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English news media company
CN Group Limited was an independent local media business based in Carlisle, Cumbria, England, operating in print and radio. It is now owned by Newsquest and their newspapers are printed in Glasgow. The company was formerly known as the Cumbrian Newspapers Group Ltd but changed its name to reflect the fact that is no longer primarily a newspaper publisher.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
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CN Group Limited was an independent local media business based in Carlisle, Cumbria, England, operating in print and radio. It is now owned by Newsquest and their newspapers are printed in Glasgow.2
The company can trace its origins to the founding of the Carlisle Patriot newspaper in 1815, which eventually became the Cumberland News. Historical copies of the Carlisle Patriot, dating back to 1817, are available to search and view in digitised form at The British Newspaper Archive.
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CN Group publishes daily and weekly newspapers and magazines for Cumbria, Northumberland, Dumfries and Galloway and the Scottish Borders. Since the takeover of the CN Group by Newsquest, it is now printed in Glasgow.
24 – The North’s National – a weekday evening paper, launched 20 June 2016, closed 29 July 2016
News and Star – daily evening paper circulated with separate East (except Friday and Sunday) and West (except Sunday) editions
North-West Evening Mail – daily paper circulated in Furness and other parts of south Cumbria
The Cumberland News – weekly (Fridays) covering East Cumbria; separate Main and Late Final editions
Cumbrian Gazette – weekly freesheet; separate editions for East and West Cumbria
Whitehaven News – weekly (Thursdays)
Times & Star – weekly (Fridays); separate Workington, Maryport and Cockermouth editions
Hexham Courant – weekly
Eskdale and Liddesdale Advertiser – weekly (Thursdays)
Advertiser – commercially selective postcode distributed weekly freesheet covering South Cumbria
Cumbria Life – monthly
Carlisle Living – monthly
Dumfries & Galloway Life' – monthly (covering Dumfries & Galloway and Scottish Borders); formerly DGB Life
In Cumbria – quarterly
Events
Lakesman' – yearly
The Bay' – bimestrial lifestyle magazine dedicated to the unique communities of Morecambe Bay, UK; launched in June 2017
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