''Morning Advertiser'' is one of the oldest news publications in the world, beginning as a newspaper in 1794 and being published in hard copy until 2020. In 2011,
William Reed Ltd, bought ''
The Publican
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''The Publican'', was launched in 1975, featured news and comment on issues that affect the pub trade as well as jobs and pubs for sale and lease. In 2011, it merged with its ...
'' from
United Business Media
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and merged the two titles to form ''The Publican's Morning Advertiser'', a printed magazine with a news website. The merger returned its original name to the ''Morning Advertiser'' in July 2016. As of April 2020, the printed magazine has been suspended and all content has been published on the website www.morningadvertiser.co.uk, which attracts 277,659 unique users per month.
History
The ''Morning Advertiser'' was first published in 1794 by the London
Society of Licensed Victuallers
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. It was devoted to trade interests, rather than to the support of a political party. Its circulation, however, fostered by the society, was, in the middle of the 19th century, second only to that of ''
The Times
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''.
Charles Dickens
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was an early contributor and journalist, broadcaster and
Labour Party communication director
Alastair Campbell worked as a reporter on the paper early in his career. Founded in 1794 as ''The Publican's Morning Advertiser'', it was the UK's oldest continuously produced paper. In 1858 the paper became the first newspaper to subscribe to
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' news service.
Editors
:Franklin
:1828: John Anderson
:
John Sheridan
:John Scott
:1850:
James Grant James Grant may refer to:
Politics and law
*Sir James Grant, 1st Baronet (died 1695), Scottish lawyer
*Sir James Grant, 6th Baronet (1679–1747), Scottish Whig politician
*Sir James Grant, 8th Baronet (1738–1811), Scottish member of parliament
* ...
:1870:
Alfred Bate Richards
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afte ...
:1876: N. de la Fleuriere
:1877: Thomas Hamber
:1882: Thomas Wright
:1894: Frank Doney
:1902:
Hamilton Fyfe
:1904: G. W. Talbot
:1914: A. B. Fraser
:1914: H. C. Bysshe
:1924: Albert Edward Jackson
:1928: H. Bennett
:1930s: F. W. Millman
:1947: Eric Hopwood
:1953: Donald Quick
:1956: Leslie Forse
:1971: Terry Cockerell
:1993: Kim Adams
:2000: Andrew Pring
:2009: Paul Charity
:2011: Rob Willock
:2015: Ed Bedington
Events
The ''Morning Advertiser'' hosts ''
The Great British Pub Awards,'' ''
The Publican Awards,
MA Leaders Club,'' ''
Top 50 Gastropubs,
Top 50 Cocktail Bars and
Top 50 Boutique Hotels''
Awards
The ''Morning Advertisers former publisher, Tim Brooke-Webb won the title Publisher/Business Manager of the Year at the
Professional Publishers' Association
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Awards 2012 for his work on the title.
See also
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List of food and drink magazines
References
External links
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1794 establishments in Great Britain
Weekly magazines published in the United Kingdom
Beer journalism
Food and drink magazines
Magazines published in London
Magazines established in 1794
Professional and trade magazines
Works about beer
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