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The ''Kentish Gazette'' is a weekly newspaper serving the city of Canterbury, Kent. It is owned by the KM Group and is published on Thursdays. ==History== The newspaper claims to be the second oldest surviving newspaper in the United Kingdom.〔(KM Group - Over 150 years of history )〕 It was founded by James Simmons in 1768 and, after a few weeks' competition, merged with its older rival, George Kirkby's ''Kentish Post'' which had been founded in 1717 and was the 28th known regional newspaper to be produced.〔R. M. Wiles, ''Freshest advices : early provincial newspapers in England'', Ohio State University Press, 1965, p. 397.〕 The merged paper continued in existence as the ''Kentish Gazette'' under the joint management of Simmons and Kirkby.〔David J. Shaw and Sarah Gray, ‘James Abree (1691? – 1768) : Canterbury’s first "modern" printer’, in: ''The Reach of print : Making, selling and reading books'', ed. P. Isaac and B. McKay, Winchester, St Paul’s Bibliographies, 1998. Pp. 21–36. ISBN 1-873040-51-2〕〔Frank Panton, ''Canterbury's Tycoon: James Simmons – Reshaper of his city'', Canterbury: The Canterbury Society, 1990, 40pp.〕 In 1942 the Gazette's offices in Canterbury were destroyed by a Luftwaffe raid on the city. The paper was able to use the ''Kent Messengers offices in Maidstone to produce that week's copy of the newspaper.〔(About the team - Kentish Gazette )〕 The Gazette, through a number of mergers and acquisitions, took control of other newspapers in the area such as the ''Whitstable Gazette'', ''Herne Bay Gazette'' and ''East Kent Mercury'', all of which were owned by Kent County Newspapers. KCN was taken over by the Kent Messenger Group in 1980.〔 Along with the rest of the KM-owned papers, the ''Gazette'' was given a design overhaul in May 2005.〔(New KM is aimed at busy readers )〕 The Gazette was chosen over the UK's national papers by actor Orlando Bloom, who was raised in the city, in August 2005.〔(Kent Scoop )〕 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「Kentish Gazette」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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