The Oxford Times
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| Type | Weekly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Compact |
| Owner(s) | Newsquest |
| Editor | Gary Lawrence |
| Founded | 1862 |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | Newspaper House, Osney Mead, Oxford |
| Circulation | 3,482 (print), 30 million+ (online, Times & Mail) (as of 2023)[1][2] |
| Website | theoxfordtimes |
The Oxford Times is a weekly newspaper, published each Thursday in Oxford, England. The paper is published from a large production facility at Osney Mead, west Oxford, and is owned by Newsquest, the UK subsidiary of US-based Gannett Company.
The Oxford Times has a number of colour supplements. Oxfordshire Limited Edition is included with the first edition of each month. There is also a monthly In Business supplement.
The Oxford Times has several sister publications:
- The Herald Series – a set of weekly newspapers covering Abingdon, Wantage, Wallingford and Didcot.
- Witney Gazette – a weekly newspaper covering Witney and Carterton.
- Bicester Advertiser – a weekly newspaper covering Bicester.
- Banbury Cake – a free weekly newspaper for the Banbury area.
- Oxford Star – a free weekly newspaper which ran from 1976 to 2013.
- Oxford Mail – a daily newspaper published Monday to Saturday founded in 1928.
History
[edit]The Oxford Times was founded in 1862 as a weekly broadsheet.[3][4]
In 1922, T.E. Lawrence (known as Lawrence of Arabia) commissioned The Oxford Times to typeset and print an advance private edition of Seven Pillars of Wisdom. This is known as the "1922 Edition" or the "Oxford Text" of Seven Pillars.
The Oxford Times has won a number of national awards including Regional Weekly Newspaper of the Year in 2004,[5] 2005,[6] and 2007.[7]
Originally a broadsheet, it switched to the compact format in 2008. Until 24 October 2008, the paper was published each Friday. Since then, it is published each Thursday.
Over time, through the emergence of digitization and online news, print circulation gradually declined (from 26,262 in 2006 to 3,482 in 2023) while online circulation increased (30 million+, Oxford Times & Mail).[8][1][2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b The Oxford Times Circulation Data, Audit Bureau of Circulations (UK)
- ^ a b Oxford Mail Award - 30 million plus online readers
- ^ Oxford Mail Library. Oxfordshire County Council - History Centre.
- ^ The Oxford Times. BNA - British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Awards 2004, Newspaper Awards UK
- ^ Awards 2005, Newspaper Awards UK
- ^ Awards 2007, Newspaper Awards UK
- ^ Oxford Times Historical Print Circulation Data. TIO - This Is Oxfordshire.