North Norfolk News Explained

North Norfolk News
Type:Weekly newspaper
Format:Tabloid
Owners:Archant
Circulation:2,097
Circulation Date:2023
Circulation Ref:[1]

The North Norfolk News is a weekly newspaper serving part of Norfolk, England. Towns and villages it covers include Cromer, Sheringham, North Walsham, Aylsham, Holt, Stalham, Wells-next-the-Sea, Reepham, Hoveton and Wroxham.[2] It is published by the Archant group on Thursdays, and its website is updated several times every day.

The North Norfolk News was established in 1940.[3] Its staff members work remotely around north Norfolk, as well as at the Archant head office in Norwich, following the closure of the firm's Cromer office in 2019.[4] It was shortlisted for best paid-for UK weekly newspaper for 2013.[5]

Contents

Its content includes a mix of news, features, a guide to upcoming events and sport. Many of the stories it runs are also published in its sister daily newspaper, the Eastern Daily Press.

Some elements have disappeared or been replaced by others over the years. In the 1960s the paper ran a ‘Thass a Larf’ column,[6] which no longer exists.

From 2017 to 2020 the paper ran a weekly Enjoy Cromer More page focusing on positive news from that town.[7]

Although the feature has not run in the print edition since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, Enjoy Cromer More continues to exist as a separate website and on social media channels.[8]

Other areas of coverage have stayed more or less the same for decades. Upcoming things to do, investment in car parks and refurbishments of town pubs were all covered as topics of local interest 40 years ago,[9] just as they are today.[10] [11] [12]

Some areas of coverage can be considered particular to the coastal nature of the region, including summer carnivals at busy seaside towns, such as Cromer Carnival, and devastating storm surges.[13]

Audience

An average 3,656 paid copies were sold weekly in 2019,[14] and the newspaper has an average print readership of 15,468.[15] The audited weekly sales figure for January to June 2012 was 6,619.[16]

Its website is said to have 142,652 monthly users.[15] According to ABC figures the newspaper had the highest online growth for any UK newspaper in February 2019, when it recorded a 72% increase in the number of daily unique average browsers to visit its site compared to year-end figures for 2017 and 2018.[17]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: North Norfolk News . . 21 February 2024 . 2 March 2024.
  2. https://www.northnorfolknews.co.uk/home/about-us About the North Norfolk News
  3. Web site: Twitter profile. 19 September 2020. Twitter.
  4. Web site: 21 May 2019. Archant shuts North Norfolk News office in newsroom closure plan. 21 September 2020. Press Gazette.
  5. Web site: 18 December 2013. East of England Media Awards shortlist revealed. 21 September 2020. Hold The Front Page.
  6. Web site: CW Remembered. 21 September 2020. CW Remembered.
  7. Web site: 12 December 2017. New editor steps up at weekly after 12 years with publisher. 21 September 2020. Hold The Front Page.
  8. Web site: Enjoy Cromer More. 21 September 2020. Enjoy Cromer More.
  9. Web site: NORTH NORFOLK NEWS – 1979. 21 September 2020. CICLIC.
  10. Web site: 17 August 2020. Delight at plans for end-of-pier variety show. 21 September 2020. North Norfolk News.
  11. Web site: 1 September 2020. New car park opens at 'one of north Norfolk's loveliest beaches'. 21 September 2020. North Norfolk News.
  12. Web site: 23 July 2020. Busy times at coastal pub after £420,000 revamp. 21 September 2020. North Norfolk News.
  13. Web site: Surge floods prompt new erosion fears. 21 September 2020. HAPPISBURGH VILLAGE WEBSITE.
  14. Web site: ABC North Norfolk News. 21 September 2020. ABC.
  15. Web site: Audience Data (North Norfolk News). 19 September 2020. Archant Hub.
  16. Web site: 12 October 2012. Revealed: How a 7.5pc 'circulation rise' turned into a 6.2pc drop. 21 September 2020. Hold The Front Page.
  17. Web site: 28 February 2019. ABCs: Coastal weekly tops online audience growth figures. 21 September 2020. Hold The Front Page.