History of Newton News
History of the Newton News, "Your Local Newspaper"
"Newton News" and its predecessor "The Newtonian" have been an important means of communication in Newton Aycliffe for over 60 years. The new town residents were receiving free news sheets in the early 1950's. A Resident's Committee published "The Newtonian" monthly, selling advertising space to cover printing costs and organised free distribution to each new house as it became occupied.
Newton Press started business as the town's printers in August 1963 and soon took over the printing of "The Newtonian" changing the publication to newspaper format; run on a commercial basis, yet continuing to deliver copies free of charge to each household.
In 1969 "Newton News" evolved and was distributed to a now much enlarged population by-weekly. The publication became a weekly in 1984 with a circulation of over 12000 serving the new town and surrounding villages.
"The Newtonian" now incorporated with the Newton News, claims to be the first FREE newspaper, distributed to over 15000 homes and financed entirely from advertising revenue.
Newton News Your Local Newspaper
The Newton News is your local community newspaper covering all the local issues from sports clubs, organisations, charities, Schools and Businesses. We keep our newspaper reader friendly by covering only local issues and events, if a story does not involve a business or resident of Newton Aycliffe we do not publish.
Newton News add to the local public debates by publishing your letters of concern or opinions. You can also acknowledge the good things our town has to offer and we always support any issues which would benefit the town or an individual. Newton News was first published in 1959, it has taken us over 50 years to establish and build your local community newspaper to the standard that our readers approve and expect, we hope you will continue to patronise us as we help you and our town.
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In recent times, the recession has hit a lot of people - we are here to help our local advertisers by offering discounted rates for your advertising requirements. We know the Newton News improves advertisers turnover as our many regular advertisers can testify - give it a try for your business or event and see how well it works for you. Contact our Advertising Manager Paul Howarth to discuss your requirements we are confident that we can improve your business or make your event a success.
Newton News Free Website Link Offer
As a special offer to all regular advertisers, we are pleased to offer your business a FREE website link via our Newton News website, which is one the most popular websites in the area, receiving over 8,000 hits per week.
Humble beginnings, Newton Press offices based in Greenwell Road in the 1970s (now owned by Homeplan)
