The Yorkshire Post
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
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| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | Yorkshire Post Newspapers |
| Editor | James Mitchinson |
| Founded | 1754 |
| Headquarters | Leeds, England |
| Circulation | 21,817 (July-December 2017) |
| ISSN | 0963-1496 |
| Website | http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/ |
The Yorkshire Post is a daily broadsheet newspaper, published in Leeds in northern England. It covers the whole of Yorkshire as well as parts of north Derbyshire and Lincolnshire but goes beyond just local news and its masthead carries the slogan "Yorkshire's National Newspaper". Alongside The Scotsman it is one of the flagship titles owned by Johnston Press. Founded in 1754, it is one of the oldest newspapers in the country.
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 has satellite offices in Harrogate, Hull, Scarborough, Sheffield and York, as well as correspondents in Westminster and the City of London. The current editor is James Mitchinson.
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.
The first issue of The Yorkshire Post, on 2 July 1866 (after the change of title from the Intelligencer), included the following statement:
The newspaper broke the story of the Edward VIII abdication crisis under the editorship of Arthur Mann. In 1939, the Yorkshire Post absorbed a rival, the Leeds Mercury, which was founded in 1718 and at its peak was quite liberal in comparison to the Leeds Intelligencer in the late 18th century. At its peak in the 1950s, the Yorkshire Post sold 120,000 copies a day. This figure had dropped to 40,000 by 2012, rising to nearer 90,000 on a weekend. By the second half of 2017 it was selling less than 22,000 copies a day, a decline of 9% year-on-year.
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