- Cumbernauld News & Kilsyth Chronicle
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The Cumbernauld News & Kilsyth Chronicle is a local paper serving the areas of Cumbernauld and Kilsyth and all the other villages in between the two towns.
History
Originally two separate newspapers, the two joined together and became sister papers along with the Falkirk Herald. The Chronicle was a local paper for the town of Kilsyth and surrounding areas, until the Cumbernauld New Town was created and with a small local paper, The Cumbernauld News created by the Falkirk Herald less than a week before a paper set up by the Cumbernauld Development Corporation was published. The locals all bought the News and the CDC faded from the Public eye. Then in an attempt to boost sales of the Chronicle and News they joined together as one paper for both towns.
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The "Cumbernauld News" was founded on 2 June 196l by the Falkirk Herald Group (F. Johnston & Co.), two weeks before the launch of the "Cumbernauld Courier" by the rival Airdrie and Coatbridge Advertiser Group (Baird & Hamilton). The "Courier" closed after about 18 months while the "News" has reached its 50th anniversary in 2011. The present Wikipedia entry is totally wrong in asserting that the Cumbernauld Develoopment Corporation launched the "Courier". Peter Holt, first editor of the "Cumbernauld News" 1961-64
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