million internet page views a month[7]) [5] - in May 2017 it said it only had one permanent staff member and around 40 contributors[8]. The paper announced it was changing from Berliner to tabloid format in July 2017.[9]

On 30 September 2016, the newspaper won the serial rights to the fifth volume of Alastair Campbell's diaries about the Blair government,[10] which it serialised over three weeks. Subsequently in March 2017 the newspaper announced that it had appointed Campbell as editor-at-large.[11]

In May 2017 the New European won prizes at the annual British Media awards for Launch of the Year (Gold), Print Product of the Year (Silver) Content Team of the Year (Bronze) and Pioneer of the Year for the editor Matt Kelly.[12]

Contributors

Notes and references

  1. ↑ Worley, Will (3 July 2016). "UK's first ever 'pop up newspaper' to be launched in response to Brexit". The Independent. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
  2. ↑ Greenslade, Roy (4 July 2016). "Archant launches pop-up paper to serve people who voted remain". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
  3. ↑ Sommers, Jack (2017-04-07). "This Brash, Pro-EU Newspaper Is Borrowing From The Daily Mail's Playbook". HuffPost UK. Retrieved 2017-06-19.
  4. ↑ Sweney, Mark. "Anti-Brexit paper the New European outsells the New Day and makes profit". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
  5. 1 2 Sweney, Mark (4 November 2016) "The New European publisher puts up to 60 roles at risk in digital move". The Guardian.
  6. ↑ Lichterman, Joseph (2 February 2017) "This anti-Brexit newspaper first launched as a pop-up, but it's doing well enough to continue indefinitely". Nieman Lab.
  7. ↑ Lichterman, Joseph (2017-02-22). "This anti-Brexit newspaper first launched as a pop-up, but it’s doing well enough to continue indefinitely". Nieman Lab. Retrieved 2017-06-19.
  8. ↑ Hammett, Ellen (2017-05-23). "The New European: the pop-up paper that defied the odds". Mediatel Newsline. Retrieved 2017-06-18.
  9. ↑ Hammett, Ellen (16 June 2017). "The New European goes tabloid". Mediatel Newsline. Retrieved 2017-06-19.
  10. ↑ Greenslade, Roy (30 September 2016). "The New European wins serial rights to Alastair Campbell's new book". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
  11. ↑ "Alastair Campbell joins The New European as editor-at-large". The New European. 24 March 2017. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
  12. ↑ 2017-05-03. "2017 Winners". British Media Awards 2017. Retrieved 2017-06-19.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.