''Morning Advertiser'' is one of the oldest news publications in the world, beginning as a newspaper in 1794 and being published in hard copy until 2020. In 2011,

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, bought '' The Publican'' from United Business Media and merged the two titles to form ''The Publican's Morning Advertiser'', a printed magazine with a news website. The merger returned its original name to the ''Morning Advertiser'' in July 2016. As of April 2020, the printed magazine has been suspended and all content has been published on the website www.morningadvertiser.co.uk, which attracts 277,659 unique users per month

History

The ''Morning Advertiser'' was first published in 1794 by the London Society of Licensed Victuallers. It was devoted to trade interests, rather than to the support of a political party. Its circulation, however, fostered by the society, was, in the middle of the 19th century, second only to that of ''

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was an early contributor and journalist, broadcaster and Labour Party communication director

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worked as a reporter on the paper early in his career. Founded in 1794 as ''The Publican's Morning Advertiser'', it was the UK's oldest continuously produced paper. In 1858 the paper became the first newspaper to subscribe to

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Editors

:Franklin :1828: John Anderson : John Sheridan :John Scott :1850: James Grant :1870:

Alfred Bate Richards Alfred Bate Richards (1820–1876) was an English journalist and author. He turned from law to literature and was the author of a number of popular dramas, volumes of poems, and essays. He was the first editor of ''The Daily Telegraph'', and afte ...

:1876: N. de la Fleuriere :1877: Thomas Hamber :1882: Thomas Wright :1894: Frank Doney :1902:

Hamilton Fyfe Henry Hamilton Fyfe (29 September 1869 – 15 June 1951) was a British journalist and writer who was editor of both the newspapers the ''Daily Mirror'' and the '' Daily Herald''. Career Born in London, and educated at Fettes College, Edinburgh ...

:1904: G. W. Talbot :1914: A. B. Fraser :1914: H. C. Bysshe :1924: Albert Edward Jackson :1928: H. Bennett :1930s: F. W. Millman :1947: Eric Hopwood :1953: Donald Quick :1956: Leslie Forse :1971: Terry Cockerell :1993: Kim Adams :2000: Andrew Pring :2009: Paul Charity :2011: Rob Willock :2015: Ed Bedington

Events

The ''Morning Advertiser'' hosts '' The Great British Pub Awards,'' '' The Publican Awards, MA Leaders Club,'' '' Top 50 Gastropubs, Top 50 Cocktail Bars and Top 50 Boutique Hotels''

Awards

The ''Morning Advertisers former publisher, Tim Brooke-Webb won the title Publisher/Business Manager of the Year at the Professional Publishers' Association Awards 2012 for his work on the title.

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