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==Celtic media== [[File:TheCelticViewIssue1.jpg|thumb|right|upright|''The Celtic View'']] In 1965, Celtic began publishing its own newspaper, ''[[The Celtic View]]'', now the oldest club magazine in football.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/celtic-view-celebrates-50-years-6230942 |title=Celtic View celebrates 50 years: Pictorial tribute to world's first and longest running official club newspaper |date=11 August 2015 |work=Daily Record |access-date=7 May 2018 |archive-date=7 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180507222205/https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/celtic-view-celebrates-50-years-6230942 |url-status=live }}</ref> It was the brainchild of future chairman Jack McGinn, who at the time was working in the circulation department of Beaverbrook Newspapers.<ref name="google1999">{{cite book|last1=Campbell|first1=Tom|last2=Potter|first2=David|title=Jock Stein: The Celtic Years|date=7 October 1999|publisher=Mainstream Publishing|isbn=1-84018-2415|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1GBb9phYrywC&q=jack+mcginn+beaverbrook&pg=PA1944|access-date=1 August 2014|archive-date=13 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220513165708/https://books.google.com/books?id=1GBb9phYrywC&q=jack+mcginn+beaverbrook&pg=PA1944|url-status=live}}</ref> McGinn himself edited the paper for the first few years, with circulation initially reaching around 26,000 copies.<ref>{{cite book|last=Quinn|first=John|title=Jungle Tales: Celtic Memories of an Epic Stand|date=October 1994|publisher=Mainstream Sport|isbn=978-1851586738|edition=1st|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AU4_Ap3cXb4C&q=%22celtic+view%22++circulation&pg=PT32|access-date=11 August 2015|archive-date=13 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220513165749/https://books.google.com/books?id=AU4_Ap3cXb4C&q=%22celtic+view%22++circulation&pg=PT32|url-status=live}}</ref> By 2020, it was a 72-page glossy magazine with over 6,000 weekly readers, and the top selling club magazine in the United Kingdom. In the spring of 2020, the magazine saw a temporary cease of production due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom|outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK]].<ref>{{cite web|date=20 January 2021|title=Celtic View temporarily closed as Covid-19 affects in-house press|url=https://www.67hailhail.com/news/celtic-view-temporarily-halts-publication/|access-date=20 August 2021|website=67 Hail Hail|archive-date=20 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210820083812/https://www.67hailhail.com/news/celtic-view-temporarily-halts-publication/|url-status=live}}</ref> However, in August 2021, Celtic announced the restart of the production activities for the magazine, which was turned into a 100-page, [[quarterly]] publication.<ref>{{cite web|last=Davidson|first=Euan|date=19 August 2021|title=Club announce return of beloved Celtic View magazine, with some key changes|url=https://www.67hailhail.com/news/club-announce-return-of-beloved-celtic-view-magazine-with-some-key-changes/|url-status=live|access-date=20 August 2021|website=67 Hail Hail|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210820083814/https://www.67hailhail.com/news/club-announce-return-of-beloved-celtic-view-magazine-with-some-key-changes/ |archive-date=20 August 2021 }}</ref> From 2002, Celtic's Internet TV channel [[Channel67]] (previously known as Celtic Replay) broadcast Celtic's own content worldwide and offered live match coverage to subscribers outside the UK. It also provided three online channels. In 2004, Celtic launched their own digital TV channel called [[Celtic TV]], which was available in the UK through [[Setanta Sports]] on satellite and cable platforms. Due to the collapse of Setanta in the UK in June 2009, Celtic TV stopped broadcasting, although the club hoped to find a new broadcast partner.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/broadcasting/news/a161859/celtic-tv-shut-down-confirmed.html |title=Celtic TV shut down confirmed |publisher=Hachette Filipacchi UK |work=Digital Spy |date=24 June 2009 |access-date=24 January 2011 |archive-date=24 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110524143337/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/broadcasting/news/a161859/celtic-tv-shut-down-confirmed.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2011, Celtic TV was relaunched as an online service and replaced Channel 67.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.channel67.net/channel67/default.aspx |title=Channel 67 has become Celtic TV |publisher=Celtic FC |work=Channel 67 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090807110043/http://www.channel67.net/channel67/Default.aspx |archive-date=7 August 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.celticfc.tv/ |title=Shop :: Celtic TV |website=Celtic FC |access-date=25 March 2017 |archive-date=18 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170318002708/https://www.celticfc.tv/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
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