The Oxford Times

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The Oxford Times
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TypeWeekly newspaper
Format Compact
Owner(s) Newsquest
Publisher Newsquest
EditorGary Lawrence
Founded1862
LanguageEnglish
HeadquartersNewspaper House, Osney Mead, Oxford
Circulation 3,782(as of 2022) [1]
Website The Oxford Times

The Oxford Times is a weekly newspaper, published each Thursday in Oxford, England. Originally a broadsheet, it switched to the compact format in 2008. 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.

Contents

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:

History

The Oxford Times was founded in 1862 as a weekly broadsheet.

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, [3] 2005, [4] and 2007. [5]

In March 2008 the paper changed to compact style. Until 24 October 2008 the paper was published each Friday.

The Oxford Times circulation fell from 26,262 in 2006. [6]

In 2011 Editor Derek Holmes left Newsquest after his post was made redundant. Oxford Mail editor Simon O'Neill added the responsibility to his role under a new job title of Group editor. [7]

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References

  1. "The Oxford Times". Audit Bureau of Circulations (UK). 23 February 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  2. "Free weekly newspaper the Oxford Star axed by Newsquest - Journalism News from HoldtheFrontPage".
  3. Awards 2004, Newspaper Awards UK
  4. Awards 2005, Newspaper Awards UK
  5. Awards 2007, Newspaper Awards UK
  6. "Details about the Oxford Times". legacy.thisisoxfordshire.co.uk. Archived from the original on 10 March 2007. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
  7. Helen Lambourne, "Editor leaves group in cost-cutting restructure", Hold the Front Page, 19 April 2011