Selby Times
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{{Use British English|date=April 2020}}
{{short description|UK local newspaper}}
{{Infobox newspaper
| name = Selby Times
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| type = Weekly newspaper
| format = Tabloid
| owner = Chronicle Publications Ltd
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| publisher = Chronicle Publications
| editor = Jane Rogers
| depeditor = Natalie Kershaw
| foundation = 1860
| language = English
| circulation = 6,287
| circulation_date = 2023
| circulation_ref = {{cite web|url=https://www.abc.org.uk/product/864 |title= Goole Times (Incorporating Selby Times) |publisher=Audit Bureau of Circulations (UK) |date=15 February 2024 |access-date=29 May 2024}}
| sister newspapers = Goole Times
| website = {{URL|selbytimes.info}}
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The Selby Times is a local weekly newspaper covering Selby and the surrounding district in North Yorkshire, England. It is a paid-for title published weekly on Thursdays, and is the sister paper to the Goole Times, with which it shares content and staff.
History
The Selby Times was first published in 1860 by Mr Bellerby, a printer and publisher.{{cite web|url=http://selbytowncouncil.gov.uk/files/3415/2508/3141/Merchants_leaflet_final.pdf|title=Merchants leaflet|website=selbytowncouncil.gov.uk|accessdate=16 April 2020}} The paper was commended for its 150th anniversary by an Early Day Motion in the House of Commons in 2010.{{cite web|url=https://edm.parliament.uk/early-day-motion/40363/150th-anniversary-of-selby-times|title=150th ANNIVERSARY OF SELBY TIMES EDM #771|website=edm.parliament.uk|accessdate=}}
= Acquisition by Chronicle Publications =
In July 2013 Johnston Press announced that they had reached agreement to sell the Selby Times and the Goole Courier, plus the associated websites, to Chronicle Publications Limited. Johnston Press had suffered from strikes in 2011 as a result of plans to reduce the number of job roles in its Yorkshire publications, and the Selby Times circulation figures released in February 2013 showed a reduction of 17.4% year on year to an average weekly figure of 5,765.{{cite web|url=https://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2013/news/johnston-press-to-sell-weeklies-to-independent-publisher/|title=Johnston Press to sell weeklies to independent publisher|website=holdthefrontpage.co.uk|accessdate=16 April 2020}}{{clarify|reason=express the reduction clearly and unambiguously, especially the period over which it happened|date=September 2021}}
Following completion of the acquisition, Chronicle made a number of changes to the Selby Times. These included merging it with the Selby Post, which it had established previously, publishing under the name Selby Times & Post, and moving the publication day back to Wednesday after Johnston Press had amended it from Thursday in 2012.{{cite web|url=https://www.prolificnorth.co.uk/featured/news/2013/08/chronicle-publications-announces-plans-merge-selby-post-and-selby-times|title=Chronicle Publications announces plans to merge Selby Post and Selby Times|website=prolificnorth.co.uk|date=14 August 2013 |accessdate=16 April 2020}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.selbytimes.info/ Selby Times official site]
Category:Newspapers published in Yorkshire
Category:Weekly newspapers published in the United Kingdom
Category:Newspapers established in 1860