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<i>South Wales Evening Post</i>

South Wales Evening Post

Welsh newspaper


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; Neath and Port Talbot; and Carmarthenshire[2] – and is published by Media Wales, part of the Reach plc group.[2] The current editor is Jonathan Roberts.[3] As the name suggests, it had previously been an evening paper, but later became a morning daily.

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History

Founded in 1893 as the South Wales Daily Post, the paper changed its name in 1932 to the current title.[4] Former journalists included poet Dylan Thomas, who joined from school in 1930 but left 18 months later to become freelance.[5]

In August 2006, according to the ABC figures, the South Wales Evening Post overtook the Cardiff-based South Wales Echo as the biggest-selling evening newspaper in Wales.[6]

Presently the Post is published six days a week by Media Wales, which also publishes the Carmarthen Journal, Neath Port Talbot Courier, and Llanelli Star.[2] The Evening Post produces a range of special features and supplements on entertainment, TV, motoring, property, employment and sport.[7]

In 2012, Local World acquired owner Northcliffe Media from Daily Mail and General Trust.[8]

In 2013 the paper gained national attention during the 2013 Swansea measles epidemic as it had previously led a campaign against the vaccine after misunderstanding Andrew Wakefield's research.[9]

See also


References

  1. "South Wales Evening Post". Audit Bureau of Circulations (UK). 29 January 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
  2. "Dylan's Life – The 1930s". dylanthomas.com. City and County of Swansea. 2022. Retrieved 1 October 2022.|
  3. "Editor to quit South Wales Echo". BBC News. 18 October 2007.
  4. Meikle, James (17 April 2013). "Measles outbreak sees 'missing generation' queuing for MMR jab". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 February 2021.

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