Golden mums a top read

Our online report “Mums are in the same boat” – the story of Cambridge rowers Brooke Francis and Lucy Spoors winning gold at the Paris Olympics – was the best read story on the Cambridge News website last month.

Lucy Spoors and her son Rupert (left) and Brooke Francis and her daughter Keira celebrate the naming of the New Zealand Olympic rowing team at the Sir Don Rowlands Event Centre in Cambridge. Photo: Steph Bell-Jenkins

Our popular News in Brief – updated regularly during the week between the printed version – came in at number two followed by The two towers in third. Gold, silver, bronze for our athletes was the fourth best read news story with New hospital plan revealed – an update on Cambridge’s new health hub – rounded out the top five.

Cambridgenews.nz home page was the most popular page, followed by Publications, the pdf version of our newspaper.

Members of the newly-formed Save the Cambridge Water Tower. Photo: Mary Anne Gill

Editor Roy Pilott said it was “increasingly obvious’ the Cambridge News website and Cambridge App were filling a void in between weekly copies of the newspaper.

“While we know we have a loyal band of readers who love the look and feel of a ‘real newspaper’, there are others who like our website and App as well.

“And for those who are sometimes disappointed we only have room for a brief some weeks, our stats show that week after week they are often the best read part of the newspaper.”

Good Local Media – publishers of Cambridge News, Te Awamutu News, King Country News and Waikato Business News – launched the Cambridge App earlier this year.

It is downloadable in Google Play and the Apple Store.

Cambridge News App

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