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| | Type | Weekly newsmagazine | | Format | Tabloid |
| | Owner | Thomson Intermedia | | Editor | Nicky Cox | | Founded | May 2006 | | Political allegiance | Independent | | Headquarters | Horsley, Surrey | | Circulation | Unknown[1] |
| | Website: www.firstnews.co.uk | - For the television news music package, see First News.
First News is a weekly 'newspaper' aimed at 8-12 year olds. It is in tabloid format, and aims to present current events in a child-friendly format, alongside news on entertainment, sport and computer games. It is published on Fridays and, as of May 2006, is sold for £1, with 5p going to children's charities. Image File history File links Firstnewslogo. ...
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First News is a television news music package composed by American musician Frank Gari. ...
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It was launched by editorial director (aka "editorial overlord" [1]) Piers Morgan at 11 Downing Street, official residence of the UK's Chancellor of the Exchequer, where the current Chancellor Gordon Brown said that the paper would make a "great contribution to education" by making children aware of current events. [2] The paper was claimed to be "Britain's first national newspaper for children", [3] though this claim is somewhat dubious; other 'newspapers' aimed at young audiences have included The Boy's Newspaper (1880-82), The Children's Newspaper (1919-65) and, more recently, Whatever, launched in Aberdeen in 2002. 11 Downing Street (commonly known as Number 11), is the official residence of the Second Lord of the Treasury, who in modern times has always been the British Chancellor of the Exchequer. ...
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Morgan's role at the newspaper includes using his previous experience in journalism to sign up and interview celebrities for his column. As of June 2006 celebrity chef Jamie Oliver was writing a weekly recipe column, and the launch issue's cover story was an endorsement of the magazine by footballer David Beckham. James Trevor Oliver, MBE (born May 27, 1975), better known as Jamie Oliver and The Naked Chef, is a British celebrity chef. ...
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Independent columnist Philip Hensher questioned whether children would actually want to read such a paper, calling it a "sickening... smug-sounding publication", and speculated that children who did read it would be bullied. [4] Piers Morgan, for his part, has denied that the newspaper is a middle-class venture of limited appeal, saying that "I think it is quite patronising to assume that the only people who are going to read it are middle-class kids because they are more intelligent than all the ones who are stuffing bubblegum down their throats and wearing hoodies." [5] Peter Wilby at the Evening Standard opined that children interested in news would simply read an 'adult' tabloid. [6] Trade magazine Marketing Week also quoted an unnamed press buyer as doubting whether the newspaper would achieve its circulation targets, referring to the scrapping of the printed version of the Sunday Times kids' supplement and the demise of monthly magazine Smash Hits. [7] In response, editor Nicky Cox said that First News ' weekly publication would prevent it from losing interest among children "used to getting information quickly", compared to the monthly Smash Hits.[1] Headlines of the Evening Standard on the day of London bombing on July 7, 2005, in Waterloo Station The Evening Standard is an English tabloid newspaper published and sold in London and surrounding areas. ...
Newspaper sizes in August 2005. ...
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Circulation
↑ Thomson have declined to reveal circulation targets, but Morgan believes First News will sell 250,000-300,000 copies within a year[1] and the paper had an initial print run of 350,000 copies.[3] In late June 2006 (one month after launching) it claimed a weekly circulation of 50,000. [8]
Survey In September 2006, First News conducted a survey to find out what children in the United Kingdom think about living there. The survey shows that: September 2006 is the ninth month of 2006 and has begun on a Friday. ...
There are several uses of the word survey, relating to two primary meanings: land surveying; and statistical surveys of people or other items, such as animals, stars, or messages. ...
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Awards This section does not cite its references or sources.
You can help Wikipedia by introducing appropriate citations. In September 2006, First News won an award from Save the Children for 'Outstanding Contribution to Children'. September 2006 is the ninth month of 2006 and has begun on a Friday. ...
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References - ^ a b c Silver, James. "From Fleet Street to Sesame Street", The Guardian, March 20, 2006. Retrieved on 2005-05-05.
- ^ Terazono, Eriko. "Morgan makes paper child's play", Financial Times, May 5, 2006. Retrieved on 2006-05-05.
- ^ a b "Britain's first national newspaper for children to launch Friday", Associated Press, May 4, 2006.
- ^ Hensher, Philip. "These are ugly stories of sexual harassment", The Independent, May 3, 2006. Retrieved on 2006-05-05.
- ^ ""I'm not such an awful human being"", The Daily Telegraph, April 10, 2006. Retrieved on 2006-05-05.
- ^ Wilby, Peter. "A new launch for a captive adult market", Evening Standard, March 22, 2006. Retrieved on 2006-05-05.
- ^ "Press Buyers question the market for new nationals", Marketing Week, March 23, 2006. Retrieved on 2006-05-05.
- ^ Fletcher, Kim. "Young do still care about newspapers", The Guardian, 26 June 2006.
- ^ Newsround. 15 September 2006 "'British kids say no to celebs'". Accessed 15 September 2006.
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