| Liverpool Daily Post | |
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| Type | Daily |
| Format | Tabloid |
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| Publisher | Trinity Mirror |
| Founded | 1855 |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | Merseyside, England |
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| Website: http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk | |
The Liverpool Daily Post is a newspaper published by Trinity Mirror on Merseyside in England. A tabloid is a Newspaper industry term which refers to a smaller newspaper format per spread to a weekly or semi-weekly alternative newspaper that focuses on local-interest Trinity Mirror plc is a large United Kingdom Newspaper and Magazine publisher Year 1855 ( MDCCCLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Merseyside is a Metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 1365900 England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Trinity Mirror plc is a large United Kingdom Newspaper and Magazine publisher Merseyside is a Metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 1365900 England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland It is published Monday to Saturday and is published in Merseyside, Cheshire, and North Wales editions, and is the morning paper. Historically the newspaper was published by the Liverpool Daily Post & Echo Ltd.
The Liverpool Daily Post was first published in 1855 by Michael James Whitty. Year 1855 ( MDCCCLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Michael James Whitty (1795 Nicharee, Duncormick, County Wexford – 10 June 1873, Princes Park Liverpool) was Whitty, a former Chief Constable for Liverpool, had campaigned for the abolition of the Stamp Act under which newspapers were taxed. A stamp act is a law enacted by a government that requires a tax to be paid on the transfer of certain documents When the abolition took place, Whitty began publishing the Daily Post at one penny per copy, undercutting the incumbent best-selling Liverpudlian newspaper, the Liverpool Mercury.
In 1904 the Liverpool Daily Post merged with the Mercury but its title was retained. Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on The limited company expanded internationally and in 1985 was restructured as Trinity Holdings Plc. The two original newspapers had just previously been re-launched in tabloid format, reflecting the difficult times of high unemployment and social unrest in Liverpool in the early 1980s. In 1999 Trinity merged with Mirror Group Newspapers to become Trinity Mirror, the largest stable of newspapers in the country. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Trinity Mirror plc is a large United Kingdom Newspaper and Magazine publisher Trinity Mirror plc is a large United Kingdom Newspaper and Magazine publisher
External links
- Official website of the Liverpool Daily Post
- History of the newspapers from icLiverpool
- icLiverpool news homepage, carries stories from the Daily Post and Echo
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