Birmingham Post
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
| Format | Broadsheet |
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| Owner | Trinity Mirror |
| Editor | Marc Reeves |
| Founded | 1857 |
| Political allegiance | Free market |
| Price | £0.70 |
| Headquarters | Birmingham, England |
| Circulation | 12,550 (Jan-Jun 2006)[1] |
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| Website: http://icbirmingham.co.uk/birminghampost | |
The Birmingham Post newspaper was originally published under the name Daily Post in Birmingham, England in 1857 by John Frederick Feeney. It is the largest selling broadsheet in the West Midlands region, though it faces little if any competition in this category. The paper stopped issuing advertisements on its front page in 1946 and started replaced it with front page news.[2]
The 16-storey Post and Mail office tower block, designed by John Madin, was opened in 1965 to accommodate the Post and Evening Mail newspapers, but the main tower was demolished in 2006. The original design saw the concrete building surrounded by trees and grass but this was never implemented. The Post and its sister titles are due to relocate to the restored Fort Dunlop building, three miles out of the city centre, in August 2008.
After changing hands many times, the newspaper is now part of the Trinity Mirror group.
[edit] References
- ^ Birmingham Post (Mon-Sat) Standard Certificate of Circulation, 02-Jan-2006 to 02-Jul-2006 Audit Bureau of Circulations
- ^ Manchester Guardian changes - The Guardian (republished by Guardian Unlimited Archives), September 27, 1952 (Accessed 24 October, 2007)
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