''The Oxford Times'' is a weekly

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, published each Thursday in

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, England. The paper is published from a large production facility at Osney Mead, west Oxford, and is owned by

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, the UK subsidiary of US-based

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. ''The Oxford Times'' has a number of colour supplements. ''Oxfordshire Limited Edition'' is included with the first edition of each month. There is also a monthly ''In Business'' supplement. ''The Oxford Times'' has several sister publications: *''The Herald Series'' – a set of weekly newspapers covering Abingdon,

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, Wallingford and

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. *''Witney Gazette'' – a weekly newspaper covering

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and Carterton. *''Bicester Advertiser'' – a weekly newspaper covering

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. *''

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'' – a free weekly newspaper for the

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area. *''Oxford Star'' – a free weekly newspaper which ran from 1976 to 2013. *''

Oxford Mail ''Oxford Mail'' is a daily tabloid newspaper in Oxford, England, owned by Newsquest. It is published six days a week. It is a sister paper to the weekly tabloid ''The Oxford Times''. History The ''Oxford Mail'' was founded in 1928 by MP Fra ...

'' – a daily newspaper published Monday to Saturday founded in 1928.

History

''The Oxford Times'' was founded in 1862 as a weekly

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. In 1922, T. E. Lawrence (known as Lawrence of Arabia) commissioned ''The Oxford Times'' to typeset and print an advance private edition of ''

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''. This is known as the "1922 Edition" or the "Oxford Text" of ''Seven Pillars''. ''The Oxford Times'' has won a number of national awards including ''Regional Weekly Newspaper of the Year'' in 2004, 2005, and 2007. Originally a broadsheet, it switched to the

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format in 2008. Until 24 October 2008, the paper was published each Friday. Since then, it is published each Thursday. Over time, through the emergence of digitization and online news, print circulation gradually declined (from 26,262 in 2006 to 3,482 in 2023) while online circulation increased (30 million+, Oxford Times & Mail).Oxford Times Historical Print Circulation Data
TIO – This Is Oxfordshire.The Oxford Times Circulation Data

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References

External links

Website for both''The Oxford Times'' and ''Oxford Mail''Newsquest
{{DEFAULTSORT:Oxford Times Newspapers published in Oxford Newspapers published by Newsquest Newspapers established in 1862 Weekly newspapers published in the United Kingdom 1862 establishments in England