All the News That's Fit to Print: a Short History of Bristol's Newspapers Since 1702 by John Penny
BRISTOL BRANCH OF THE ALL THE NEWS HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION THAT'S FIT TO PRINT Price £3.00 2001 A Short History of ISSN 1362 77 59 Bristol's Newspapers since 1702 No. 101 JOHN PENNY bA1101zJ AN 2514982 2 THE BRISTOL BRANCH OF THE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION LOCAL HISTORY PAMPHLETS 1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 Hon. General Editor: PETER HARRIS ALL THE NEWS THAT'S FIT TO PRINT Assistant General Editor: NORMA KNIGHT A Short History of Bristol's Newspapers since 1702 Editorial Advisor: JOSEPH BETTEY At the dawn of the third millennium Bristol possesses two long established local newspapers, the Western Daily Press, published each All the News that's Fit to Print is the one hundred and first pamphlet in this morning since 1858 and the Evening Post, in existence since 1932. series. Originally independent titles, today they are both part of the Bristol John Penny, who co-founded the Fishponds Local History Society in United Press, now wholly owned by the Daily Mail & General Trust, an 1979, has been researching various aspects of Bristol's history for nearly 25 organisation which also embraces the Northcliffe group of regional years. He specialises in local military, aviation and media history and· has dailies, as well as London's Evening Standard. However, this monopoly recently gained an MA in Local and Regional History at Bath Spa position is a fairly recent phenomenon, for although Bristol had just one University College. paper in 1702, from the mid-eighteenth century they gradually increased The publication of a pamphlet by the Bristol Branch of the Historical in number until a peak was reached in the Edwardian era when, in Association does not necessarily imply the Branch's approval of the addition to several weeklies, the city boasted no less than three morning opinions expressed in it.
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