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{{short description|Local English tabloid newspaper}}
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{{Infobox newspaper
{{Infobox newspaper
|name = Coventry Telegraph
| name = Coventry Telegraph
|image = Coventry_Telegraph_front_page.jpg
| image = Coventry_Telegraph_front_page.jpg
|type = Daily [[newspaper]]
| type = Daily [[newspaper]]
|format = [[Tabloid (newspaper format)|Tabloid]]
| format = [[Tabloid (newspaper format)|Tabloid]]
|foundation = 1891
| foundation = {{start date and age|1891}}
|owners = [[Trinity Mirror]]
| owners = [[Reach plc]]
|headquarters = [[Coventry]], England
| headquarters = [[Coventry]], England
|political = [[Neutrality (international relations)|Neutral]], [[populism|Populist]]
| political = [[Neutrality (international relations)|Neutral]], [[populism|Populist]]
|editor = Keith Perry
| editor = Adam Moss
|circulation = 18,279
| circulation = 3,213
| circulation_date = 2023
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| circulation_ref = <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.org.uk/product/9845 |title=Coventry Telegraph |publisher=[[Audit Bureau of Circulations (UK)]] |date=26 January 2024 |access-date=2 March 2024}}</ref>
| url = http://www.abc.org.uk/Certificates/47761500.pdf
| website = {{official URL}}
| title = Regional Publications Combined Total Circulation Certificate July to December 2015
}}
| publisher = Audit Bureau of Circulation
The '''''Coventry Telegraph''''' is a local English [[tabloid (newspaper format)|tabloid]] newspaper. Coventry Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary of [[Reach plc|Reach PLC Midlands Ltd]] is the publisher of the ''Telegraph'' (and a number of local publications).
| format = PDF
| accessdate = 11 March 2016}}
</ref>
|website = http://coventrytelegraph.net


== Publication history ==
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It was founded as ''The Midland Daily Telegraph'' in 1891 by [[William Isaac Iliffe]] (1843–1917), and was [[Coventry]]'s first [[daily newspaper]]. Sold for half a penny, it was a four-page [[broadsheet]] newspaper.


In 1917, ownership of the paper changed to Iliffe's son [[Edward Iliffe, 1st Baron Iliffe|Edward Iliffe]] (later 1st Baron Iliffe), upon the father's death.
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The '''''Coventry Telegraph''''' is a local English [[tabloid (newspaper format)|tabloid]] newspaper. It was founded as ''The Midland Daily Telegraph'' in 1891 by William Isaac Iliffe, and was [[Coventry]]'s first [[daily newspaper]]. Sold for half a penny, it was a four-page [[broadsheet]] newspaper. It changed its name to the ''Coventry Evening Telegraph'' on 17 November 1941,<ref name = "AD News">{{cite book|title = Coventry: A Century of News| first =Alton |last = Douglas| publisher =[[Coventry Evening Telegraph]]| isbn= 0-902464-36-1 |date=February 1991| page = 3 }}</ref> and then the ''Coventry Telegraph'' on 2 October 2006 (which reflected its switch to morning publication).


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The only day the newspaper was unable to publish was 15 November 1940, owing to the [[Coventry Blitz|blitz]] raid on the city.
The newspaper became a part of the then Mirror Group (prior to its merger with Trinity to become [[Trinity Mirror]]), in 1997. In April 2015, the publication had a paid daily circulation of just over 18,000 copies.<ref>http://www.abc.org.uk/Certificates/47761500.pdf</ref>


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It changed its name to the ''Coventry Evening Telegraph'' on 17 November 1941.<ref name = "AD News">{{cite book|title = Coventry: A Century of News| first =Alton |last = Douglas| publisher =[[Coventry Evening Telegraph]]| isbn= 0-902464-36-1 |date=February 1991| page = 3 }}</ref>
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Historical copies of the ''Coventry Telegraph'', dating back to 1914, are available to search and view in digitised form at the [[British Newspaper Archive]].<ref name=BNA>[http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/search/results?newspaperTitle=Coventry%20Evening%20Telegraph Digitised copies of the ''Coventry Telegraph'']</ref>

==History==
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The only day the newspaper was unable to publish was 15 November 1940, owing to the [[Coventry Blitz|blitz]] raid on the city.


From 1946 until the end of April 2004, a separate sports publication, ''The Pink'', was printed every Saturday evening. It provided coverage of sport from the Midlands, as well as national and international sport. The fortunes of [[Coventry City F.C.]] played a prominent role in ''The Pink'''. With the 1998-99 football season, ''The Pink'' became the first regional evening newspaper to provide same day reports from all FA Premiership matches.<ref>{{cite web
From 1946 until the end of April 2004, a separate sports publication, ''The Pink'', was printed every Saturday evening. It provided coverage of sport from the Midlands, as well as national and international sport. The fortunes of [[Coventry City F.C.]] played a prominent role in ''The Pink''. With the 1998-99 [[Football in England|football]] season, ''The Pink'' became the first regional evening newspaper to provide same-day reports from all FA Premiership matches.<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://w3.nexis.com/sources/scripts/info.pl?221951
| url = http://w3.nexis.com/sources/scripts/info.pl?221951
| title = The Pink
| title = The Pink
|publisher = LexisNexis Research Solutions
|publisher = LexisNexis Research Solutions
| accessdate=5 May 2008}}
| access-date=5 May 2008}}
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</ref> In 2016, ''Coventry Telegraph'' launched a new weekly podcast, centred around goings on at [[Coventry City F.C.]], titled 'The Pink'.
</ref>


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In the 1970s, the ''Evening Telegraph'' had a regular consumer page called ''Watchdog'', which was edited by Ken Burgess. Coincidentally, the BBC used the same name for what became its long-running ''Watchdog'' series.
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In 2016, ''Coventry Telegraph'' launched a new weekly podcast, centred around goings on at [[Coventry City F.C.]], titled 'The Pink'.


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In 1985, the local independent radio station (then known as [[Free Radio Coventry & Warwickshire|Mercia Sound]]) and the Telegraph formed the Snowball Appeal, a charitable organisation whose aim is to raise money to help sick and needy children in Coventry and [[Warwickshire]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Simpson |first1=Cara |title=The history of the Snowball Appeal |url=https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/history-snowball-appeal-3100832 |access-date=12 January 2021 |work=The Coventry Telegraph (CoventryLive) |date=20 March 2008 |language=en}}</ref>
The headquarters for a significant period of the paper's history was at 157 Corporation Street, Coventry, [[CV postcode area|CV]]1 1FP. The foundation stone was laid by the then proprietor, [[Edward Iliffe, 1st Baron Iliffe|Lord Iliffe]] [[Order of the British Empire|G.B.E]], on 21 November 1957.


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In 1987, after 96 years of ownership by the Illife family, American [[Ralph Ingersoll II]] bought the controlling interest of the Iliffe family's newspapers. However, in 1991, the managing director, Chris Oakley, led a management buy-out, creating '''Midland Independent Newspapers'''.
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In the 1970s, the ''Evening Telegraph'' had a regular consumer page called ''Watchdog'', which was edited by Ken Burgess. Subsequently, the BBC used the same name for what became its long-running ''Watchdog'' series.


In 1997, the newspaper became a part of the then-Mirror Group when Midland Independent Newspapers was sold for £297 million. In 1999, Mirror Group merged with the regional newspaper group Trinity. Trinity Mirror is now known as [[Reach plc]].
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In 1985, the local independent radio station (then known as [[Free Radio Coventry & Warwickshire|Mercia Sound]]) and the Telegraph formed the Snowball Appeal, a charitable organisation whose aim is to raise money to help sick and needy children in Coventry and [[Warwickshire]].{{Citation needed|date=November 2010}}


On 2 October 2006, the ''Telegraph'' simply became the ''Coventry Telegraph'', reflecting its switch to a morning publication.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bannister |first1=Antonia |title=Remember these Coventry businesses from the 1980s? |url=https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/lifestyle/nostalgia/coventry-telegraph-adverts-yesteryear-local-12389540 |access-date=12 January 2021 |work=The Coventry Telegraph (CoventryLive) |date=31 December 2016 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Live |first1=Coventry |title=Historic day for your favourite newspaper |url=https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/local-news/historic-day-your-favourite-newspaper-3122796 |access-date=12 January 2021 |work=The Coventry Telegraph (CoventryLive) |date=3 August 2006 |language=en}}</ref> The switch to a morning paper saw a change in emphasis with the printed edition concentrating on exclusive and community news, leaving breaking news to its website.
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After 96 years of ownership by the Illife Family, American [[Ralph Ingersoll II]] bought the controlling interest of the Iliffe family's newspapers. However, in 1991, the managing director, Chris Oakley, led a management buy-out creating Midland Independent Newspapers. In 1997, Midland Independent Newspapers was sold for £297 million to Mirror Group. In 1999, Mirror Group merged with the regional newspaper group Trinity.


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In the summer of 2014, the newspaper began a social media campaign entitled #bringCityhome, which helped ensure [[Coventry City F.C.]]'s return to the city following their exile at [[Sixfields Stadium|Sixfields]] in Northampton. The campaign drew praise from national media and figures within the football world. It was shortlisted at the Press Gazette British Journalism Awards 2014 in the Campaign of the Year category and [[Simon Gilbert (journalist)|Simon Gilbert]], who spearheaded the campaign, was nominated for Sports Journalist of the Year.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/all-finalists-british-journalism-awards-2014-association-tsb|title=Finalists revealed for the British Journalism Awards in association with TSB|date=4 November 2014|publisher=Press Gazette|access-date=12 September 2015|type=Press release}}</ref>
From 2 October 2006, the publication changed from an evening paper to a morning paper. To reflect this change, the newspaper's name changed to ''Coventry Telegraph''. The switch to a morning paper saw a change in emphasis with the printed edition concentrating on exclusive and community news, leaving breaking news to its website.


== Headquarters ==
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In the summer of 2012, the paper moved its headquarters to Thomas Yeoman House at Coventry Canal Basin, in Leicester Row. The decision by the proprietors was a consequence of the changing patterns of work at the paper (and the industry in general). With the number of staff reduced and no longer needing the space for the discontinued printing presses, it was decided that a smaller, more modern headquarters was now necessary. In May 2017 the Corporation Street site was opened to the public so they could view it almost as it had been left when it closed.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/amazing-pictures-time-stood-still-14238838|title=Amazing pictures of time stood still in old Telegraph office|first=Laura|last=Hartley|date=3 February 2018|website=coventrytelegraph.net}}</ref> When the exhibition ends in July 2018 Complex Developments Ltd hope to turn the buildings into an 100 bed [[hotel]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.visitcoventry.net/cet/|title=CET|author=|date=|website=VISIT COVENTRY}}</ref>
The headquarters for a significant period of the paper's history was at 157 Corporation Street, Coventry, [[CV postcode area|CV]]1 1FP. The foundation stone was laid by the then proprietor, [[Edward Iliffe, 1st Baron Iliffe|Lord Iliffe]] [[Order of the British Empire|G.B.E]], on 21 November 1957.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lord Iliffe returns to former home of Coventry Telegraph |url=https://www.cw-chamber.co.uk/news/cdp-180320/ |website=Coventry & Warwickshire Chamber of Commerce |access-date=12 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Linford |first1=Paul |title=Regional daily to move offices after 55 years |url=https://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2012/news/regional-daily-to-move-offices-after-55-years/ |access-date=12 January 2021 |work=Hold the Front Page |date=12 June 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Gibbons |first1=Duncan |title=Amazing old plans show what Coventry COULD have looked like |url=https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/coventry-blitz-world-war-ii-13721053 |access-date=12 January 2021 |work=The Coventry Telegraph (CoventryLive) |date=13 November 2018}}</ref>


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In the summer of 2012, the paper moved its headquarters to Thomas Yeoman House at Coventry Canal Basin, in Leicester Row. The decision by the proprietors was a consequence of the changing patterns of work at the paper (and the industry in general). With the number of staff reduced and no longer needing the space for the discontinued printing presses, it was decided that a smaller, more modern headquarters was now necessary. In May 2017 the Corporation Street site was opened to the public so they could view it almost as it had been left when it closed.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/amazing-pictures-time-stood-still-14238838|title=Amazing pictures of time stood still in old Telegraph office|first=Laura|last=Hartley|date=3 February 2018|website=coventrytelegraph.net}}</ref> When the exhibition ends in July 2018 Complex Developments Ltd hope to turn the buildings into a 100-bed [[hotel]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.visitcoventry.net/cet/|title=CET|website=VISIT COVENTRY|access-date=29 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180330012339/https://www.visitcoventry.net/cet/|archive-date=30 March 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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In the summer of 2014, the newspaper began a social media campaign entitled #bringCityhome, which helped ensure [[Coventry City F.C.]]'s return to the city following their exile at [[Sixfields Stadium|Sixfields]] in Northampton. The campaign drew praise from national media and figures within the football world. It was shortlisted at the Press Gazette British Journalism Awards 2014 in the Campaign of the Year category and [[Simon Gilbert (journalist)|Simon Gilbert]], who spearheaded the campaign, was nominated for Sports Journalist of the Year.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/all-finalists-british-journalism-awards-2014-association-tsb|title=Finalists revealed for the British Journalism Awards in association with TSB|date=4 November 2014|publisher=Press Gazette|accessdate=12 September 2015|type=Press release}}</ref>


==Editors==
==Editors==


===Current Editor-in-Chief===
===Current editor===
The current editor of the ''Coventry Telegraph'' and CoventryLive is Adam Moss.<ref name="Hold the Front Page">{{cite news |last1=Linford |first1=Paul |title=Four new editors named in Reach Midlands reshuffle |url=https://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2020/news/four-new-editors-named-in-reach-midlands-reshuffle/ |access-date=12 January 2021 |work=Hold the Front Page |date=1 September 2020}}</ref> He has been in post since September 2020, joining from Reach PLC Midlands, where he had taken over from former editor [[Graeme Brown (journalist)|Graeme Brown]], who left to pursue his new job as the editor of the ''Birmingham Live'' website.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sharman |first1=David |title=Graeme Brown appointed editor of Coventry Telegraph |url=https://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2019/news/digital-news-chief-unveiled-as-regional-dailys-new-editor/ |access-date=12 January 2021 |work=Hold the Front Page |date=21 November 2019}}</ref> As well as serving as editor of ''Coventry Telegraph'', Moss also serves as editor for Reach's main Leicestershire-based daily title, the ''[[Leicester Mercury]]'' and its digital news brand, LeicestershireLive.<ref name="Hold the Front Page"/>
The current Editor-in-chief of the ''Coventry Telegraph'' is Keith Perry. He has been in post since January 2015, joining from Trinity Mirror Midlands stablemate the ''[[Birmingham Mail]]'', where he held the position of Football Editor. Perry previously worked at the ''Coventry Telegraph'' as sports editor .<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.trinitymirror.com/pressrelease/keith-perry-appointed-editor-of-coventry-telegraph/2118|title=Keith Perry appointed Editor of the Coventry Telegraph|date=26 January 2015|publisher=Trinity Mirror plc|accessdate=2 February 2015|type=Press release}}</ref>


===Past editors===
===Past editors===
Below is an ''incomplete list'' of editors of the ''Coventry Telegraph'' and ''Coventry Evening Telegraph'':
Below is an ''incomplete list'' of editors of the ''Coventry Telegraph'' and ''Coventry Evening Telegraph'':
* [[Eric Ivens]] (1960–1973)
* Keith Whetstone (1970–1980)
* [[Keith Whetstone]] (1974–1980)
* Geoffrey Elliot (1980–1990)
* [[Geoffrey Elliot]] (1980–1990)
* Neil Benson (1991–1993)
* [[Neil Benson]] (1991–1993)
* Dan Mason (1995–?)
* [[Dan Mason (editor)|Dan Mason]] (1995–?)
* Alan Kirby (1998–2008)
* [[Alan Kirby (editor)|Alan Kirby]] (1998–2008)
* Dave Brookes (2009)
* [[Dave Brookes]] (2009)
* Darren Parkin (2009–12)
* [[Darren Parkin]] (2009–12)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Cross |first1=Charlotte |title=Former Coventry Telegraph editor Darren Parkin hits out at 'arrogant' bosses |url=https://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2013/news/former-editor-hits-out-at-arrogant-newspaper-bosses/ |access-date=14 December 2020 |work=Hold the Front Page |date=15 February 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Coventry Telegraph editor Darren Parkin suspended |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-18426922 |access-date=14 December 2020 |work=BBC News |date=13 June 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Live |first1=Coventry |title=Coventry Telegraph editor Darren Parkin: We have been listening |url=https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/coventry-telegraph-editor-darren-parkin-3069436 |access-date=14 December 2020 |work=CoventryLive |date=26 February 2010 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Mackay |first1=Hamish |title=Editor of Coventry Telegraph leaves his job following suspension over Twitter use |url=https://www.thedrum.com/news/2012/07/19/editor-coventry-telegraph-leaves-his-job-following-suspension-over-twitter-use |access-date=14 December 2020 |work=The Drum |date=19 July 2012 |language=en}}</ref>
* Alun Thorne (2012–14)
* [[Alun Thorne]] (2012–14)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Pugh |first1=Andrew |title=Alun Thorne appointed editor of the Coventry Telegraph |url=https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/alun-thorne-appointed-editor-coventry-telegraph/ |website=Press Gazette |access-date=21 October 2020 |date=11 October 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Alun Thorne appointed new editor of Coventry Telegraph |url=https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/alun-thorne-appointed-new-editor-3018148 |access-date=21 October 2020 |work=Coventry Live |date=12 October 2012 |language=en}}</ref>

* Keith Perry (2015–19)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sharman |first1=David |title=Coventry Telegraph editor to leave for university PR role |url=https://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2019/news/regional-daily-editor-to-leave-job-after-four-years-for-pr-role/ |access-date=21 October 2020 |work=Hold the Front Page |date=24 July 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Tobitt |first1=Charlotte |title=Coventry Telegraph editor moving into university comms after five years in charge |url=https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/coventry-telegraph-editor-moving-into-university-comms-after-five-years-in-charge/ |access-date=21 October 2020 |work=Press Gazette |date=24 July 2019}}</ref>
==Publisher==
* [[Graeme Brown (journalist)|Graeme Brown]] (2019–20)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sharman |first1=David |title=Graeme Brown appointed editor of Coventry Telegraph |url=https://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2019/news/digital-news-chief-unveiled-as-regional-dailys-new-editor/ |access-date=21 October 2020 |work=Hold the Front Page |date=21 November 2019}}</ref>
Coventry Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary of Trinity Mirror Midlands Ltd (which itself is owned by Trinity Mirror Regionals Ltd and ultimately part of the Trinity Mirror Group) is the publisher of the Telegraph and a number of local publications. The managing director is Simon Edgley.
* Adam Moss (2020–present)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Linford |first1=Paul |title=Four new editors named in Reach Midlands reshuffle |url=https://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2020/news/four-new-editors-named-in-reach-midlands-reshuffle/ |access-date=21 October 2020 |work=Hold the Front Page |date=1 September 2020}}</ref>


===Editions===
===Editions===
''The Telegraph'' is published Monday to Saturday in the following editions:
''The Telegraph'' is published Monday to Saturday in the following editions:
* City (Coventry Telegraph)
* City (''Coventry Telegraph'')
* Nuneaton (Nuneaton Telegraph)
* [[Nuneaton]] (''Nuneaton Telegraph'')
* Warwickshire (Warwickshire Telegraph)
* [[Warwickshire]] (''Warwickshire Telegraph'')


===Sister publications===
===Sister publications===
Current:
Current:
* ''The [[Hinckley]] Times''
* ''[[The Hinckley Times]]''
* ''The Loughborough Echo''
* ''[[Loughborough Echo|The Loughborough Echo]]''
Former:
Former:
* ''The [[Bedworth]] Echo'' (closed 2009)
* ''[[Bedworth Echo|The Bedworth Echo]]'' (closed 2009)
* ''The Coventry Times'' (formerly ''The Coventry Citizen'') (closed 2015)
* ''The Coventry Times'' (formerly ''The Coventry Citizen'') (closed 2015)
* ''Coventry Pink'' (closed 2004)
* ''Coventry Pink'' (closed 2004)
* ''The Hinckley Herald & Classified Journal'' (closed 2011)
* ''[[Hinckley Herald & Journal|The Hinckley Herald & Journal]]'' (closed 2011)
* ''The [[Kenilworth]], [[Warwick]] & [[Leamington Spa|Royal Leamington Spa]] Times'' (formerly ''The Kenilworth Citizen'') (closed 2011)
* ''The [[Kenilworth]], [[Warwick]] & [[Leamington Spa|Royal Leamington Spa]] Times'' (formerly ''The Kenilworth Citizen'') (closed 2011)
* ''Midland Farm Ad'' (now closed)
* ''Midland Farm Ad'' (now closed)
* ''The [[Nuneaton Tribune]]'' (formerly the People's Tribune (1895), Midland Counties Tribune (1903) and Nuneaton Evening Tribune (1957)) (Closed September 2015)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2015/news/trinity-mirror-confirms-talks-with-local-world-over-merger-deal|title=Trinity Mirror confirms talks with Local World over merger deal|date=14 September 2015|publisher=Hold The Front Page|accessdate=16 September 2015|type=News article}}</ref>
* ''The Nuneaton Tribune'' (closed 2015)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Linford |first1=Paul |title=Trinity Mirror confirms merger talks with Local World |url=https://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2015/news/trinity-mirror-confirms-talks-with-local-world-over-merger-deal/ |access-date=10 January 2021 |work=Hold the Front Page |date=14 September 2015}}</ref>
* ''The [[Rugby, Warwickshire|Rugby]] Times'' (closed 2009)
* ''The [[Rugby, Warwickshire|Rugby]] Times'' (closed 2009)

== Archives ==
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Historical copies of the ''Coventry Telegraph'', dating back to 1914, are available to search and view in digitised form at the [[British Newspaper Archive]].<ref name=BNA>[http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/search/results?newspaperTitle=Coventry%20Evening%20Telegraph Digitised copies of the ''Coventry Telegraph'']</ref>


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/ ''Coventry Telegraph'' website]
* {{official|http://www.coventrytelegraph.net}}
*[http://www.hinckleytimes.net/ ''The Hinckley Times'' website]
*[http://www.hinckleytimes.net/ ''The Hinckley Times'' website]
*[http://www.loughboroughecho.net/ The ''Loughborough Echo'' website]
*[http://www.loughboroughecho.net/ The ''Loughborough Echo'' website]
*[http://www.trinitymirrormidlands.co.uk/portfolio/Newspapers.aspx/ Trinity Mirror Midlands website]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20150616153413/http://www.trinitymirrormidlands.co.uk/portfolio/Newspapers.aspx Trinity Mirror Midlands website]
*[http://www.trinitymirror.com/ Trinity Mirror website]
*[http://www.trinitymirror.com/ Trinity Mirror website]


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[[Category:Newspapers published in the West Midlands (county)]]
[[Category:Publications established in 1891]]
[[Category:Newspapers established in 1891]]
[[Category:Reach plc]]
[[Category:Reach plc]]
[[Category:1891 establishments in England]]
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Latest revision as of 00:41, 14 October 2024

Coventry Telegraph
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatTabloid
Owner(s)Reach plc
EditorAdam Moss
Founded1891; 133 years ago (1891)
Political alignmentNeutral, Populist
HeadquartersCoventry, England
Circulation3,213 (as of 2023)[1]
Websitecoventrytelegraph.net Edit this at Wikidata

The Coventry Telegraph is a local English tabloid newspaper. Coventry Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary of Reach PLC Midlands Ltd is the publisher of the Telegraph (and a number of local publications).

Publication history

[edit]

It was founded as The Midland Daily Telegraph in 1891 by William Isaac Iliffe (1843–1917), and was Coventry's first daily newspaper. Sold for half a penny, it was a four-page broadsheet newspaper.

In 1917, ownership of the paper changed to Iliffe's son Edward Iliffe (later 1st Baron Iliffe), upon the father's death.

The only day the newspaper was unable to publish was 15 November 1940, owing to the blitz raid on the city.

It changed its name to the Coventry Evening Telegraph on 17 November 1941.[2]

From 1946 until the end of April 2004, a separate sports publication, The Pink, was printed every Saturday evening. It provided coverage of sport from the Midlands, as well as national and international sport. The fortunes of Coventry City F.C. played a prominent role in The Pink. With the 1998-99 football season, The Pink became the first regional evening newspaper to provide same-day reports from all FA Premiership matches.[3] In 2016, Coventry Telegraph launched a new weekly podcast, centred around goings on at Coventry City F.C., titled 'The Pink'.

In the 1970s, the Evening Telegraph had a regular consumer page called Watchdog, which was edited by Ken Burgess. Coincidentally, the BBC used the same name for what became its long-running Watchdog series.

In 1985, the local independent radio station (then known as Mercia Sound) and the Telegraph formed the Snowball Appeal, a charitable organisation whose aim is to raise money to help sick and needy children in Coventry and Warwickshire.[4]

In 1987, after 96 years of ownership by the Illife family, American Ralph Ingersoll II bought the controlling interest of the Iliffe family's newspapers. However, in 1991, the managing director, Chris Oakley, led a management buy-out, creating Midland Independent Newspapers.

In 1997, the newspaper became a part of the then-Mirror Group when Midland Independent Newspapers was sold for £297 million. In 1999, Mirror Group merged with the regional newspaper group Trinity. Trinity Mirror is now known as Reach plc.

On 2 October 2006, the Telegraph simply became the Coventry Telegraph, reflecting its switch to a morning publication.[5][6] The switch to a morning paper saw a change in emphasis with the printed edition concentrating on exclusive and community news, leaving breaking news to its website.

In the summer of 2014, the newspaper began a social media campaign entitled #bringCityhome, which helped ensure Coventry City F.C.'s return to the city following their exile at Sixfields in Northampton. The campaign drew praise from national media and figures within the football world. It was shortlisted at the Press Gazette British Journalism Awards 2014 in the Campaign of the Year category and Simon Gilbert, who spearheaded the campaign, was nominated for Sports Journalist of the Year.[7]

Headquarters

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The headquarters for a significant period of the paper's history was at 157 Corporation Street, Coventry, CV1 1FP. The foundation stone was laid by the then proprietor, Lord Iliffe G.B.E, on 21 November 1957.[8][9][10]

In the summer of 2012, the paper moved its headquarters to Thomas Yeoman House at Coventry Canal Basin, in Leicester Row. The decision by the proprietors was a consequence of the changing patterns of work at the paper (and the industry in general). With the number of staff reduced and no longer needing the space for the discontinued printing presses, it was decided that a smaller, more modern headquarters was now necessary. In May 2017 the Corporation Street site was opened to the public so they could view it almost as it had been left when it closed.[11] When the exhibition ends in July 2018 Complex Developments Ltd hope to turn the buildings into a 100-bed hotel.[12]

Editors

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Current editor

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The current editor of the Coventry Telegraph and CoventryLive is Adam Moss.[13] He has been in post since September 2020, joining from Reach PLC Midlands, where he had taken over from former editor Graeme Brown, who left to pursue his new job as the editor of the Birmingham Live website.[14] As well as serving as editor of Coventry Telegraph, Moss also serves as editor for Reach's main Leicestershire-based daily title, the Leicester Mercury and its digital news brand, LeicestershireLive.[13]

Past editors

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Below is an incomplete list of editors of the Coventry Telegraph and Coventry Evening Telegraph:

Editions

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The Telegraph is published Monday to Saturday in the following editions:

Sister publications

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Current:

Former:

Archives

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Historical copies of the Coventry Telegraph, dating back to 1914, are available to search and view in digitised form at the British Newspaper Archive.[26]

References

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  1. ^ "Coventry Telegraph". Audit Bureau of Circulations (UK). 26 January 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
  2. ^ Douglas, Alton (February 1991). Coventry: A Century of News. Coventry Evening Telegraph. p. 3. ISBN 0-902464-36-1.
  3. ^ "The Pink". LexisNexis Research Solutions. Retrieved 5 May 2008.
  4. ^ Simpson, Cara (20 March 2008). "The history of the Snowball Appeal". The Coventry Telegraph (CoventryLive). Retrieved 12 January 2021.
  5. ^ Bannister, Antonia (31 December 2016). "Remember these Coventry businesses from the 1980s?". The Coventry Telegraph (CoventryLive). Retrieved 12 January 2021.
  6. ^ Live, Coventry (3 August 2006). "Historic day for your favourite newspaper". The Coventry Telegraph (CoventryLive). Retrieved 12 January 2021.
  7. ^ "Finalists revealed for the British Journalism Awards in association with TSB" (Press release). Press Gazette. 4 November 2014. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
  8. ^ "Lord Iliffe returns to former home of Coventry Telegraph". Coventry & Warwickshire Chamber of Commerce. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
  9. ^ Linford, Paul (12 June 2012). "Regional daily to move offices after 55 years". Hold the Front Page. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
  10. ^ Gibbons, Duncan (13 November 2018). "Amazing old plans show what Coventry COULD have looked like". The Coventry Telegraph (CoventryLive). Retrieved 12 January 2021.
  11. ^ Hartley, Laura (3 February 2018). "Amazing pictures of time stood still in old Telegraph office". coventrytelegraph.net.
  12. ^ "CET". VISIT COVENTRY. Archived from the original on 30 March 2018. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
  13. ^ a b Linford, Paul (1 September 2020). "Four new editors named in Reach Midlands reshuffle". Hold the Front Page. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
  14. ^ Sharman, David (21 November 2019). "Graeme Brown appointed editor of Coventry Telegraph". Hold the Front Page. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
  15. ^ Cross, Charlotte (15 February 2013). "Former Coventry Telegraph editor Darren Parkin hits out at 'arrogant' bosses". Hold the Front Page. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  16. ^ "Coventry Telegraph editor Darren Parkin suspended". BBC News. 13 June 2012. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  17. ^ Live, Coventry (26 February 2010). "Coventry Telegraph editor Darren Parkin: We have been listening". CoventryLive. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  18. ^ Mackay, Hamish (19 July 2012). "Editor of Coventry Telegraph leaves his job following suspension over Twitter use". The Drum. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  19. ^ Pugh, Andrew (11 October 2012). "Alun Thorne appointed editor of the Coventry Telegraph". Press Gazette. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
  20. ^ "Alun Thorne appointed new editor of Coventry Telegraph". Coventry Live. 12 October 2012. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
  21. ^ Sharman, David (24 July 2019). "Coventry Telegraph editor to leave for university PR role". Hold the Front Page. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
  22. ^ Tobitt, Charlotte (24 July 2019). "Coventry Telegraph editor moving into university comms after five years in charge". Press Gazette. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
  23. ^ Sharman, David (21 November 2019). "Graeme Brown appointed editor of Coventry Telegraph". Hold the Front Page. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
  24. ^ Linford, Paul (1 September 2020). "Four new editors named in Reach Midlands reshuffle". Hold the Front Page. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
  25. ^ Linford, Paul (14 September 2015). "Trinity Mirror confirms merger talks with Local World". Hold the Front Page. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
  26. ^ Digitised copies of the Coventry Telegraph
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