The Rugby Times, a new 72 page free weekly newspaper, was
launched this week by Trinity Mirror in the Midlands.
The newspaper is the latest in a string of new launches by
Trinity Mirror in the Midlands following the successful launches of the
Kenilworth Times early in 2005 and the Leamington & Warwick Times last
summer.
The new title, which is distributed to 35,000 homes in the
Warwickshire town of Rugby and surrounding villages, is edited by Duncan
Gibbons, formerly the chief reporter of the Coventry Evening Telegraph
Warwickshire edition.
Tony Lennox, the editorial director of Trinity Mirror's 37
Midland weekly titles, said: "The Rugby Times is a traditional local newspaper,
concentrating on purely local news. It's a formula that works.
"The successful launches of its sister titles in Kenilworth,
Leamington and Warwick last year proved there is room in these busy markets for
good, old-fashioned local papers.
"Duncan and his team are local people who know the patch very
well, and that will be the key to our success in Rugby."
