Northampton Chronicle and Echo
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| Type | Local newspaper |
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| Format | Tabloid |
| Owner(s) | Johnston Press |
| Editor | David Summers |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | Albert House Victoria Street Northampton NN1 3NR |
| Circulation | 2010: 17,483 2011: 15,913 |
| Website | http://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/ |
The Northampton Chronicle & Echo (known locally as "The Chron") is a local newspaper serving Northampton, England, and the surrounding towns and villages. It was published daily from Monday-Saturday until 26 May 2012 at a price of £0.48. It then began to publish one edition per week each Thursday for £1.00 (2014: £1.20) (2015: £1.30) (2016: £1.40) (2017: £1.45). It had a circulation of 17,483 in the first half of 2010, a year on year decline of 7.8%, and the decline continued into 2012. The paper is owned by Johnston Press.
The title was the result of a 1931 merger of two dailies: the Northampton Daily Chronicle and Evening Herald (founded 1880) and the Daily Echo (founded in 1885 and retitled as the Northampton Daily Echo in 1908), which occupied a striking art deco office building overlooking Northampton's famous market square. This was demolished in the late 1970s to make way for a shopping development. A blue plaque marks the spot where the Daily Echo was published for almost a century. The Chronicle & Echo and its associated titles moved to new quarters at Upper Mounts. Printing in Northampton ceased at the time of the weekly change in 2012 and is now done at the Johnson Press location in Peterborough.
A glossy monthly, the Northampton Town and County Independent, edited by Bernard Holloway and the local author-editor Lou Warwick, was also published by the same company, which was once part of the United Newspapers group headed by Lord Barnetson. One of the Chronicle's sister papers in those days was the Yorkshire Post.
The Chron's main competitor is the weekly Northampton Herald & Post (circulation 45,582) which is free and delivered throughout the town and surrounding areas but in comparison is lighter on news and heavy on advertising. Until 2015, the Chron issued a free version of the weekly Northampton Mercury with a circulation of 44,000 to compete with its rival.
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