The ''Hartlepool Mail'' is a newspaper serving

Hartlepool Hartlepool () is a seaside and port town in County Durham, England. It is the largest settlement and administrative centre of the Borough of Hartlepool. With an estimated population of 90,123, it is the second-largest settlement in County ...

, England and the surrounding area. As of December 2021, it has an average daily circulation of 1,570.

History

The paper was founded in Hartlepool in 1877 as ''The Northern Daily Mail'' and continued to be printed in the town until August 2006, when the printing staff were told they would be made redundant on 30 September. The newspaper's owners, Johnston Press, decided it was in the interests of their business to move printing to

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. On 16 July 2012, most of the reporting and sports staff moved to the headquarters of the

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. It was also decided later that year, that the printing plant in Sunderland would close with printing of the paper moving to Dinnington, near

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as a result. In 2015, the newspaper offices were based in

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alongside the Sunderland Echo and

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. In May 2019, the office then moved to its Sunderland address at the BIC on the River Wear. In December 2020, it was announced that former Mirror Group chief executive David Montgomery's group National World had acquired the paper's owners JPI Media for £10.2m. On Saturday 12 March 2022, the paper printed its final daily edition. It was announced that the Mail was to become a weekly paper with a new copy being released every Thursday. As a result, its cover price increased from 90p to £1.30.

''Peterlee Mail''

The newspaper was formerly distributed in the

Peterlee Peterlee is a town in County Durham, England. It lies between Sunderland to the north, Hartlepool to the south, the Durham Coast to the east and Durham to the west. It gained town status in 1948 under the New Towns Act 1946. The act also create ...

area under the ''Peterlee Mail'' name. Following a period of absence, this was replaced in June 2012 with the ""Peterlee Star"", a new weekly paid-for paper retailing at 30p, produced by the Hartlepool editorial team.

Circulation

From January to June 2011, the newspaper averaged a daily circulation of 14,198. Since then, the sales have dropped which has resulted in increases in the paper's cover price. In November 2013, the paper cost 60p while as of April 2019, it costs 73p. In December 2017, it had an average daily circulation of 4,183 making it the third lowest in regional newspaper daily sales in the UK. As of December 2021, that figure is now 1,570 daily sales. The newspaper has a strong online presence and, in 2012, their website averaged 121,000 unique users a month.

Other information

The newspaper is where sports journalist and TV presenter

Jeff Stelling Robert Jeffrey Stelling (born 18 March 1955) is an English television presenter. He currently presents '' Gillette Soccer Saturday'' for Sky Sports and hosted coverage of the Champions League between 2011 and 2015. He also presented the Chann ...

began his career.

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