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| type = Local, daily newspaper
| type = Local, daily newspaper
| format = [[Compact (newspaper)|Compact]]
| 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 = 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>
|founder = William Wallace Hargrove<ref name="hist" />
|founder = William Wallace Hargrove<ref name="hist" />
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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 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 ''Yorkshire Evening Press'' was established in 1882.<ref name="hist" /> It changed from [[broadsheet]] to [[Compact (newspaper)|compact]] format in 2004<ref>https://pressgazette.co.uk/york-evening-press-to-adopt-tabloid-format/</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">https://pressgazette.co.uk/york-evening-press-to-adopt-tabloid-format/</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}}
[[File:The Press 84-86 Walmgate York 01.jpg|thumb|84-86 Walmgate]]
[[File:The Press 84-86 Walmgate York 01.jpg|thumb|84-86 Walmgate]]


Revision as of 21:56, 19 May 2022

The Press
TypeLocal, daily newspaper
FormatCompact[1]
Owner(s)Gannett Company[2]
Founder(s)William Wallace Hargrove[3]
EditorSimon Walton[4]
Founded1882[3]
Headquarters76-86 Walmgate, York
CityYork
CountryUK
Circulation
Websitewww.yorkpress.co.uk

The Press is a local, daily 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]

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]

84-86 Walmgate

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[9] and Change It.[10]

References

  1. ^ a b https://pressgazette.co.uk/york-evening-press-to-adopt-tabloid-format/
  2. ^ a b "Contact Us news from the York Press". York Press. 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. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
  4. ^ "Our journalists". York Press. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
  5. ^ Lloyd, Alex (8 January 2007). "Selling the paper - Sales and Circulation". York Press. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
  6. ^ a b "York Press media pack 2016" (PDF). York Press. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
  7. ^ "York - The Press - Data - ABC". ABC. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
  8. ^ "York - The Press - Data - ABC". ABC. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
  9. ^ Fifield, Nicola (25 October 2008). "Guardian Angels appeal on a roll". York Press. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
  10. ^ Laycock, Mike (18 December 2006). "Change It! campaign achieves historic victory". York Press. Retrieved 19 May 2022.

External links

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