Tindle
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| Headquarters | Farnham, Surrey |
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The Tindle Group is a British multimedia company operating regional newspapers and radio stations across the United Kingdom.[1] It was owned by the Tindle family for over 70 years. Founder Sir Ray Tindle retired in 2017 and was succeeded by his son, Owen Tindle,[2] and died in 2022.[3] The company was sold to a joint venture formed by Iliffe Media Group and the Fowler family in 2026.
Newspapers
The Tindle newspaper empire started out in the 1950s, when Sir Ray Tindle acquired the Tooting & Balham Gazette with his £300 demob payment after his time serving during the Second World War.[4]
At the company's peak, Tindle Newspapers owned and operated more than 220 local titles.[citation needed]
The following is a partial list of newspapers owned by the company:[5]
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- Abergavenny Chronicle
- Admart
- Alton Post Gazette
- Biggin Hill News
- Bordon Messenger
- Bordon Post
- Brecon & Radnor Express
- Cambrian News
- Chew Valley Gazette
- Cornish & Devon Post
- Cornish Times
- County Echo
- Crediton Courier
- Dawlish Gazette
- Edenbridge Chronicle
- Faringdon Newspapers
- Farnham Herald
- The Forester
- The Glamorgan Gem
- Godalming Messenger
- Haslemere Messenger
- Isle of Man Newspapers
- Leigh Times
- Life Magazines
- Meon Valley News
- Mid Devon Advertiser
- Monmouthshire Beacon
- North Cornwall Advertiser
- Petersfield Messenger
- The Ross Gazette
- South Hams Gazette
- Surrey & Hants News
- Tavistock Times
- Tenby Observer
- Wellington Weekly News
- West Somerset Free Press
- Woking News and Mail[6]
In 2019, Tindle Newspaper Group closed four of their local newspapers.[7]
Radio stations
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In the 1970s, Sir Ray Tindle was an early investor in Capital.[8] In 1998, he sold back his shares in the company to buy Island FM in Guernsey, the first local station to form part of the Tindle group.
The company continued to grow and acquire a dozen stations in England and Wales. Tindle sold its UK radio assets to Anglian Radio in a management buyout in 2013. The stations were then sold on to Celador and later Bauer.[9]
Tindle continues to own and operate Island FM, as well as Channel 103 in Jersey, Midlands 103 in Ireland, and Soleil Radio which broadcasts across the Channel Islands.[10]
Criticism
In 2003, as the Iraq War started, the owner of the Tindle Newspaper Group, Sir Ray Tindle, issued an order to his newspapers that they could no longer cover anti-war protests.[11] This decision was controversial and was attacked as censorship by a number of commentators, including the National Union of Journalists General Secretary Jeremy Dear.[12]
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Tindle Newspaper Group". Hold the Front Page. Retrieved 16 February 2012.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Sharman, David (17 July 2017). "Owen Tindle succeeds father Sir Ray as Tindle chairman – Journalism News from HoldtheFrontPage". HoldtheFrontPage. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Sir Ray Tindle, former News Letter owner, dies at age of 95". Belfast News Letter. 17 April 2022. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."History". tindlenews.co.uk. Tindle Newspapers Ltd. Archived from the original on 18 July 2019.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."News Brands". tindlenews.co.uk. Tindle Press Holdings Ltd. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Tindle Newspapers purchases Woking News & Mail". InPublishing. 4 October 2022. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Tindle Newspapers closes Essex-based Yellow Advertiser series". 26 June 2019.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."History". Tindle Newspapers Ltd. Archived from the original on 18 July 2019.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Celador Radio takes control of Anglian Radio". RadioToday. 19 January 2017.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Our Brands". Tindle Radio.
- ^ Full text of article in Totnes Times
- ^ Too Late For Debate?
