6-599: The Lynn News is an English newspaper published by Iliffe Media and appearing each Tuesday and Friday in King's Lynn , Norfolk , England . The origins of the paper go back to the founding of the Lynn Advertiser in 1841 and the Lynn News and County Press in 1856. After 89 years of rivalry, the two papers merged in 1944, subsequently publishing as the Lynn News and Advertiser until 1985. Originally published as
12-781: Is a British-based private company owned by the Iliffe family . It has interests in Vancouver, Seattle, agriculture, marinas and local newspaper printing and publishing. It is named after the village of Yattendon in Berkshire. Yattendon owns marinas via its subsidiary MDL Marinas. It also owns large areas of land in West Berkshire . Yattendon previously owned Channel Television , and sold this to ITV plc in 2011. Iliffe Media publishes 38 local newspapers, magazines, KMFM radio stations and associated online products. In 2016,
18-581: The Lynn Advertiser and West Norfolk Herald , the publication changed its name to the Lynn Advertiser, Norfolk and Cambridgeshire Herald in 1861 and the Wisbech Constitutional Gazette was incorporated in 1868. In 1923, the proprietor, Thew and Son, merged with the rival Lynn News Company. The East Midland Allied Press was formed in 1947 by merger of the Northamptonshire Printing and Publishing Company,
24-674: The Lynn News along with 12 other publishing titles and associated websites in East Anglia and the East Midlands transferred to Johnston Publishing East Anglia pending disposal of that company to Iliffe Media for a gross cash consideration of £17 million. Since then, it has been printed in Cambridge . This English newspaper–related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Yattendon Group Yattendon Group plc (formerly Yattendon Investment Trust)
30-620: The Peterborough Advertiser Company, the West Norfolk and King's Lynn Newspaper Company and commercial printing sections at Rushden , King's Lynn and Bury St. Edmunds . It was overseen by Pat Winfrey, the son of Sir Richard Winfrey , who had bought the Spalding Guardian in 1887. After 49 years, EMAP divested 69 newspapers including West Norfolk Newspapers to Johnston Press in 1996. In 2017,
36-1018: The Iliffe family launched a new weekly newspaper and associated media under the banner of the Cambridge Independent following the absorption of its former title, the Cambridge News , into the Trinity Mirror Group after failing to return the title following the Local World venture. Yattendon's printing press in Milton, Cambridgeshire produces full colour newspapers for a wide range of clients. In January 2017, Yattendon bought 13 newspapers in Lincolnshire and East Anglia from Johnston Press . These include some very long established titles: This article about
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