Evening Chronicle

Evening Chronicle
Type Daily regional newspaper
Format Tabloid
Owner(s) Reach plc
Editor Darren Thwaites
Founded 1858
Headquarters Groat Market, Newcastle upon Tyne
Website www.chroniclelive.co.uk

The Evening Chronicle, now referred in print as The Chronicle, is a daily, newspaper produced in Newcastle upon Tyne, covering Tyne and Wear, southern Northumberland and northern County Durham. The Evening Chronicle is published by ncjMedia, a division of Reach plc. It has a circulation of 26,811 as of 2016, down −12.3% year on year.[1]

History

The Chronicle originated as the Newcastle Chronicle, founded in 1764 as a weekly newspaper by Thomas Stack. The paper was owned by his descendants until 1850, when it was sold to a consortium led by Mark William Lambert, a local businessman. The repeal of the taxes on newspapers in 1855, along with the hiring of new journalists and the installation of a new printing press created an opportunity to expand the newspaper. On May 1, 1858, the Newcastle Daily Chronicle was launched. Its editor was Joseph Cowen, who became the sole owner at the end of 1859. He soon turned the Chronicle into the most successful newspaper in north-eastern England and one of the most successful provincial newspapers of the 19th century.[2] In April 2013 the Evening Chronicle became known as The Chronicle or Chronicle Live.[3]

Present day

The Chronicle was always a broadsheet, from its inception right up until 8 October 1997, when it became a tabloid-sized paper. The Evening Chronicle newspaper concentrates on local news, human interest stories and sport particularly Newcastle United FC. Chronicle circulation increases on Thursdays with the publication of a jobs section. In October 2013, the Chronicle, Journal and Sunday Sun were banned from Newcastle United F.C. due to the papers' coverage of a fans' protest march.[4] The ban was later withdrawn.

Until 2007 the paper was published twice daily, with an evening edition on sale from the late afternoon.

Sister papers

Owned by Reach plc, the Chronicle is the sister publication of another North East newspaper The Journal. The two papers complement each other with The Journal being published in the morning and the Chronicle in the afternoon and evening.

In 2007, the local free paper The Herald and Post was rebranded under the Chronicle banner, as Chronicle Extra.

The Chronicle focuses on all local news and sport in the North East but in particular the local Premier League football side Newcastle United. North East sport was covered by The Pink (a Chronicle supplement) from 1895 to 2005. The paper was usually issued after the days football business had concluded on a Saturday. The last edition was published on December 17, 2005.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Yorkshire Post tops ABC league but all dailies see sales decline". HoldtheFrontPage.
  2. ↑ Milne, Maurice (1971). The Newspapers of Northumberland and Durham. Newcastle upon Tyne: Frank Graham. pp. 41, 64. ISBN 0900409193.
  3. ↑ "About Us". Chronicle Live. Retrieved May 16, 2017.
  4. ↑ "Newcastle United journalist ban emulates Sir Alex Ferguson arrogance". 30 October 2013 – via The Guardian.
  5. ↑ https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/history/chronicles-football-pink-last-published-10603747


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