Nuneaton News

The Nuneaton News, formerly the Heartland Evening News[1][2] is a paid tabloid newspaper serving Nuneaton, North Warwickshire, Hinckley and the surrounding areas.[3][4] The key areas reached by the Nuneaton News are Nuneaton and Bedworth.[5]

Nuneaton News
The front page of the Nuneaton News
TypeWeekly newspaper
FormatTabloid
Owner(s)Reach plc
Founder(s)Peter Young
Tony Parratt
Founded16 March 1992
Political alignmentNon-partisan
LanguageEnglish
HeadquartersCoventry
West Midlands
England
Circulation15,716 (as of 2019)
Sister newspapersCoventry Telegraph
Hinckley Times
Nuneaton Telegraph
WebsiteCoventry Telegraph

Founding

The paper was founded and set-up in late 1991 by two entrepreneurs experienced in the field of print journalism, former printer Peter Young, and his former colleague Tony Parratt. The first copy of the paper was printed back on 16 March 1992.[6] The Nuneaton News was launched when there was a gap in the market when the Nuneaton Evening Tribune pulled out to become a weekly newspaper.

On 8 November 2007, the newspaper became a morning publication.[7] At one point in time, the paper was referred to as 'the smallest paper' after reaching nightly sales of less than 10,000 copies.[8][9]

In January 2009, the Heartland Evening News was renamed to the Nuneaton News.[10][11]

Ownership

The independent nature of the newspaper ended in 2006, when it was acquired by Lord Iliffe's regional newspaper company, Staffordshire Newspapers Limited.[12][13][14] Following the £220m takeover of Local World by Trinity Mirror in 2015, the Nuneaton News, who were a then Local World-owned title, transferred to Trinity Mirror ownership along with 14 other then-daily regional newspapers.[15][16][17]

The merger further seen the localised print titles and their companion websites change ownership. The Nuneaton News website was closed and merged with The Coventry Telegraph's rebranded website, CoventryLive, where localised stories which serve the area of Nuneaton are also published.[18][19][20]

In May 2016, it was announced by Trinity Mirror that the Nuneaton News would stop operating as a daily freesheet in the town and become a weekly free newspaper instead, which seen job cuts at the title.[21] Remaining staff members were sent to work in Tamworth and for the Coventry Telegraph in Coventry. This marked the closure of the newspaper's offices which became vacated as a result.[22][23][24]

References
  1. Amos, Owen (27 January 2009). "New name for part-free Heartland Evening News". Press Gazette. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  2. Staff, Hold the Front Page. "New name for Midlands daily as it goes part-free". Hold the Front Page. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  3. "Nuneaton News". Reach Solutions. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  4. News, Nuneaton (17 January 2020). "Bigger and better: A new future for the Nuneaton News". The Coventry Telegraph. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  5. "Nuneaton News". Reach Solutions. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  6. Harrison, Claire (17 September 2018). "Tributes to Nuneaton News man John Jevons". The Coventry Telegraph. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  7. Gazette, Press (8 November 2007). "Heartland Evening News switches to mornings". Press Gazette. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  8. Staff, Hold the Front Page. "'Smallest paper' keeps one eye on developments in Bath". Hold the Front Page. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  9. Harrison, Claire (17 September 2018). "Tributes to Nuneaton News man John Jevons". The Coventry Telegraph. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  10. Amos, Owen (27 January 2009). "New name for part-free Heartland Evening News". Press Gazette. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  11. Staff, Hold the Front Page. "New name for Midlands daily as it goes part-free". Hold the Front Page. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  12. Gazette, Press (30 June 2006). "Iiffe acquires Nuneaton group". Press Gazette. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  13. Gazette, Press (6 July 2006). "Iliffe purchases Nuneaton papers". Press Gazette. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  14. Staff, Hold the Front Page. "Heartland Evening News bought by Iliffe News and Media". Hold the Front Page. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  15. Linford, Paul (11 July 2013). "Local World moves to integrate former Iliffe businesses". Hold the Front Page. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  16. Linford, Paul (21 November 2012). "Local World deal: The full list of newspapers". Hold the Front Page. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  17. Linford, Paul. "Trinity Mirror-Local World-Iliffe deal: The titles changing hands". Hold the Front Page. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  18. "Nuneaton latest news". CoventryLive. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  19. Linford, Paul. "Trinity Mirror-Local World-Iliffe deal: The titles changing hands". Hold the Front Page. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  20. Mayhew, Freddy. "Closure of daily Nuneaton News is latest phase of Trinity Mirror's planned £12m Local World cuts". Press Gazette. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  21. Goodfellow, Jessica. "Trinity Mirror cuts staff at daily Nuneaton newspaper as it moves to weekly publication". The Drum. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  22. Goodfellow, Jessica. "Trinity Mirror cuts staff at daily Nuneaton newspaper as it moves to weekly publication". The Drum. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  23. "Trinity Mirror to make Nuneaton News weekly newspaper". BBC News. 6 May 2016. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  24. Sharman, David. "More jobs at risk and daily to go weekly in publisher's latest restructures". Hold the Front Page. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
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