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{{short description|Local, daily newspaper from York, UK}}
{{Short description|Local daily newspaper from York, England}}
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| logo = Yorkpresslogo.png
| logo = Yorkpresslogo.png
| logo_size = 250px
| logo_size = 250px
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| image = The Press 84-86 Walmgate York 01.jpg
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| type = Local, daily newspaper
| caption = 84–86 Walmgate
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| type = [[Daily newspaper]]
| format = [[Compact (newspaper)|Compact]]<ref name="format" />
| format = [[Compact (newspaper)|Compact]]<ref name="format" />
| foundation = 1882<ref name="hist">{{cite web |last=Lewis |first=Stephen |date=24 October 2014 |title=The Press stays true to its founding ideals while keeping pace in a digital age |url=https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/11557526.the-press-stays-true-to-its-founding-ideals-while-keeping-pace-in-a-digital-age/ |access-date=19 May 2022 |website=York Press }}</ref>
| foundation = {{start date and age|1882}} in [[York]]<ref name="hist">{{cite web |last=Lewis |first=Stephen |date=24 October 2014 |title=The Press stays true to its founding ideals while keeping pace in a digital age |url=https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/11557526.the-press-stays-true-to-its-founding-ideals-while-keeping-pace-in-a-digital-age/ |access-date=19 May 2022 |website=York Press |archive-date=11 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220811052513/https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/11557526.the-press-stays-true-to-its-founding-ideals-while-keeping-pace-in-a-digital-age/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|founder = William Wallace Hargrove<ref name="hist" />
| founder = William Wallace Hargrove<ref name="hist" />
| owners = [[Gannett Company]]<ref name="contact" />
| owners = [[Newsquest]]<ref name="contact" />
| political =
| political =
| headquarters = 76-86 [[Walmgate]], [[York]]
| headquarters = 76–86 [[Walmgate]], [[York]]
| editor = Simon Walton<ref>{{cite web |title=Our journalists |url=https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/author/journalists/ |access-date=19 May 2022 |website=York Press}}</ref>
| editor = Simon Walton<ref>{{cite web |title=Our journalists |url=https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/author/journalists/ |access-date=19 May 2022 |website=York Press |archive-date=19 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220519183348/https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/author/journalists/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
| publishing_city = [[York]]
| publishing_city = [[York]]
| publishing_country = UK
| publishing_country = UK
| ISSN = 1757-3289
| website = [http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/ www.yorkpress.co.uk]
| website = [http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/ Official website]
| circulation = {{ubl|41,500 {{smaller|(2006)}}<ref>{{cite web |last=Lloyd |first=Alex |date=8 January 2007 |title=Selling the paper - Sales and Circulation |url=https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/1109310.selling-the-paper-sales-and-circulation/ |access-date=19 May 2022 |website=York Press }}</ref> |25,989 {{smaller|(2011)}} {{citation needed|date=May 2022}} |{{decrease}}&nbsp;17,342 {{smaller|(2015)}}<ref name="media">{{cite web |title=York Press media pack 2016 |url=http://www.media-xpress.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/public/media-packs/print/Print_Media_Pack_York.pdf |access-date=19 May 2022 |website=York Press}}</ref>|{{decrease}}&nbsp;13,104 {{smaller|2017}}<ref> https://pressgazette.co.uk/regional-abcs-print-steep-circulation-falls-for-dailies-the-yorkshire-evening-post-and-carlisle-news-star/</ref> |
| circulation = 5,179
{{decrease}}&nbsp;11,705 {{smaller|(2018)}}<ref name="circ">{{cite web |url=https://www.abc.org.uk/product/3206 |title=York - The Press - Data - ABC|access-date=12 July 2020 |work=[[Audit Bureau of Circulations (UK)|ABC]]}}</ref> |{{decrease}}&nbsp;7,627 {{smaller|(2021)}}<ref name="circ21">{{cite web |title=York - The Press - Data - ABC |url=https://www.abc.org.uk/product/3206 |access-date=19 May 2022 |website=ABC }}</ref>}}
| circulation_date = 2023
| circulation_ref = <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.org.uk/product/3206 |title=York - The Press |publisher=[[Audit Bureau of Circulations (UK)]] |date=22 February 2024 |access-date=2 March 2024}}</ref>
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'''''The Press''''' is a local, daily newspaper, for North and East [[Yorkshire]]<ref name="media" />. It is published in the [[York|City of York]] by [[Newsquest|Newsquest Media Group Ltd]], a subsidiary of [[Gannett|Gannett Company Inc]].<ref name="contact">{{cite web |title=Contact Us news from the York Press |url=https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/contact/ |access-date=19 May 2022 |website=York Press}}</ref>
'''''The Press''''' is a local, daily, paid for, newspaper, for North and East [[Yorkshire]].<ref name="media">{{cite web |title=York Press media pack 2016 |url=http://www.media-xpress.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/public/media-packs/print/Print_Media_Pack_York.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220531071958/http://www.media-xpress.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/public/media-packs/print/Print_Media_Pack_York.pdf |archive-date=31 May 2022 |access-date=19 May 2022 |website=York Press}}</ref> It is published in the [[York|City of York]] by [[Newsquest|Newsquest Media Group Ltd]], a subsidiary of [[Gannett|Gannett Company Inc]].<ref name="contact">{{cite web |title=Contact Us news from the York Press |url=https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/contact/ |access-date=19 May 2022 |website=York Press |archive-date=19 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220519183345/https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/contact/ |url-status=live }}</ref>


==History==
The ''Yorkshire Evening Press'' was established in 1882.<ref name="hist" /> It changed from [[broadsheet]] to [[Compact (newspaper)|compact]] format in 2004<ref name="format">{{Cite web |last=Ponsford |first=Dominic |date=26 June 2004 |title=York Evening Press to adopt tabloid format |url=https://pressgazette.co.uk/york-evening-press-to-adopt-tabloid-format/ |access-date=20 May 2022 |website=[[Press Gazette]] |language=en-US}}</ref> and shortly afterwards dropped "Yorkshire" from the title. Morning printing began on 24 April 2006 and the paper was given its present name.{{citation needed|reason=This is good stuff but unsourced|date=May 2022}}
The ''Yorkshire Evening Press'' was established in 1882.<ref name="hist" /> It changed from [[broadsheet]] to [[Compact (newspaper)|compact]] format in 2004<ref name="format">{{Cite web |last=Ponsford |first=Dominic |date=26 June 2004 |title=York Evening Press to adopt tabloid format |url=https://pressgazette.co.uk/york-evening-press-to-adopt-tabloid-format/ |access-date=20 May 2022 |website=[[Press Gazette]] |language=en-US |archive-date=14 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210614213653/https://pressgazette.co.uk/york-evening-press-to-adopt-tabloid-format/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and shortly afterwards dropped "Yorkshire" from the title. Morning printing began on 24 April 2006, and the paper was given its present name.{{citation needed|reason=This is good stuff but unsourced|date=May 2022}}
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[[File:The Press 84-86 Walmgate York 01.jpg|thumb|84-86 Walmgate]]


William Wallace Hargrove printed at 9 [[Coney Street]]. [[Newsprint|Paper]] was delivered by [[barge]] along the [[River Ouse, Yorkshire|River Ouse]]. In 1989 publication moved to [[Walmgate]].<ref name="hist" />
William Wallace Hargrove printed at 9 [[Coney Street]]. [[Newsprint|Paper]] was delivered by [[barge]] along the [[River Ouse, Yorkshire|River Ouse]]. In 1989, publication moved to [[Walmgate]].<ref name="hist" />


''The Press'' has run campaigns including their ''Guardian Angels Appeal''<ref>{{cite web |last=Fifield |first=Nicola |date=25 October 2008 |title=Guardian Angels appeal on a roll |url=https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/3791010.guardian-angels-appeal-on-a-roll/ |access-date=19 May 2022 |website=York Press }}</ref> and ''Change It''.<ref>{{cite web |last=Laycock |first=Mike |date=18 December 2006 |title=Change It! campaign achieves historic victory |url=https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/1079086.change-it-campaign-achieves-historic-victory/ |access-date=19 May 2022 |website=York Press }}</ref>
''The Press'' has run campaigns including their ''Guardian Angels Appeal''<ref>{{cite web |last=Fifield |first=Nicola |date=25 October 2008 |title=Guardian Angels appeal on a roll |url=https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/3791010.guardian-angels-appeal-on-a-roll/ |access-date=19 May 2022 |website=York Press |archive-date=11 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220811052505/https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/3791010.guardian-angels-appeal-on-a-roll/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and ''Change It''.<ref>{{cite web |last=Laycock |first=Mike |date=18 December 2006 |title=Change It! campaign achieves historic victory |url=https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/1079086.change-it-campaign-achieves-historic-victory/ |access-date=19 May 2022 |website=York Press |archive-date=19 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220519192735/https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/1079086.change-it-campaign-achieves-historic-victory/ |url-status=live }}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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[[Category:Publications established in 1882]]
[[Category:Newspapers established in 1882]]
[[Category:Mass media in York]]
[[Category:Mass media in York]]
[[Category:Daily newspapers published in the United Kingdom]]
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Latest revision as of 01:31, 3 March 2024

The Press
84–86 Walmgate
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatCompact[1]
Owner(s)Newsquest[2]
Founder(s)William Wallace Hargrove[3]
EditorSimon Walton[4]
Founded1882; 142 years ago (1882) in York[3]
Headquarters76–86 Walmgate, York
CityYork
CountryUK
Circulation5,179 (as of 2023)[5]
ISSN1757-3289
WebsiteOfficial website

The Press is a local, daily, paid for, newspaper, for North and East Yorkshire.[6] It is published in the City of York by Newsquest Media Group Ltd, a subsidiary of Gannett Company Inc.[2]

History[edit]

The Yorkshire Evening Press was established in 1882.[3] It changed from broadsheet to compact format in 2004[1] and shortly afterwards dropped "Yorkshire" from the title. Morning printing began on 24 April 2006, and the paper was given its present name.[citation needed]

William Wallace Hargrove printed at 9 Coney Street. Paper was delivered by barge along the River Ouse. In 1989, publication moved to Walmgate.[3]

The Press has run campaigns including their Guardian Angels Appeal[7] and Change It.[8]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Ponsford, Dominic (26 June 2004). "York Evening Press to adopt tabloid format". Press Gazette. Archived from the original on 14 June 2021. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Contact Us news from the York Press". York Press. Archived from the original on 19 May 2022. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
  3. ^ a b c d Lewis, Stephen (24 October 2014). "The Press stays true to its founding ideals while keeping pace in a digital age". York Press. Archived from the original on 11 August 2022. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
  4. ^ "Our journalists". York Press. Archived from the original on 19 May 2022. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
  5. ^ "York - The Press". Audit Bureau of Circulations (UK). 22 February 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
  6. ^ "York Press media pack 2016" (PDF). York Press. Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 May 2022. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
  7. ^ Fifield, Nicola (25 October 2008). "Guardian Angels appeal on a roll". York Press. Archived from the original on 11 August 2022. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
  8. ^ Laycock, Mike (18 December 2006). "Change It! campaign achieves historic victory". York Press. Archived from the original on 19 May 2022. Retrieved 19 May 2022.

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