A letter from Jim Gray, Editor, The Sligo Champion
Jim Gray, Sligo Champion Editor
Monday March 22 2010
Dear Reader,The Sligo Champion is about to change its website, offering you the chance to access enhanced premium content.
Your newspaper has served the local community for over 100 years and we produce a superb package of local news, sports and entertainment content both in print and online.
Since we re-launched our website – www.sligochampion.ie – in 2008, it has gone from strength to strength, becoming the place to go for up-to-date information on Sligo City and County.
We will be introducing changes from March 22 2010 so that wherever you are, you can be guaranteed to keep in touch with Sligo by purchasing access to our superb premium content.
There will be multiple secure payment methods ranging from a micropayment for single articles to time-based subscriptions that provide access to all Premium content. All payments will be processed by RealEx, an Irish-based secure online payments company.
We will continue to provide abundant local free content and free to access services without charge on our website. These include:
• Searchable local cinema listings and movie reviews
• Searchable local entertainment listings across music, theatre, comedy, dance and leisure
• Local and national weather
• Brand new archive search covering content on The Sligo Champion back to 2002
• Local jobs listings via our jobsite www.loadzajobs.ie
• Local property listings via our property website www.globrix.ie
• Local car listings via our motors website www.loadzacars.ie
• Searchable business listings on our directory website www.yourlocal.ie
• Photo galleries of key local events
• A brand new way to book ads in The Sligo Champion newspaper using the website – called AdBuilder
• A photosales shop to search for and purchase photographs that appear in The Sligo Champion newspaper
• Breaking news throughout the day
The Sligo Champion will be available on iPhone with the launch of our very own iPhone application. You can access the new mobile service here via Apple’s iTunes Store.
I am also pleased to announce our new print replica digital edition . This is an exact reproduction of the newspaper that you read online.
I thank you for your loyal support in the past and look forward to serving the community for another 100 years in print, online and mobile.
If you want to contact me or my team about any Sligo Champion service please use this link to email us, call 071 9169222 or drop into our offices at Connacht House, Markievicz Road, Sligo.
Yours Sincerely,
Jim Gray,
Editor,
The Sligo Champion.
