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| Type | Daily newspaper |
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| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner | Yorkshire Post Newspapers |
| Editor | Peter Charlton |
| Founded | 1754 |
| Political allegiance | Centre-right |
| Headquarters | Leeds, England |
| Circulation | 53,881 (Jan-Jun 2006)[1] |
| Website | http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/ |
The Yorkshire Post is a daily broadsheet newspaper, published in Leeds, England by Yorkshire Post Newspapers, a company owned by Johnston Press. The paper was founded in 1754, as the Leeds Intelligencer, making it one of Britain's first daily newspapers.
The Leeds Intelligencer was a weekly newspaper until it was given its current name and was published daily in 1866.[2]
The Yorkshire Post currently employs over 1000 people; over the last few years many people have been made redundant due to the new structure of the company.[citation needed] Over 20 papers are issued from the Leeds site; these titles include the Metro, Pudsey Times, Yorkshire Evening Post.[citation needed]
It regards itself as a national broadsheet, rather than a local news carrier, and its masthead carries the slogan "Yorkshire's National Newspaper". Its focus on international and national news gives it a wider focus than that usually associated with a provincial newspaper; editions are available throughout the United Kingdom. It is generally considered to be on the right of the political spectrum, supporting the Conservative Party (indeed its owners used to be known as Yorkshire Conservative Newspapers Limited until the 1960s) and bitterly opposing the ban on hunting.[citation needed]
The first issue of the Yorkshire Post, on 2 July 1866 (after the change of title from the Intelligencer), included the following statement:
| “ | the political principles of this journal are Conservative; while supporting every practical improvement, it will resist organic changes ... It will be at once conservative and progressive, a foe to democracy and revolution, but the firm friend of all constitutional reform. | ” |
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—Yorkshire Post, 2 July 1866[3] |
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References
- ^ Leeds - Yorkshire Post (Mon-Sat) Standard Certificate of Circulation, 02-Jan-2006 to 02-Jul-2006 Audit Bureau of Circulations
- ^ Caunce, Stephen (1993). "Yorkshire Post Newspapers Ltd: Perserverance rewarded". in John Chartres and Katrina Honeyman. Leeds City Business. Leeds University Press. pp. 24-56. ISBN 0853161577.
- ^ Caunce, Stephen (1993). "Yorkshire Post Newspapers Ltd: Perserverance rewarded". in John Chartres and Katrina Honeyman. Leeds City Business. Leeds University Press. pp. 28. ISBN 0853161577.
Further reading
- Caunce, Stephen (1993). "Yorkshire Post Newspapers Ltd: Perserverance rewarded". in John Chartres and Katrina Honeyman. Leeds City Business. Leeds University Press. pp. 24-56. ISBN 0853161577.
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