Derbyshire Times

Derbyshire Times

Type	Weekly newspaper
Format	Tabloid
Owner	Johnston Press[1]
Founded	1855
Political alignment	No overt bias
Headquarters	Chesterfield[1]
Official website	www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk

The Derbyshire Times is a weekly local newspaper published in northern Derbyshire, each edition being on sale from Thursday. Its headquarters are in Chesterfield and much of its coverage centres on the town and the surrounding area.^[1] The newspaper also covers parts of the Peak District and Amber Valley areas. The Derbyshire Times is the biggest selling weekly newspaper in the county and in Britain’s top ten for circulation. Published in five editions - Chesterfield/Clay Cross, East, North East, Alfreton area, and Matlock/Peak is read by over 108,000 readers every week.^{[citation needed]}

The Derbyshire Times (and Chesterfield Herald) was first published on Saturday, January 7, 1854. It made history in 1893 when it became the first weekly newspaper in England to introduce the linotype setting machine.^{[citation needed]} Later owned by the Edmunds family, the DT bought the Derbyshire Courier in 1922 and amalgamated two old rivals to become one paper.^{[citation needed]} In 1978 the paper became the first English acquistion of Falkirk-based publishers F. Johnston & Co, which later became Johnston Press.

The paper switched from a broadsheet format to tabloid in March 1986 and entered the world of multimedia publishing in 1999 with the launch of its website.

The paper has a staff of 4 reporters and 4 photographers, which is supported by a team of voluntary correspondents. The newspaper contains several supplements focusing on property, motoring, business and entertainment in the area. Once a major print centre with their own printing facility at their Chesterfield premises, the Derbyshire Times has been printed at Johnston Press's Sheffield Web facility in Dinnington since 2007.^[2]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} MediaUK, accessed 8 July 2008
2. ^ "Johnston Press" notice, UK Business Park website, 18 April 2007

See also

• List of newspapers in the United Kingdom

External links

• Derbyshire Times