''The Croydon Advertiser'' (with locally branded editions) is a paid-for weekly newspaper with five editions covering the London Boroughs of

Croydon Croydon is a large town in south London, England, south of Charing Cross. Part of the London Borough of Croydon, a local government district of Greater London. It is one of the largest commercial districts in Greater London, with an extensi ...

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and two neighbouring towns and with a free up-to-the-minute maintained web presence.

Circulation

The audited circulation in 2018 was 4918

History

The Croydon newspaper was founded by Jesse Ward in 1869, and it and the other ''Advertiser'' publications later became part of the Northcliffe Media Group, which is owned by the Daily Mail and General Trust during its existence the largest newspaper publisher in the United Kingdom. The paper converted from a broadsheet to a compact (tabloid) format on 31 March 2006. In September 2010 the Advertiser adopted a short-lived hybrid part-paid, part free strategy, with 70,000 copies delivered to homes across Sutton and Croydon.

"Lillian's Law"

In June 2010, 14-year-old Lillian Groves was killed by a speeding car driver who had been smoking cannabis. Lillian had been in the street outside her New Addington home when she was hit by the car. In August 2011, the Advertiser launched a campaign alongside Lillian's family calling on the Government to reform the law on drug driving. In November that year Lillian's family met with Prime Minister David Cameron, who promised to introduce new legislation, adding that her death "proved the need for roadside drugs testing" and that the then driving legislation, which relied on police to prove impairment by other means, was "all wrong". In early 2012 the Department for Transport, announced the creation of an expert panel to explore the implications of the new law ("Lillian's Law", as it became known). In May 2012, a new drug driving offence was included in the Queen's Speech as part of the Crime and Courts Bill, adopted in the

Crime and Courts Act 2013 The Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22) is an Act of Parliament of the Parliament of the United Kingdom introduced to the House of Lords in May 2012. Its main purpose is to create the United Kingdom National Crime Agency which replaced the Serious Or ...

. Prime Minister David Cameron credited the campaign and the bravery of the Groves family.

Broad ownership

In 2012, ownership broadened as a result of a co-venture enterprise

Local World Local World Holdings Ltd. was a large regional newspaper publisher in the UK that published around 100 print titles and more than 70 websites. It was formed in 2012 by David Montgomery, a former chief executive of Trinity Mirror, to buy the Dai ...

between media groups: Daily Mail and General Trust, Yattendon Group, Trinity Mirror and others, taking over Northcliffe Media.

Editors

;Current *Andy WardenThe Croydon Advertiser
Retrieved 5 May 2018. ;Previous: *David Randall, current night editor of ''The Independent on Sunday'' *Malcolm Starbrook, editor of the ''East London Advertiser'' *Ian Carter, editorial director, Kent Messenger Group.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Croydon Advertiser Northcliffe Media London newspapers Media and communications in the London Borough of Croydon Publications established in 1869 1869 establishments in England Weekly newspapers published in the United Kingdom