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The ''Cambrian News'' is a weekly newspaper distributed in Wales. It was founded in 1860 and is based in Cefn Llan Science Park, Aberystwyth. Cambrian News Ltd was bought by media entrepreneur Sir Ray Tindle in 1998. == History == The paper was first published in Bala in October 1860, as a four-page supplement, ''The Merioneth Herald'', in ''The Oswestry Advertiser''. Having subsequently become a distinct paper printed in Oswestry, England, in 1864 it became the ''Merionethshire Standard and Mid-Wales Herald''〔(The Cambrian News and Merionethshire Standard ) at Welsh Newspapers Online, National Library of Wales〕 and, in 1869, was renamed ''The Cambrian News and Merionethshire Standard.''〔 In 1870 it was bought by Sir John Gibson, who moved the headquarters to Aberystwyth in 1873, but kept printing in Oswestry under the masthead of ''The Cambrian News, Merionethshire Standard, and Aberystwyth Times''.〔''(The Cambrian News, Merionethshire Standard, and Aberystwyth Times )'', 2 July 1870〕 Politically, it was a Liberal-leaning newspaper, and supported the election of the first Liberal M.P. for Merionethshire in 1868. In May 1880, the company integrated editorial and printing in a former malthouse in Mill Street, Aberystwyth. The paper was then named ''The Cambrian News, Merionethshire Standard, and Welsh Farmers' Gazette''.〔''(The Cambrian News, Merionethshire Standard, and Welsh Farmers' Gazette )'', 28 May 1880, at Welsh Newspapers Online, National Library of Wales〕 Later Gibson built a printing office and stationer's shop in Terrace Road where the paper was printed for over 60 years—well into the 20th century—before moving to Queen Street and Grays Inn Road by 1980. In 1915 the business was sold to a new company chaired by A. E. Harrison of Cardiff as managing director and Lord Rhondda as one of its directors. In 1916 Robert Read, from the ''South Wales Echo'' was hired as managing editor. The same year it produced a unique ''Eisteddfod Review'' souvenir of the Welsh National Eisteddfod that was held in Aberystwyth. In 1917 the paper opened a successful London office which was followed by the appointment of representatives in Liverpool, Manchester and Cardiff. In 1926, Henry Read, Robert's father, bought the paper and became managing director. In the 1930s, Robert Read became the major shareholder, managing director and managing editor. Robert was succeeded, after his death in 1946, by his son—another Henry Read—as managing director and as managing editor by D. C. Wright. It was under his direction that, after 113 years, printing was contracted out. This enabled the move of editorial staff to the new open-plan offices on the Science Park at Llanbadarn Fawr. On the death of Henry Read, the paper was purchased by Sir Ray Tindle, whose Tindle Newspaper Group owns more than 200 weekly newspapers in Britain〔 . After 146 years as a broadsheet, the paper transformed to a tabloid format in 2006.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cambrian News」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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