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The Yorkshire Evening Press was established in 1882. [3] It changed from broadsheet to compact format in 2004 [1] and shortly afterwards dropped "Yorkshire" from the title. . Morning printing began on 24 April 2006, and the paper was given its presen
The paper was first published in 1890 by the Yorkshire Conservative Newspaper Company Limited who already published the Broadsheet newspaper The Yorkshire Post. Its main competitor was the Yorkshire Evening News which folded in 1963. In 1925 the Yorkshire Evening Post produced a separate edition for South Yorkshire printed simultaneously in ...
The company acquired the Leeds Mercury in 1923 and merged it with the Yorkshire Post in 1939. The company was renamed "Yorkshire Post Newspapers" in 1969. The first chairman was William Beckett-Denison, from a Leeds banking family (Beckett's Bank was founded in 1774 and acquired by Westminster Bank in 1921). Successive chairmen were members of ...
The availability of multimedia news platforms has accelerated this decline in the 21st century, and by the close of 2014, no UK daily or Sunday newspaper had a circulation exceeding two million. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] The overall circulation of newspapers declined by 6.6% in 2014–15. [ 7 ]
UK newspapers can generally be split into two distinct categories: the more serious and intellectual newspapers, usually referred to as the broadsheets, and sometimes known collectively as the "quality press", and others, generally known as tabloids, and collectively as the 'popular press', which have tended to focus more on celebrity coverage ...
The newspapers of Yorkshire have a long history, stretching back to the 18th century. Regional newspapers have enjoyed varying fortunes, reflected in the large number of now-defunct papers from Yorkshire.
The newspaper broke the story of the Edward VIII abdication crisis under the editorship of Arthur Mann. [7] In 1939, The Yorkshire Post absorbed a rival, the Leeds Mercury, which was founded in 1718 and was liberal in comparison to the Leeds Intelligencer from the late 18th century, and under the editorship of Edward Baines and his son (also named Edward Baines). [8]
Martin Geissler – Africa correspondent for ITV News since May 2006; joined ITV News in April 2002 from STV Central's regional news programme Scotland Today, where he was a news reporter and presenter. Shiulie Ghosh – senior correspondent, Home Affairs Editor and presenter for ITV News, 1998–2006.