Bristol24-7

Bristol24/7 is an independent online newspaper, offering news, comment and features for the city of Bristol.[1] As of 2016, it had a print circulation of 20,000, with, on average, 200,000 unique monthly visitors to its website.[2]

Bristol24/7
Bristol 24/7 Logo
Type of site
News and information
Available inEnglish
Founded2009
Headquarters
Bristol
,
United Kingdom
Founder(s)Christopher Brown
Key peopleMartin Booth (editor)
URLbristol247.com
RegistrationOptional
Launched29 June 2009
Current statusActive

Founded in 2009 by former The Independent and Western Daily Press journalist Christopher Brown,[3] it was designed as an independent newspaper for Bristol.[4] The following year, fellow Western Daily Press journalist Laura K Williams joined to launch a What's On section.

In 2011 it was voted EDF Energy South West Website of the Year.[5] It retained this title in 2012.[6] In June 2012, it received a commendation as Best Local News Website in the UK at the Online Media Awards.[7]

Bristol24-7 was sold to Dougal Templeton and Mike Bennett[8] and a new publication, Bristol24/7, was launched as a Community interest company in 2014.[9] Writers from the former Venue Magazine, Spark Magazine and online magazine Bristol Culture joined the company. Editor of Bristol Culture, Martin Booth, joined as co-editor of Bristol24/7 and became editor in November 2014.

Now based at the Paintworks, Arnos Vale, Bristol24/7 publishes content seven days a week from freelance journalists and bloggers from around the city.

Sections include news, business, comment, what's on, food and drink, lifestyle and culture.

References
  1. "About Us". B24/7. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
  2. Freddy Mayhew, 'Bristol community news website and magazine receives £150,000 from social investment fund', PressGazette (5 July 2016).
  3. Bristol journalist takes redundancy to launch local website Archived October 6, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
  4. A new news site for Bristol: Chris Brown on independent news start-up Bristol 24-7
  5. South West Media Awards 2011: What the judges said
  6. Winners’ gallery from EDF Energy South West Media Awards
  7. "Online Media Awards 2012". Archived from the original on October 6, 2015.
  8. "Our Track Record". Ltd.uk.
  9. Staff of axed magazine join revamped city website
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