Banbury Cake (newspaper)

Banbury Cake
Type Online newspaper
Owner(s) Newsquest
Publisher Newsquest
Editor Sara Taylor
Language English
Headquarters Newspaper House, Osney Mead, OXFORD, OX2 0EJ
Website Banbury Cake Website

The Banbury Cake was a free, weekly, newspaper published by Newsquest Oxfordshire, Oxford, England. It was distributed to houses in Banbury and the surrounding area, usually on a Thursday. It contained local news, sport, entertainment news, gossip; as well as job, car and other advertisements. It takes its name from Banbury cakes.

Current formation and future

In October 2017, Newsquest Oxfordshire announced the cessation of the Banbury Cake after more than forty years of publication but would continue publishing news via its online platform. The paper distributed copies with a circulation of 53,000 in the 1980s. That figure had rapidly demised by 2013 to a print distribution of just over 13,000 copies.[1] Today, the Banbury Cake continues to provide and serve the community with news via its website.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Press Gazette, 2nd October 2017 - https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/newquest-closes-free-banbury-cake-newspaper-after-40-years-in-print/
  2. ↑ Banbury Cake Website, http://www.banburycake.co.uk


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