The ''Sheffield Telegraph'' is a weekly

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published in

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, England. Founded in 1855 as the ''Sheffield Daily Telegraph'', it became known as the ''Sheffield Telegraph'' in 1938.

History

The ''Sheffield Telegraph'' was founded in 1855 as the ''Sheffield Daily Telegraph''. It was the city's first daily newspaper, published at 08:00 each morning. The newspaper struggled until W. C. Leng became editor in 1864, moving the business to Aldine Court, introducing Linotype printing and using it to support the

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. After taking over the ''

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'' in 1938, it dropped the "Daily" from its name. The history of Sheffield's "Telegraph" is intertwined with that of ''

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'' and the ''

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''. All three newspapers are published today by

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. As has been the case for its sister publications, the ''Telegraph'' has undergone several name changes during its history. Sheffield Telegraph

The ''Sheffield Daily Telegraph'' was first published on 8 June 1855 and continued under this name until 1934. In its early years, the newspaper was owned by

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and then William Leng. It aimed to popularise the

cause among the

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. By 1898, it was claiming sales of 1,250,000 copies per week, and it had two sister publications: the ''Weekly Telegraph'', which contained feature articles and serialised

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, and the ''Evening Telegraph'', which later became ''The Star''. From 16 July 1934 to 29 October 1938 it appeared as the ''Sheffield Telegraph'', and as the ''Sheffield Telegraph and Daily Independent'' from 31 October 1938 until 13 May 1939. During the first years of the war (15 May 1939 – 12 June 1942) the newspaper was named the ''Telegraph & Independent'', changing briefly (13 June 1942 – 14 July 1942) to the ''Sheffield Telegraph and Independent'', before assuming the title ''Sheffield Telegraph'' on 15 July 1942 which it maintained until 14 September 1965. The new title of ''Sheffield Morning Telegraph'' was implemented on 15 September 1965 and continued in use to 10 January 1966, after which ''Morning Telegraph'' was adopted (11 January 1966 – 8 February 1986). The ''Morning Telegraph'' ceased production in 1986. In 1989, the ''Sheffield Telegraph'' was relaunched, and published weekly, on Fridays, and featuring a large

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section. In 2010, the ''Sheffield Telegraph'' changed its day of publication from a Friday to a Thursday. In January 2007, the total average issue readership for the ''Sheffield Telegraph'' was reported to be 64,093. Joint Industry Committee for Regional Press Research (JICREG)
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; novelists John Harris and J.L. Hodson; cartoonist

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for the daily and

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and James Whitworth for the weekly; critics George Linstead and

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; sports writers

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, Frank Taylor (journalist) (who later survived the Munich Air crash of 1958), sub-editor

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; news editor

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; industrial reporter

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;

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;

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, who was later a women's writer with the ''Daily Express''; and

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. The paper's London staff has included

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was the paper's best-known Parliamentary reporter in the post-war era.

Editors

:1855: Benson :1855: Pearce :1858: William Shepherdson :1864: William C. Leng :1902:

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:1910: David M. Sutherland :1912: John Oakley :1937: Frederick Keith Gardiner :1955:

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:1962: David Hopkinson :1964: Michael J. Finley :1969: Michael Hides :1983:

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:1989: Alan Powell :2005:

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:2016:

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:2021: Ellen Beardmore

References

"Press Gazette", 21 June 2002.

Bibliography

*Bob Horton, ''Living in Sheffield: 1000 years of change'' *Keith Farnsworth, ''The Turner Story: Bringing the News to Sheffield'' (Henry Melland, London, 1991).

External links

*https://web.archive.org/web/20070119145331/http://www2.sheffieldtoday.net/telegraph/homepage/index.htm *http://www.sheffieldtelegraph.co.uk Newspapers published in Yorkshire Publications established in 1855

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1855 establishments in England Newspapers published by Johnston Press