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The Lynn News is an English newspaper published by Yattendon Group and appearing each Tuesday and Friday in King's Lynn, Norfolk, England.
The EMAP was formed in 1947 by merger of the Northamptonshire Printing and Publishing Company, the Peterborough Advertiser Company, the West Norfolk and King's Lynn Newspaper Company and commercial printing sections at Rushden, King's Lynn and Bury St. Edmunds. It was overseen by Pat Winfrey, the son of Sir Richard Winfrey, who had bought the Spalding Guardian in 1887.Grinnell, Paul Tributes to former owner of Peterborough-based publisher East Midlands Allied Press Peterborough Telegraph, 6 June 2023 After 49 years, EMAP divested 69 newspapers including West Norfolk Newspapers to Johnston Press in 1996.Grinnell, Paul Feature: History of Emap in Peterborough Peterborough Evening Telegraph, 30 January 2008
In 2017, the Lynn News along with 12 other publishing titles and associated websites in East Anglia and the East Midlands transferred to Johnston Publishing East Anglia pending disposal of that company to Iliffe Media for a gross cash consideration of £17 million.Annual Report and Financial Statements (pp. 3-4), East Midlands Newspapers, 31 December 2016 Since then, it has been printed in Cambridge.
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