Derby Evening Telegraph
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| Derby Evening Telegraph | |
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
| Format | Tabloid |
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| Owner | Daily Mail and General Trust |
| Editor | Steve Hall |
| Founded | 1879 |
| Headquarters | Derby |
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| Website: www.thisisderbyshire.co.uk | |
The Derby Evening Telegraph is an afternoon tabloid newspaper printed and distributed in Derby, England. The paper was first published in 1879 by Eliza Pike. It was known at the time as the Derby Daily Telegraph and was a four-page broadsheet which cost a halfpenny.
The first editor was WJ Piper who stayed in the post until his death in 1918. He was succeded by William Gilman who in 1927, saw the paper sold three times in a series of months, eventally ending up in the hands of its current owners Northcliffe Newspaper Group, which is part of Daily Mail and General Trust plc. The same company also publishes the Derby Express - a weekly advertising-funded free newspaper.
The paper was orignally housed at the Corn Market in the town centre, It was refurbished in 1918 after the First World War but it outgrew these premises in 1929 and moved to the Corn Exchange. It stayed there until 1981 when it moved to its current home on Meadow Road.
It is published on Mondays to Saturdays and is the principal local newspaper for Derby and surrounding parts of southern Derbyshire. The newspaper has a local focus with usually just one page reserved for national and international news. Back issues from 1879 until the present day can be viewed at the Derby Local Studies Library or the British Library Newspaper Collection at Colindale, London. It is now on sale for 34 pence. Current average circulation is 45,500 daily.
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