Birmingham Post
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The Birmingham Post newspaper
was originally published under the name Daily Post in Birmingham
, England
, in 1857 by John Frederick Feeney
. It was the largest selling broadsheet
in the West Midlands
, though it faced little if any competition in this category. It changed to tabloid size in 2008. The paper stopped issuing advertisements on its front page in 1946 and replaced them with front-page news.
The Post and Mail building, Birmingham
, opened in 1965 to accommodate the Post and Evening Mail
newspapers, but the Post and its sister titles relocated 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. In February 2008, under the editorship of Marc Reeves, the newspaper re-launched its website as birminghampost.net.
In November 2009, still under Reeves' editorship, the paper moved to weekly publication.
Newspaper
A newspaper is a scheduled publication containing news of current events, informative articles, diverse features and advertising. It usually is printed on relatively inexpensive, low-grade paper such as newsprint. By 2007, there were 6580 daily newspapers in the world selling 395 million copies a...
was originally published under the name Daily Post in Birmingham
Birmingham
Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, in 1857 by John Frederick Feeney
John Frederick Feeney
John Frederick Feeney was an Irish journalist and newspaper proprietor.Spending most of his adult life in Birmingham, England, he owned the Birmingham Journal and, with John Jaffray, founded the Birmingham Post. He emigrated from Sligo, Ireland in 1836 to the UK via Liverpool and changed the...
. It was the largest selling broadsheet
Broadsheet
Broadsheet is the largest of the various newspaper formats and is characterized by long vertical pages . The term derives from types of popular prints usually just of a single sheet, sold on the streets and containing various types of material, from ballads to political satire. The first broadsheet...
in the West Midlands
West Midlands (region)
The West Midlands is an official region of England, covering the western half of the area traditionally known as the Midlands. It contains the second most populous British city, Birmingham, and the larger West Midlands conurbation, which includes the city of Wolverhampton and large towns of Dudley,...
, though it faced little if any competition in this category. It changed to tabloid size in 2008. The paper stopped issuing advertisements on its front page in 1946 and replaced them with front-page news.
The Post and Mail building, Birmingham
Post and Mail building, Birmingham
The Birmingham Post and Mail building was constructed in the 1960s and was a symbol of the rebuilding of Birmingham, England following the devastation of World War II.- Construction and lifetime :...
, opened in 1965 to accommodate the Post and Evening Mail
Birmingham Mail
The Birmingham Mail is a tabloid newspaper based in Birmingham, UK but distributed around Birmingham, The Black Country, Solihull, Warwickshire and parts of Worcestershire and Staffordshire. The newspaper, which was re-branded from the Birmingham Evening Mail in October 2005, is one of the biggest...
newspapers, but the Post and its sister titles relocated to the restored Fort Dunlop
Fort Dunlop
Fort Dunlop , is the common name of the original tyre factory and main office of Dunlop Rubber in the Erdington district of Birmingham, England. It was established in 1917, and by 1954 the entire factory area employed 10,000 workers...
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
Trinity Mirror
Trinity Mirror plc is a large British newspaper and magazine publisher. It is Britain's biggest newspaper group, publishing 240 regional papers as well as the national Daily Mirror, Sunday Mirror and People, and the Scottish Sunday Mail and Daily Record. Its headquarters are at Canary Wharf in...
group. In February 2008, under the editorship of Marc Reeves, the newspaper re-launched its website as birminghampost.net.
In November 2009, still under Reeves' editorship, the paper moved to weekly publication.