The South Oxfordshire Courier was a free newspaper distributed throughout the towns of Abingdon , Wantage , Faringdon , Wallingford and Didcot in Oxfordshire , UK . It was owned by Courier Newspapers (Oxford) Ltd and later Tri-Media Publishing.
5-691: It was launched in 1981 and in 2004 was renamed Courier Journal as part of a merger with its sister paper, the Oxford Journal . The paper became part of the Milestone Group in 2003. In September 2006, the original title was reinstated after Milestone Group sold the Courier group to its managing director for £50,000. On 3 January 2008, it was announced that the South Oxfordshire Courier would be retired in favour of
10-656: The Oxford Journal name, effectively ending the Courier after 27 years. However, a new paper was launched in August 2011 called the Oxfordshire Guardian , which covers the area of the Courier. This English newspaper–related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Courier Journal (Oxfordshire) The Oxford Journal was a free newspaper distributed throughout
15-679: The city of Oxford in the county of Oxfordshire , UK . It was published under licence by Taylor Newspapers Ltd (who also publish other free newspapers including the Basingstoke Observer , Oxford Property Weekly and Auto Weekly ). The paper was launched in January 1973 from an old toy factory in Cowley by Tony Rosser. It was later bought by Goodhead Press, who sold the paper in 1996 to Courier Newspapers (Oxford) Ltd, owned by Bob Urwin and Peter Chatterton, which continued to publish
20-603: The original title was reinstated after Milestone Group sold the Courier group to its managing director. When owned by the Milestone Group, the paper's sister publications included the magazine Oxfordshire Living . On 3 January 2008, it was announced on that week's issue that the Oxford Journal would supersede its sister paper, the South Oxfordshire Courier . The paper was relaunched in 2012 by Howard Taylor (owner of Taylor Newspapers Ltd) and Chrissie Woodward (sales director of Oxford Journal ). Woodward has since left
25-662: The paper alongside its own, the South Oxfordshire Courier . Both and Courier and Journal were taken over by the Milestone Group in 2003. In 2004 the paper was renamed Courier Journal as part of a merger with the Courier to produce one paper covering Oxfordshire, but this did not last and in 2005 the paper was relaunched in Oxford as the Oxford City Journal ; however, in September 2006,
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