History
15 November 1940 was the only day that the newspaper was unable to publish, due to the blitz raid on the city.
From 1946 until the end of April 2004, a separate sports publication, The Pink, was printed every Saturday evening. It provided coverage of sport from the Midlands, as well as national and international sport. The fortunes of Coventry City F.C. played a prominent role in The Pink'. With the 1998-99 football season, The Pink became the first regional evening newspaper to provide same day reports from all FA Premiership matches.
The foundation stone of its previous headquarters at 157 Corporation Street, Coventry, CV1 1FP, was laid by the then proprietor, Lord Iliffe G.B.E, on 21 November 1957. The paper has now moved its headquarters to Thomas Yeoman House at Coventry Canal Basin, a move which downsizes operations considerably.
In 1985, the local radio station Mercia FM and the Telegraph formed the Snowball Appeal, a charitable organisation whose aim is to raise money to help sick and needy children in Coventry and Warwickshire.
From Monday 2 October 2006, the publication changed from an evening paper to a morning paper. To reflect this change, the newspaper's name changed to simply Coventry Telegraph. The switch to a morning paper saw a change in emphasis with the printed edition concentrating on exclusive and community news, leaving breaking news to its website.
The Telegraph is published Monday to Saturday in the following editions:
- City
- Warwickshire
- Nuneaton
Coventry Newspapers Ltd. (managing director: Simon Edgley) comprises the Telegraph together with its sister publications:
- The Coventry Times (formerly The Coventry Citizen)
- The Nuneaton Tribune
- The Hinckley Times
- The Hinckley Herald & Classified Journal (now closed)
- The Kenilworth, Warwick & Royal Leaminton Spa Times (formerly The Kenilworth Citizen) (now closed)
- The Bedworth Echo (now closed)
- The Rugby Times (now closed)
- Midland Farm Ad (now closed)
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