Reading Post
{{Short description|Defunct weekly newspaper in Reading, England}}
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|type = Weekly newspaper
|format = Tabloid
|owners = Reach plc
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|editor = Andy Murrill
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|language = English
|ceased publication = 2015
|headquarters = Reading, Berkshire
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|website = {{URL|getreading.co.uk}}
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File:Reading Post offices, Richfield Avenue.jpg
The Reading Post (formerly the Reading Evening Post) was an English local newspaper covering Reading, Berkshire and surrounding areas. The title page of the paper featured the Maiwand Lion, a local landmark at Forbury Gardens. The paper was most recently published by Surrey & Berkshire Media Ltd., a division of Trinity Mirror plc.
After it ceased print publication in 2015, the Reading Post became online-only and was renamed Get Reading. It was relaunched as BerkshireLive in 2019, before closing in November 2023.{{cite news |title=Thank you to our readers - a message from BerkshireLive |url=https://www.getreading.co.uk/news/reading-berkshire-news/thank-you-readers-message-berkshirelive-28161426 |access-date=7 December 2023 |work=Berkshire Live |date=23 November 2023 |language=en}}
Editions
In 2009, the paper changed from daily publication to publishing weekly on a Wednesday as a paid-for paper with a free edition on a Friday titled Get Reading. The paper was previously promoted as an evening paper and published Monday to Friday. In recent years, all editions were tabloid though it was launched as a broadsheet.{{cite news |url= https://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/mar/11/newspaper-group-sandb-media-job-cuts |title=GMG cuts 95 jobs in Surrey and Berkshire newspapers |first=Oliver |last=Luft |publisher =Guardian Media Group |newspaper=The Guardian |date=11 March 2009 |access-date=11 March 2009}}{{cite web |title=Not the last Post for Reading |first=Andy |last=Murrill |date=29 May 2009 |publisher=Surrey & Berkshire Media Ltd |work= Get Reading |url= http://www.getreading.co.uk/news/s/2051605_not_the_last_post_for_reading |access-date=29 May 2009}}
Sale
In February 2010 the division of Guardian Media Group that included the Reading Evening Post was sold to Trinity Mirror. This sale included 22 titles across the north of England and in Surrey and Berkshire.{{cite web |title=Manchester Evening News sold by Guardian Media Group |work=Manchester Evening News |url= http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/business/s/1192028_manchester_evening_news_sold_by_guardian_media_group_ |date=9 February 2010 |access-date=9 February 2010}}
Awards
The Reading Evening Post was named Regional Newspaper of the Year for the second year running at the 2004 Newspaper Awards.{{cite web |url=http://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/awards/040430nwin.shtml |title=Evening Post crowned best regional for second year |publisher=HoldTheFrontPage |date=30 April 2004 |access-date=20 July 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060903213131/http://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/awards/040430nwin.shtml |archive-date=3 September 2006 }}
Closure
The final issue was published on 17 December 2014.{{cite news |title=Final editions for seven regional Trinity Mirror newspapers |publisher=BBC News Online |date=17 December 2014 |url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-30500045 |access-date=30 January 2016}} It then became online-only, renaming as Get Reading. In 2019 it was rebranded BerkshireLive. On 30 November 2023, the website ceased being updated.
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Official website}}
{{Trinity Mirror}}
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