''The Press and Journal'' is a daily regional newspaper serving northern and
Highland
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Scotland including the cities of
Aberdeen
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and
Inverness. Established in 1747, it is Scotland's oldest daily newspaper, and one of the longest-running newspapers in the world.
History
The newspaper was first published as a weekly title, ''Aberdeen's Journal'', on 29 December 1747. In 1748 it changed its name to the ''Aberdeen Journal''. It was published on a weekly basis for 128 years until August 1876, when it became a daily newspaper.
The newspaper was owned by the Chalmers family throughout the nineteenth century, and edited by members of the family until 1849, when
William Forsyth became editor. Its political position was
Conservative
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.
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In November 1922, the paper was renamed ''The Aberdeen Press and Journal'' when its parent firm joined forces with the ''Free Press''.
Historical copies of the ''Aberdeen Journal'', dating back to 1798, are available to search and view in digitised form at The ]British Newspaper Archive
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History
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.
Present-day situation
The newspaper is printed six days a week and there are six geographic editions every day (seven prior to June 2011). Although for many years a broadsheet
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, since 2012, ''The Press and Journal'' has been in compact size.
The newspaper is occasionally criticised for its regional perspective on global events, but the paper defends this stance, occasionally running "proud to be local" advertisements. Just one week after the September 11 attacks in 2001 the paper's World news section totalled just a single half-page.
The head office of the paper was located in Mastrick, Aberdeen, and is now in the city centre. As of March 2012 employed 470 staff locally and at branch offices throughout the North of Scotland.The Scotsman
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'' combined.[Aberdeen – Press & Journal – All Editions (Mon-Sat) Standard Certificate of Circulation, 2 January 2006 to 2 July 2006](_blank)
Audit Bureau of Circulations Aberdeen Journals is now owned by the Dundee
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-based D. C. Thomson media group, after being sold by the Daily Mail and General Trust in 2006.
''The Press and Journal'', the ''Evening Express'', ''Aberdeen Citizen'' and ''Scot-Ads'' were all printed on Aberdeen Journals own printing presses in Aberdeen until May 2013. Since then, all titles are printed in Dundee. Until March 2006 the '' News of the World'' was also printed on the Aberdeen press.
Coverage of Trump International Golf Links Development
The ''Press and Journal'' was a staunch supporter of the building of a highly controversial golf resort by Donald Trump
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at the Menie Estate in Balmedie, Aberdeenshire. The development was against the wishes of many local residents, and on an area designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest
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.
In 2007, the Aberdeen '' Evening Express'' ran pictures of seven councillors who voted against the application under the headline "You Traitors". In 2009, the newspaper announced it would not report anything said by the protest group "Tripping Up Trump", saying it was not "bona fide". In contrast, opponents complained, the DC Thomson papers in Aberdeen, the ''Evening Express'' and the ''Press and Journal'' gave a large amount of positive press to Donald Trump and the real estate development.
Former journalists
*Bruce Taylor (1948–2024), the first reporter to reach the 1988 Piper Alpha disaster
See also
* List of newspapers in Scotland
References
Bibliography
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External links
The Press and Journal
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Mass media in Aberdeen
Newspapers published in Scotland
Organisations based in Aberdeen
Publications established in 1748
Newspapers with Scottish Gaelic content
1748 establishments in Scotland