The ''Evening Citizen'', was an evening version of '' The Glasgow Citizen'' (a daily newspaper founded in 1842 by James David Hedderwick). It was first published in August 1864, was one of the first of three evening newspapers to be printed, published and sold in the

Glasgow Glasgow ( ; sco, Glesca or ; gd, Glaschu ) is the most populous city in Scotland and the fourth-most populous city in the United Kingdom, as well as being the 27th largest city by population in Europe. In 2020, it had an estimated popu ...

area of

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. Both papers were founded by

James Hedderwick James Hedderwick LLD (1814–1897) was a Scottish poet, journalist and newspaper proprietor. He founded the famous Glasgow newspaper, the '' Evening Citizen''. Life He was born on 18 January 1814 in Govan just west of Glasgow, the third son o ...

. In 1889 the ''Evening Citizen'' moved to 24 St Vincent Place, located in the city centre, which was one of the first buildings in Glasgow to be made from red

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, and was built that same year to accommodate their

printing press A printing press is a mechanical device for applying pressure to an inked surface resting upon a print medium (such as paper or cloth), thereby transferring the ink. It marked a dramatic improvement on earlier printing methods in which the ...

es and offices. At some point the newspaper came into the ownership of

George Outram George Outram (25 March 1805 – 15 September 1856) was a humorous poet, Scotland, Scottish advocate, friend of John Wilson (Scottish writer), Professor John Wilson, and for some time editor of ''The Herald (Glasgow), The Herald'' in Glasgow. L ...

& Co., publishers of the ''Glasgow Herald'' and the ''Evening Times''. It is not clear whether Outram published the newspaper or only owned the rights to the masthead but when Lord Beaverbrook came to Glasgow to establish a printing works and publish from 1928 the ''Scottish Daily Express'' and the ''Scottish Sunday Express'' he also came to an agreement with Outrams to publish the ''Evening Citizen'' with Outrams retaining 49% ownership and Beaverbrook Newspapers Ltd having 51% ownership and total control.; When Beaverbrook ceased printing from 159 Albion Street, Glasgow in 1974 they also ceased publication of the Evening Citizen and George Outram & Co became 100% owners of the masthead once more. For a period Outram's Evening Times carried a line indicating "incorporating the Evening Citizen" but this statement was subsequently discontinued.

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