Liverpool Daily Post
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Liverpool Daily Post
| Type | Daily |
|---|---|
| Format | Tabloid |
| Owner | Trinity Mirror |
| Editor | Mark Thomas |
| Founded | 1855 |
| Political alignment | Non-aligned/Centre-left |
| Language | English |
| Ceased publication | 13th January 2012 |
| Headquarters | Post & Echo Building, Old Hall Street, Liverpool |
| Official website | http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk |
The Liverpool Daily Post was a newspaper published by Trinity Mirror in Liverpool, Merseyside, England. It was a morning paper, latterly published Monday to Friday in Merseyside, Cheshire, and North Wales editions. The newspaper was published between 1855 and 2012. Historically the newspaper was published by the Liverpool Daily Post & Echo Ltd.
The Liverpool Daily Post was first published in 1855 by Michael James Whitty. Whitty, a former Chief Constable for Liverpool, had campaigned for the abolition of the Stamp Act under which newspapers were taxed. When the abolition took place, Whitty began publishing the Daily Post at one penny per copy, undercutting the incumbent best-selling Liverpudlian newspaper, the Liverpool Mercury.
In 1904 the Liverpool Daily Post merged with the Mercury but its title was retained. The limited company expanded internationally and in 1985 was restructured as Trinity Holdings Plc. The two original newspapers had just previously been re-launched in tabloid format, reflecting the difficult times of high unemployment and social unrest in Liverpool in the early 1980s. In 1999 Trinity merged with Mirror Group Newspapers to become Trinity Mirror, the largest stable of newspapers in the UK.
On Saturday 31st January 2009 the Daily Post published its final Saturday edition, and from then only published Monday-Friday. The Daily Post's final appearance was on Friday 13th January 2012, after which it became a weekly paper simply known as 'The Liverpool Post' published every Thursday.
In the period December 2010-June 2011, the Liverpool Daily Post had an average daily circulation of 8,217 while the North Wales Daily Post edition had an average daily circulation of 31,802, bringing the total to just over 40,000.[1]
References
- ^ "ABC figures: How the regional dailies performed". HoldTheFrontPage (UK). 31 August 2011. http://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2011/news/norwich-daily-tops-regional-circulation-league. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
External links
- Official website
- History of the newspapers from icLiverpool
- icLiverpool news homepage, carries stories from the Daily Post and Echo
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