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''Oxford Mail'' is a daily tabloid newspaper in
Oxford Oxford () is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city and non-metropolitan district in Oxfordshire, England, of which it is the county town. The city is home to the University of Oxford, the List of oldest universities in continuou ...
, England, owned by Newsquest. It is published six days a week. It is a
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to the weekly tabloid ''
The Oxford Times ''The Oxford Times'' is a weekly newspaper, published each Thursday in Oxford, England. The paper is published from a large production facility at Osney Mead, west Oxford, and is owned by Newsquest, the UK subsidiary of US-based Gannett Comp ...
''.


History

The ''Oxford Mail'' was founded in 1928 by MP Frank Gray as a successor to ''Jackson's Oxford Journal'' (1753 - 1928), named after William Jackson, a former printer of the
University of Oxford The University of Oxford is a collegiate university, collegiate research university in Oxford, England. There is evidence of teaching as early as 1096, making it the oldest university in the English-speaking world and the List of oldest un ...
. Originally an evening newspaper, the ''Oxford Mail'' is now published in the morning and online. Over time, through the emergence of digitization and online news, audited print circulation gradually declined (from 23,402 in 2008 to 3,932 in 2024)ABC: Paid-for circulation falls at every GB daily
Amos, O. Press Gazette.
while the reading audience largely shifted to online.Newsquest Excellence Award
Hughes, P. Oxford Mail.
In January 2024, online reach was 1.2 million.


Notable former staff

* Sir David Bell * Mark Barrington-Ward * Morley SaferMorley Safer - Obituary
Li, D. K. New York Post.


References

1928 establishments in England Newspapers published in Oxford Newspapers published by Newsquest Newspapers established in 1928 {{England-newspaper-stub