The ''Community Telegraph'' was a free distribution newspaper published by
Independent News & Media.
The newspaper, a sister paper of the paid-for title, ''
The Belfast Telegraph
The ''Belfast Telegraph'' is a daily newspaper published in Belfast, Northern Ireland, by Independent News & Media. Its editor is Eoin Brannigan. Reflecting its unionist tradition, the paper has historically been "favoured by the Protestant pop ...
'', was created in order to replace its direct predecessor, the now defunct ''
Herald and Post'', also a freesheet.
The ''Community Telegraph'' was distributed weekly in four editions throughout north, south, east
Belfast
Belfast ( , ; from ga, Béal Feirste , meaning 'mouth of the sand-bank ford') is the capital and largest city of Northern Ireland, standing on the banks of the River Lagan on the east coast. It is the 12th-largest city in the United Kingdom ...
and
County Down,
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland ( ga, Tuaisceart Éireann ; sco, label= Ulster-Scots, Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, that is variously described as a country, province or region. Nort ...
. Its paid-for competitors were the ''
North Belfast News'' and ''
South Belfast News'' from the
Andersonstown News
The Belfast Media Group's ''Andersonstown News'' is a weekly published (Wednesdays) Belfast, Northern Ireland newspaper, which focuses on news and issues in west Belfast. The paper was founded in 1972.
Its stablemates, the '' North Belfast News' ...
group, and the ''
Bangor Spectator'' and ''
Newtownards Chronicle''. In April 2007 the paper was relaunched as The CT and in June that year
websitewas launched.
One journalist was assigned to each edition and was responsible for all aspects of editorial production - writing stories, taking photographs, designing pages and publishing on the internet. Leading UK media commentator Roy Greenslade ha
the model as one which other newspapers may adopt due to the potential for huge cost savings.
The ''Community Telegraph'' (and its four editions) was closed in December 2013, with INM describing the titles as "no longer sustainable" in light of falling print advertising revenues.
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Mass media in Belfast
Newspapers published in Northern Ireland
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