Bristol Post facts for kids
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| Type | Five-day-a-week |
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| Format | Tabloid |
| Owner(s) | Reach PLC |
| Founded | 1932 |
| Headquarters | Temple Way, Bristol |
| Circulation | 17,381 (ABC Feb 2017). Updated circulation figures are unavailable as the publication is no longer registered with the Audit Bureau of Circulations. |
The Bristol Post is a newspaper that shares news from the city of Bristol. It also covers stories from nearby areas like Greater Bristol, North Somerset, and South Gloucestershire. Today, it comes out five days a week. Before April 2012, it was known as the Bristol Evening Post. Its website was updated and renamed BristolLive in April 2018. The newspaper is owned by a company called Reach PLC.
Contents
The Story of the Bristol Post
How the Newspaper Began
The Evening Post newspaper started in 1932. Local people helped create it. At that time, two other newspapers were in Bristol. Their owners, Lord Rothermere and Baron Camrose, made a deal. They decided to close one paper in Bristol and one in Newcastle. This would leave Bristol with only one newspaper.
But the readers of the Bristol Times and Echo did not like this plan. They worked together to start the Evening Post. The paper proudly stated it was "The paper all Bristol asked for and helped to create."
Early Competition and Growth
The Evening Post and the Evening World competed for readers until 1935. Then, a new company called Bristol United Press (BUP) bought both newspapers. The Evening Post owned most of this new company.
In 1960, BUP bought two more papers: the Western Daily Press and the Bristol Observer. By 1962, the Evening World stopped printing. This made the Evening Post the only evening newspaper in Bristol. At that time, about 160,000 copies were sold each day.
Changes in Ownership
Over the years, the Bristol Post changed owners several times. In 1998, a company called Northcliffe Newspaper Group took full ownership. This meant the newspaper was then part of the Daily Mail and General Trust.
In 2012, another company called Local World bought Northcliffe Media. Then, in October 2015, Trinity Mirror bought the Bristol Post. This happened when Trinity Mirror took over all of Local World's newspapers. Trinity Mirror later changed its name to Reach PLC.
Printing and Publication Changes
In May 2009, the Post stopped being printed in Bristol. Instead, it was printed at a central location in Didcot, Oxfordshire. The old printing building in Bristol was taken down in January 2011.
In April 2012, the newspaper's name changed to The Post. This was because it had not been printed in the evening for a while. In May 2012, the Saturday edition was stopped. Later, a special Friday edition was launched. It included a magazine called The Weekend.
