The ''South Wales Evening Post'' is a
tabloid daily newspaper distributed in the
South West region of Wales. The paper has three daily editions –
Swansea
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The city is the twenty-fifth largest in ...
,
Neath and Port Talbot and
Carmarthenshire
Carmarthenshire ( cy, Sir Gaerfyrddin; or informally ') is a county in the south-west of Wales. The three largest towns are Llanelli, Carmarthen and Ammanford. Carmarthen is the county town and administrative centre. The county is known as ...
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Media Wales Ltd. is a publishing company based in Cardiff, Wales. As of 2009 it was owned by Reach plc (formerly known as the Trinity Mirror Group). It was previously known as the Western Mail & Echo Ltd.
History
The ''Western Mail'' was fo ...
, part of the Reach plc group. The current editor is Jonathan Roberts. As the name suggests, it had previously been an evening paper
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Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sports a ...
, but later moved to a morning daily.
The paper has a circulation of 13,257 as recorded by the ABC in January 2020, down from 40,149 in 2011.
Founded in 1893 as the ''South Wales Daily Post'', the paper changed its name in 1932 to the current title. Former journalists included poet Dylan Thomas, who joined from school in 1930 but left 18 months later to become freelance.
In August 2006, according to the Audit Bureau of Circulation figures, the ''South Wales Evening Post'' overtook the Cardiff
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-based ''South Wales Echo
The ''South Wales Echo'' is a daily tabloid newspaper published in Cardiff, Wales and distributed throughout the surrounding area. It has a circulation of 7,573.
Background
The newspaper was founded in 1884 and was based in Thomson House, ...
'' as the biggest-selling evening newspaper in Wales
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.
Presently the ''Post'' is published six days a week by Media Wales, the company that also publishes the ''Carmarthen Journal
The ''Carmarthen Journal'' is a newspaper founded in 1810 in Wales and now based in Carmarthen, the county town of Carmarthenshire, Wales. The building housing the ''Carmarthen Journal'' asserts that the ''Carmarthen Journal'' is the oldest newsp ...
'', ''Neath Port Talbot Courier'', and ''Llanelli Star
The ''Llanelli Star'' is a Welsh regional newspaper covering the areas of Llanelli and Carmarthen in the county of Carmarthenshire, Wales. It is published on a weekly basis in a tabloid form. The newspaper is published by Trinity Mirror, the ...
''. The ''Evening Post'' produces a range of special features and supplements on entertainment, TV, motoring, property, employment and sport.
In 2012, Local World
Local World Holdings Ltd. was a large regional newspaper publisher in the UK that published around 100 print titles and more than 70 websites. It was formed in 2012 by David Montgomery, a former chief executive of Trinity Mirror, to buy the Dai ...
acquired owner Northcliffe Media from Daily Mail and General Trust
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.
In 2013 the paper gained national attention during the 2013 Swansea measles epidemic
The 2012–2013 Swansea measles epidemic began in November 2012 and was declared over on 3 July 2013. There were a total of 1,219 measles notifications (suspected cases) in Swansea, Neath Port Talbot, Bridgend, Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pe ...
as it had previously led a campaign against the vaccine after misunderstanding Andrew Wakefield
Andrew Jeremy Wakefield (born September 3, 1956) is a British anti-vaccine activist, former physician, and discredited academic who was struck off the medical register for his involvement in ''The Lancet'' MMR autism fraud, a 1998 study that ...
's research.
See also
*List of newspapers in Wales
This is a list of newspapers in Wales. It includes historical and current titles. Free newspapers are marked with a *.
West Wales Chronicle
* '' The Aberdare Leader''
* '' The Aberdare Times''
* ''The Aberystwyth Observer''
* '' Aberystwyth Time ...
*2013 Swansea measles epidemic
The 2012–2013 Swansea measles epidemic began in November 2012 and was declared over on 3 July 2013. There were a total of 1,219 measles notifications (suspected cases) in Swansea, Neath Port Talbot, Bridgend, Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pe ...
References
External links
*
* - Media Wales
Media Wales Ltd. is a publishing company based in Cardiff, Wales. As of 2009 it was owned by Reach plc (formerly known as the Trinity Mirror Group). It was previously known as the Western Mail & Echo Ltd.
History
The ''Western Mail'' was fo ...
Website of the ''South Wales Evening Post''
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Northcliffe Media
Newspapers published in Wales
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Publications established in 1893
1893 establishments in Wales
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