The Evening Chronicle- Newcastle

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Evening Chronicle

• The Evening Chronicle is a daily, evening newspaper produced in Newcastle Upon Tyne
• The paper covers Newcastle to Northumberland and Northern county Durham.
• Editor, Darren Thwaites.
• 45 pence
• The average word count of an article especially surrounding politics is just under 1000 words.
• Most of the articles are centralised around the young and middle aged.
• The Chronicle was originally named the Newcastle chronicle and was founded in 1764.
• On may the 1st 1858 the Newcastle Daily Chronicle was Launched. Its editor was Joseph Cowen, who became the sole owner at the end of 1859. He soon turned the Chronicle into the most successful newspaper in north- eastern England.
•  The Chronicle was a broadsheet until 1997 when it became a tabloid sized paper.
• The chronicle was published twice daily until 2007. The Chronicle is now Published once a day.
• Since October 2013,the Chronicle,journal and sun have been banned from Newcastle United FC.