BREAKING NEWS
“The Earl Mountbatten Hospice costs
£7,500 a day to run, most of it raised
by its shops, events and voluntary
contributions. The Gazette hopes to be a
major fundraiser for a cause close to most
Islanders’ hearts,” said Martin.
As well as Island Life, which has 116
pages and a distribution of up to 30,000,
Martin started and ran the hugely
successful website wightbay.com, which
he recently sold to Friday-Ad for an
undisclosed sum.
Martin & William are shortly launching
wightfrog.com, a website which will allow
Islander's to advertise for free, homes
and commercial properties for sale and to
rent, (see page42.)
The Gazette, and wightfrog.com are the
start of a new organisation, which will
revolutionise and galvanise media on the
Island.
William Smith, who is based at Spithead
Business Centre, Sandown. said: “We have
the vision, we have the people and we
have the resources to make this happen.
“It is hard work starting a paper from
scratch but we are enjoying it and even
having a lot of fun. It helps that we are
having such a positive reaction from
everyone who knows what we are trying
to do.
"It is especially heartening that
we will be raising money for The
Earl Mountbatten Hospice, such a
worthwhile local Island charity."
Brian invited everyone who wants to
express their views and share their news
with the Island to contact The Gazette at
the address or phone number in the panel
opposite.
Martin who will be in charge of
advertising sales, said "We plan to have
the biggest circulation of a weekly
newspaper on the Island in order that we
can raise as much money as we can for the
hospice. Also by having very competitive
advertising rates in these difficult times
we hope we will gain the support we need
from all sectors of business.
"We also have a great
distribution network which is
vital, all local outlets we have
approached on the Island have
been very supportive of The
Gazette, including M&S, Tesco's,
Hovertravel, Wightlink, Red
Funnel and not forgetting our
friendly local newsagents."
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Contact us on:
News Desk & Advertising
01983 402599
Unit B18, Spithead Business Centre
Newport Road, Sandown,
Isle of Wight. PO36 9PH
Fax no: 01983 404819
email: [email protected]
Editor: Brian Dennis
Designer: Christian Warren
Publishers:
Martin Potter & William Smith
www.wightfrog.com/islandlife
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