Western Mail (Wales)
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- This article is about the Welsh newspaper. For the two defunct Australian newspapers see Western Mail (Western Australia).
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
| Format | Compact |
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| Owner | Trinity Mirror |
| Editor | Alan Edmunds |
| Founded | 1869 |
| Political allegiance | Populist |
| Headquarters | Thomson House, Cardiff |
| Circulation | 40,000 |
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| Website: www.icwales.co.uk | |
The Western Mail is a daily tabloid newspaper published by Western Mail and Echo Ltd in Cardiff, Wales owned by the UK's largest newspaper corporation, Trinity Mirror.
It describes itself as "the national newspaper of Wales" (originally "the national newspaper of Wales and Monmouthshire"). It was published in broadsheet format until 2004, when it became a compact.
The newspaper devotes a great deal of its coverage to Welsh rugby.
The Western Mail was founded in Cardiff in 1869[1] by John Crichton-Stuart, 3rd Marquess of Bute as a penny daily paper. Lascelles Carr (1841-1902), editor since 1869, bought the paper with Daniel Owen in 1877. Historically in south Wales the Western Mail has always been associated with its original owners, the coal and iron industrialists. Often this led to the paper being regarded with a considerable degree of enmity, especially during the strikes in the coal industry of the 20th century. This association between newspaper and its owner was so strong there is still a degree of distrust of the paper in South Wales.
On the other hand, and particularly following devolution, the newspaper has adopted a populist, localist, pro-Wales stance, mainly in trying to find a Welsh focus on major news stories. The newspaper has also stressed the community issues such as the closure of Welsh schools[2]
The publication of a new all-Wales daily, The Welsh Globe, newspaper will see the Western Mail face increased competition for the pan-Wales newspaper market. The paper has varied the amount of space given over to Welsh language coverage, but currently at least two full pages of Welsh are provided in the Saturday supplement.
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- ^ The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales. John Davies, Nigel Jenkins, Menna Baines and Peredur Lynch (2008) pg615 ISBN 9780708319536
- ^ Harry Kretchmer. "Closing doors for the last time", Western Mail, July 19, 2002, p. 3 (features).
