The KhroniclesThe Bilingual Community Newspaper |
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'Η Δίγλωσση Τοπική Εφημερίδα ΣαςΤα Χρονικά |
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| ISSUE NO. 37 | MAY 2009 | WWW.KO-GO.GR | ||
The KhroniclesThe Bilingual Community Newspaper |
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'Η Δίγλωσση Τοπική Εφημερίδα ΣαςΤα Χρονικά |
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| ISSUE NO. 37 | MAY 2009 | WWW.KO-GO.GR | ||
The KhroniclesA division of Ko-Go ΕπιχειρήσειςBox 332 Publisher:Sofia Klidi Editor:Lou Duro Associate Editors:Tony & Christine Bowes Web Editor John McLaren Contributors/
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When the newspaper first hit the
streets and the internet in May, 2006, it was a four-page black and white
English-language publication with a circulation of 300, limited to the
Now, with the publication of this month’s issue, The Khronicles, now 36 pages, boasts of a print readership surpassing 6,000 published in colour and in both English and Greek, and circulated in Malia, Hersonissos and N. Alikarnassos, as well as Gouves.
Equally impressive, its on-line edition is now up to almost 20,000 "pageloads"
per month.
Publisher Sofia Klidi says the popularity of the newspaper is due to its
unique format. "We provide the local residents and visitors with a solid
combination of hard community news stories together with informative feature
articles and columns." she says. "And
we're the only publication to offer a bilingual format. However, the real
key to our success is our dedicated and talented staff of reporters and
columnists, without which none of this would be possible."
Mrs. Klidi added that the newspaper's popularity is evident in its
advertising pages, as well.
"In these days of the "shop-around-consumer," the knowledgeable advertiser
is more conscious of where to spend his limited marketing budget," she says.
"They understand that if they want to reach this particular market, there is
no better way of doing so than in the pages of
The Khronicles."
Congratulations on its third anniversary has come from many political and
community leaders, who recognize the fact that no other Greek or Cretan
newspaper can reach the local community as thoroughly as
The Khronicles.
"In its three years
of circulation The Khronicles/Τα Χρονικά, the bilingual local newspaper, has
become a part of our daily routine and a soap box to express our problems as
citizens of the local community," says Renia Drosou, Head of Planning,
Growth and Social Policy for the Municipality of Nea Alikarnassos. |
"It also provides a
unique opportunity to get information on useful issues and also on the
services of local institutions and enterprises. This newspaper with its
varied content and worthy collaborators was sorely needed in the local
communities. I wish The Khronicles a thousand-year life and to continue to
regenerate and enrich itself in its present rhythms."
Gouves Mayor Yiorgos
Nikolakakis says: "From the time I've known the paper two and a half years
ago it has continuously improved and has truly become a local news medium
which tries to cover all important local issues.
"I wish the paper
longevity and to continue in the same vein, as I very much like
The Khronicles' interactive side,
because, not only does it report a story, but it provides the opinions of
residents and other people active in the community and local economy as
well."
On the occasion of
the newspaper's third anniversary, Mrs. Klidi took the opportunity to
announce an expansion of its staff, including the appointment of Maria
Aretaki as display ad sales manager, and the addition of a teenage reporter
to write a monthly youth column. |
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