16-631: Yorkshire Post Newspapers are publishers of the Yorkshire Post and Yorkshire Evening Post . They were based at offices in Wellington Street, but in November 2012 they moved to Number 1 Leeds, Whitehall Road, where they took four floors in the managed building Leeds , West Yorkshire . They are ultimately owned by National World . The company was formed as " Yorkshire Conservative Newspaper Company Limited " in 1865, and published
32-675: A Leeds banking family (Beckett's Bank was founded in 1774 and acquired by Westminster Bank in 1921). Successive chairmen were members of the Beckett family until the retirement of Rupert Beckett in 1950. They also print other local titles, such as the Dewsbury Reporter , Morley Observer and Batley News . This article about a publishing company in the United Kingdom is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Yorkshire Post The Yorkshire Post
48-484: 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, and circulation further declined to just 18,534 for the period January to June 2019. As well as publishing regular supplements on sport, rural affairs, culture and motoring it runs an extensive business section with two weekly pull-out supplements. In 2012, as its parent company Johnston Press sought to cut costs, it
64-524: Is a daily broadsheet newspaper , published in Leeds , Yorkshire , England. It primarily covers stories from Yorkshire, although its masthead carries the slogan "Yorkshire's National Newspaper". It was previously owned by Johnston Press and is now owned by National World . Founded in 1754, it is one of the oldest newspapers in the country. The paper's head office is in Whitehall Road, Leeds and
80-608: The Leeds Intelligencer (founded 1754) then published as the Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer , before it was renamed the Yorkshire Post (first published on Monday 2 July 1866) . The company acquired the Leeds Mercury in 1923 and merged it with the Yorkshire Post in 1939. The company was renamed "Yorkshire Post Newspapers" in 1969. The first chairman was William Beckett-Denison , from
96-483: The 2019 general election campaign , following the publication of a story about a boy being treated on the floor of Leeds General Infirmary which was published by sister title the Yorkshire Evening Post . The papers faced criticism on social media and in correspondence from readers, and editor James Mitchinson wrote an open letter to a reader defending the titles and their journalism. Adapted from
112-572: The Leeds printing facility closed. In September 2013, it was announced the Wellington Street premises would be demolished. Journalists had already vacated the building. Preliminary demolition began in March 2014, while in April 2014 it was announced the tower would be spared. In March 2014, 'The' was reintroduced on the name of the paper after 46 years. The Yorkshire Post achieved wider attention during
128-475: The Wellington Street printing facility closed. In September 2013, it was announced the Wellington Street premises would be demolished as journalists had already moved out. Preliminary demolition began in March 2014; In April 2014, it was announced the tower would be spared. In his 2015 memoir, former reporter Revel Barker recalled the 1960s: "During the cricket season...the Evening Post would be on
144-547: The current editor is James Mitchinson. It considers itself "one of Britain's most trusted and historic newsbrands." 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 purchased by a group of Conservatives in 1865 who set up the Yorkshire Conservative Newspaper Company Limited then published daily under
160-410: The current name. The first issue of The Yorkshire Post , on 2 July 1866, included the following statement: the political principles of this journal are Conservative ; while supporting every practical improvement, it will resist organic changes ... It will be at once conservative and progressive, a foe to democracy and revolution, but the firm friend of all constitutional reform. The newspaper broke
176-544: The official website: Yorkshire Evening Post The Yorkshire Evening Post is a daily evening publication (delivered to newsagents every morning) published by Yorkshire Post Newspapers in Leeds , West Yorkshire , England. The paper provides a regional slant on the day's news, and traditionally provides close reporting on Leeds United and Leeds Rhinos as well as the Yorkshire County Cricket Club team. Despite its title that implies
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#1732775984405192-658: The paper is Yorkshire wide it is a Leeds-based paper, still widely circulated in Bradford , Harrogate , Huddersfield , and Wakefield as well. The City of Leeds has two further widely circulated local papers, being the Wetherby News and the Wharfedale and Airedale Observer . For many years, the Evening Post produced a separate edition for South Yorkshire printed simultaneously in Doncaster . In 1970, that
208-555: 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 was liberal in comparison to the Leeds Intelligencer from the late 18th century, and under the editorship of Edward Baines and his son (also named Edward Baines ). At its peak in the 1950s, The Yorkshire Post sold 120,000 copies
224-638: The streets at 10.30 a.m. The 'First' would be out about noon, the 'Final' at 2 p.m., the 'One-star final' around 3.30 and the 'Late Night Final' about 4.30. the Post was selling around 250,000 copies a night... nowadays there is only one edition, written and produced the night before and printed in Sheffield, 36 miles away" (In 1963) "our main competition the Yorkshire Evening News succumbed to economic pressures and folded to merge with
240-488: Was converted into the now closed Doncaster Evening Post . Starting in 1926, the Yorkshire Evening Post sponsored motorcycle trial events on Post Hill , an area near Farnley specifically acquired for this purpose. In February 2012, Johnston Press announced that printing of The Yorkshire Post and Yorkshire Evening Post in Leeds would be switched to their plant at Dinnington near Sheffield and
256-484: Was merged with the Yorkshire Evening Post – the local newspaper for the Leeds city region - with the then editor, Peter Charlton, overseeing both titles. The merger saw the formation of combined departments for news, business, sport and features – with correspondents writing for both titles. In February 2012 Johnston Press announced that printing of the Yorkshire Post and Yorkshire Evening Post in Leeds would be switched to their plant at Dinnington near Sheffield and
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