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Background and Format: Established in 1931 as the Chronicle & Echo, the Northampton Chronicle & Echo (nicknamed the “Chron”) is a weekly regional newspaper. The publication emerged from two earlier titles, the Northampton Daily Chronicle and Evening Herald (founded 1880) and the Daily Echo (founded as the Northampton Daily Reporter in 1885, retitled as the Northampton Daily Reporter & Echo in 1906 and as the Northampton Daily Echo in 1908). It was an evening title until May 2012 when Johnston Press announced that five evening titles would switch to weekly publication. At the same time, those newspapers’ websites would become the focus for up-to-date news, supported by iPad/iPhone apps. Audience and Readership: Total readerships by demographic group can be found on JICGREG Deadline: Wednesday. Time of Publication: Thursday. Frequency: Weekly. Circulation: Source: Publisher. Monthly Unique Users: 520,420 (Source: ABC) Distribution: The publication serves the town of Northampton and the surrounding countryside in south-western Northamptonshire to a rough radius of about eight miles, including the smaller towns of Daventry, Brackley and Towcester. Ad Rates: For advertising enquries, contact +44 (0)1604 467 000 or chron.advertising@northantsnews.co.uk Awards: 2013 - Midlands Media Awards, Newspaper of the Year (Highly Commended) Alerts: Gorkana Alert: Monday 16 September 2013 Following the departure of Sports Editor Garry McGurk from the Daventry Express, the company has decided to merge the Sports Editor roles on the Northampton Chronicle & Echo and the Daventry Express. The Northampton Chronicle & Echo will now deal with all sports content for both papers and the team can be best reached on +44 (0)1604 467 055 and chron.sports@northantsnews.co.uk Gorkana Alert: Thursday 19 April 2012 Johnston Press are switching five of their daily regional newspapers to weeklies as part of a re-launch of its entire regional publishing business. From late May, The Scarborough Evening News, Halifax Courier, Northampton Chronicle & Echo, Peterborough Evening Telegraph and Northants Evening Telegraph will publish seven-day online content with one print edition coming out each week. Changes will also be made to the websites, including improvements to the home pages and the social networking and commenting functionalities. Johnston Press is planning to re-launch all of its 170 paid-for titles and associated websites by the end of 2012. Further details will be revealed on 25 April and will coincide with Johnston Press’ 2011 annual results announcement. For more information, Buchanan Communications can be reached on +44 (0)20 7466 5000. Northampton Chronicle & Echo has moved offices to the following address: Albert House, Victoria Street, Northampton, NN1 3NR. The team can be reached at editor@northantsnews.co.uk and can be found tweeting at www.twitter.com/chronandecho