George Stiff (1807–1873) was an English engraver and newspaper proprietor. Stiff worked as foreman of the engravers in the ''

Illustrated London News ''The Illustrated London News'' appeared first on Saturday 14 May 1842, as the world's first illustrated weekly news magazine. Founded by Herbert Ingram, it appeared weekly until 1971, then less frequently thereafter, and ceased publication in ...

'' before becoming a newspaper proprietor himself in the 1840s. A paper called ''The Illustrated Weekly Times'' failed after a few weeks, but ''

The London Journal ''The London Journal; and Weekly Record of Literature, Science and Art'' (published from 1845 to 1928) was a British penny dreadful, penny fiction weekly, one of the best-selling magazines of the nineteenth century. It was established by George ...

'' (started 1845) was a huge success as a penny fiction weekly. By 1847 Stiff was able to begin the ''

Weekly Times The Herald and Weekly Times Pty Ltd (HWT) is a newspaper publishing company based in Melbourne, Australia. It is owned and operated by News Pty Ltd, which as News Ltd, purchased the HWT in 1987. Newspapers The HWT's newspaper interests date ba ...

'': this "would eventually become one of the four high-circulation threepenny Sunday papers which dominated the mid-century middle-market for news, with '' Reynolds's eeklyNewspaper'' (1850-1923), ''

Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper ''Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper'', called the ''Sunday News'' after 1924, was an early Sunday newspaper in the United Kingdom, launched in 1842., ceased publication in 1931. Founding Edward Lloyd launched ''Lloyd’s Weekly Newspaper'' in 1842. It was ...

'' (1842-1918), and the ''

News of the World The ''News of the World'' was a weekly national Tabloid journalism#Red tops, red top Tabloid (newspaper format), tabloid newspaper published every Sunday in the United Kingdom from 1843 to 2011. It was at one time the world's highest-selling En ...

'' (1843-1910)."Andrew King, ''The London Journal'', Ashgate, 2004, pp. 67-8

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