Banbury Cake (newspaper)

Banbury Cake
TypeOnline newspaper
Owner(s)Newsquest
PublisherNewsquest
EditorSara Taylor
LanguageEnglish
HeadquartersNewspaper House, Osney Mead, OXFORD, OX2 0EJ
Websitebanburycake.co.uk

The Banbury Cake was a free, weekly, newspaper published by Newsquest Oxfordshire, Oxford, England. It was distributed to houses in Banbury and the surrounding area, usually on a Thursday. It contained local news, sport, entertainment news, gossip; as well as job, car and other advertisements. It takes its name from Banbury cakes.

Current formation and future

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In October 2017, The Oxford Times announced the cessation of the Banbury Cake after more than forty years of publication but would publish news via its website.[1] Banbury Cake now redirects to Oxford Mail.[2] The paper had distributed copies with a circulation of 53,000 in the 1980s. That figure dropped to a print distribution of just over 13,000 copies by 2013.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Banbury Cake Website, http://www.banburycake.co.uk
  2. ^ "www.banburycake.co.uk". www.banburycake.co.uk. Archived from the original on 29 August 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  3. ^ Press Gazette, 2 October 2017 - https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/newquest-closes-free-banbury-cake-newspaper-after-40-years-in-print/
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