The Community Telegraph is a free distribution newspaper published by Independent News and Media. The newspaper, a sister paper of the paid-for title, the Belfast Telegraph, was created in order to replace its direct predecessor, the now defunct Herald and Post, also a freesheet. The Community Telegraph is distributed weekly in five editions throughout north, south, west and east Belfast and County Down, Northern Ireland. Its paid-for competitors are the North Belfast News and South Belfast News from the Andersonstown News group, and the Bangor Spectator and Newtownards Chronicle. In April 2007 the paper was relaunched as The CT and in June that year a website was launched. The way the paper is produced is extremely unusual in the newspaper industry. One journalist is assigned to each edition and is responsible for all aspects of editorial production - writing stories, taking photographs, designing pages and publishing on the internet. Leading UK media commentator Roy Greenslade has highlighted the model as one which other newspapers may adopt due to the potential for huge cost savings.
