The News (Portsmouth)
| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Compact |
| Owner(s) | Johnston Press |
| Founder(s) | Samuel Storey |
| Publisher | Portsmouth Publishing & Printing |
| Editor | Mark Waldron |
| Founded | 1873 |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | 1000 Lakeside, North Harbour Portsmouth, PO6 3EN |
| Circulation | 37,257 print, 28,485 online |
| Sister newspapers | The Portsmouth View |
| Website | www.portsmouth.co.uk |
The News is the only paid-for newspaper in Portsmouth, England, and covers a wide area of south Hampshire. It is produced by Johnston Press, owners of Portsmouth Publishing & Printing at their headquarters in North Harbour, Portsmouth, and printed in nearby Hilsea. Its official title is The News, though it was formerly known as The Portsmouth Evening News and is still popularly referred to as the Evening News despite being printed in the early hours of the morning.
The News is printed every day of the week except Sunday. There is also a weekly sports paper, The Sports Mail which follows the fortunes of local club Portsmouth F.C. and local sports news, a weekend magazine, and an entertainment supplement called WOW247 (formerly The Guide).
The News began in the North East in 1873, when Samuel Storey MP founded The Echo in Sunderland. Together with six partners and an original investment of £3,500, Storey hoped to produce an evening paper that reflected his radical views.
Storey was elected into Parliament as the mayor, where he met future business partner Andrew Carnegie, a Scottish born millionaire. The partners, along with businessman, Passmore Edwards, arrived in Portsmouth in 1883 with intentions of buying out the Hampshire Telegraph and starting a new evening newspaper, the Southern Standard.
By this time, The Evening News had already been established in Portsmouth by Graham Niven, who served as the paper’s editor, manager, reporter and distributor. Both Storey and Niven faced a problem when they realised there was no room for two evening papers in Portsmouth. Niven soon sold out to Storey, retaining one quarter share.
Storey's original project, The Southern Standard only survived for eight issues. When the Storey-Carnegie syndicate broke up in 1885, Storey invested in various other papers expanding his newspaper company to West Sussex, Chichester and the Isle of Wight.
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