Kentish Gazette
This paper's audience struggle to range lower than Kentish citizens aged 21, due to primarily the content of its headlining stories and the depth into which it explores hobbies and interests much admired by the middle aged of the county. Examples include gardening, home care and various collecting type hobbies such as the collecting of historic memorabilia. The paper maintains its status as mainly a tabloid, however and perhaps most importantly primes its focus on the breaking news throughout Kent, such as crimes, sporting news etc. As taken from the newspaper's official website, The journalists from the Kentish Gazette provide regular news updates throughout the day, alongside all the latest Kent news and sport from the rest of the KentOnline network from the KM Media Group. This shows that the paper is dedicated to bringing the very latest news to the county residents, so primarily they will become regular buyers of the paper to be up to date with whats going on in their area. Whilst I was browsing the website, I also noticed that next to their logo it had stated: "the UK's fastest growing regional news network". Quite how true this really is remains to be pondered, but it is an indication of the direction they want to go with this paper.Thanet Extra
Its a weekly freesheet tabloid newspaper distributed to homes and through pickup points and brand-to-hand distribution in the Isle of Thanet area in north-eastern Kent, including the towns of Margate, Ramsgate and Broadstairs and the smaller town of Minster (YourThanet.co.uk). It wants to target the family homes of the Thanet District in general offering all that a tabloid has to offer that would appeal to all ages considering sport news and even youth news such as the latest events. Another product of the KM Media Group, this paper aims to be snappy and to the point with the very latest news, hence its name "thanet extra".Kent and Sussex Courier
This paper is important effectively to parents because the paper likes to include updates regarding schools, for example "Schools warned over sex pest". This type of breaking news will encourage parents to then enforce a new mentality into their child when attending his/her school. Its age target can vary but is mainly suited to adults, male and female. It is always published in at least two editions that covers both the western parts of Kent and the area of Sussex due to an almalgamation of a number of Kent and Sussex newspapers, according to Wikipedia.
Kent On Sunday
Kent on Sunday is a multi-award winning regional newspaper covering the county of Kent in the United Kingdom. It is published on every Sunday of the year and is available from supermarkets, garages and newsagents. The newspaper is the flagship paper of the KOS Media publishing company.
The main focus of the paper is to provide the County with a regional, informative news and a sport service. The paper also covers retail, leisure and lifestyle features, plus jobs, cars and property sections it also has more local editions under the your local series which are digital news and sport based titles with all the traditional content of jobs leisure cars and property as well as a comprehensive leisure and lifestyle section. (Wikipedia.org). They aim to provide the county with the most accurate and comprehensive regional news possible, and distribute through business rounds since the paper first launched in 2009. At first glance the paper does seem very professional and is clear that its initial target audience is commuters, because also of the the fact that it is now being distributed to various train stations and airports.It maintains a broadsheet style, much similar to that of The Guardian. I would summarise its age range going from young adults right through to readers of a much higher age, because its technical layout instils a feeling of information being employed with a touch of intellectualism.
Thanet Gazette
Sold as a weekly tabloid paper throughout Thanet, and remains the biggest purely Thanet-based newspaper in terms of sales. This could have something to do with the fact that the paper first launched in the late 1800's so it has a hint of reliabilty, trust in the paper that flows through thanet every Friday and the locals that have bought the paper for over a century know what to expect. Overall the paper provides the general view of latest news in Thanet in a similar tabloid layout to Thanet extra, but excels purely because of its reputation for being the oldest and best known paper.
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