Tindle Newspaper Group
| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Media |
| Founded | 1950s |
| Headquarters | Farnham, Surrey |
Area served | United Kingdom |
Key people |
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| Website | www |
Tindle Newspapers publishes over 200 local newspapers in the UK, a number of which are over 100 years old.
The company is based in Farnham, Surrey, under CEO Danny Cammiade.
It is owned by the Tindle family. Founder Sir Ray Tindle is a strong believer in ultra-local journalism,[1] a culture which the company still follows today.
Sir Ray remains the company's President although his son, Owen Tindle, took over as Chairman in 2017.
Newspapers[]
The following is a partial list of newspapers owned by the company:[2]
- Abergavenny Chronicle
- Admart
- Alton Post Gazette
- Biggin Hill News
- Bordon Messenger
- Bordon Post
- Beacon & Radnor Express
- Cambrian News
- Chew Valley Gazette
- Cornish & Devon Post
- Cornish Times
- County Echo
- Crediton Courier
- Dawlish Gazette
- Edenbridge Chronicle
- Faringdon Newspapers
- Farnham Herald
- The Forester
- The Glamorgan Gem
- Godalming Messenger
- Haslemere Messenger
- Isle of Man Newspapers
- Leigh Times
- Life Magazines
- Meon Valley News
- Mid Devon Advertiser
- Monmouthshire Beacon
- North Cornwall Advertiser
- Petersfield Messenger
- The Ross Gazette
- South Hams Gazette
- Surrey & Hants News
- Tavistock Times
- Tenby Observer
- Wellington Weekly News
- West Somerset Free Press
In 2019, Tindle Newspaper Group closed 4 of their local newspapers.[3]
Radio stations[]
Sir Ray Tindle purchased Island FM in Guernsey in 1998, the first local station to form part of the Tindle Radio Group.
The company's radio division also owns Channel 103 in Jersey and Midlands 103 in Ireland.
Criticism[]
In 2003 as the Iraq War started, the owner of the Tindle Newspaper Group, Sir Ray Tindle, issued an order to his newspapers that they could no longer cover anti-war protests.[4] This decision was controversial and was attacked as censorship by a number of commentators, including the National Union of Journalists General Secretary Jeremy Dear.[5]
References[]
- ^ "Tindle Newspaper Group". Hold the Front Page. Retrieved 2012-02-16.
- ^ "News Brands". tindlenews.co.uk. Tindle Press Holdings Ltd. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
- ^ "Tindle Newspapers closes Essex-based Yellow Advertiser series". 26 June 2019.
- ^ Full text of article in Totnes Times
- ^ Too Late For Debate?
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