Aberdeen Journals Ltd. is a
newspaper
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publisher
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based in
Aberdeen
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, Scotland.
The company publishes the ''
Press and Journal'', the ''
Evening Express'', the ''
Aberdeen Citizen'' and ''Scot-Ads'' newspapers. It was owned by
Northcliffe Newspapers Group, which is owned by
Daily Mail & General Trust
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from 1995 until 2006, when Aberdeen Journals was sold to
Dundee based
D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd.
''The Press and Journal'' was first published as a weekly title on 29 December 1747 and was known as ''The Aberdeen's Journal''.
It was published on a weekly basis for 128 years until August 1876, when it became a daily newspaper. In November 1922, the paper was renamed T''he Aberdeen Press & Journal'' when its parent firm joined forces with the ''Free Press''. ''The Press & Journal'', often called the ''P&J'', is a daily morning regional newspaper. It is printed 6 days a week as a compact.
The Press & Journal produces 6 geographic editions.
Daily readership – 138,000
[Base: 634,000 adults in the Press and Journal survey area. Source: Ipsos Media CT 2010]
Weekly readership – 287,000
Circulation – 67,781 (July-Dec 2011, 99,1% paid)
The current editor of the ''Press and Journal'' is Frank O’Donnell.
The ''Evening Express'' is a daily local evening newspaper which was first published in November 1879.
The current editor of the ''Evening Express'' is Craig Walker.
References
Mass media companies of Scotland
Companies based in Aberdeen
Privately held companies of Scotland
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