The ''Liverpool Post'' was a newspaper published by
Trinity Mirror in
Liverpool
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,
Merseyside
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,
England
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. The newspaper and its website ceased publication on 19 December 2013.
Until 13 January 2012 it was a daily morning newspaper, with the title ''The Liverpool Daily Post''. It retained the name ''Liverpool Daily Post'' for its website, which continued to offer a daily service of news, business and sport to the people of Merseyside until the closure of the publication. The ''Liverpool Daily Post'' split from its sister North Wales title, ''
The Daily Post'', which still publishes six days a week, in 2003. The newspaper has been published since 1855. Historically the newspaper was published by the Liverpool Daily Post & Echo Ltd.
The ''Liverpool Daily Post'' was first published in 1855 by
Michael James Whitty
Michael James Whitty (born 1795, Nicharee,
Duncormick, County Wexford – died 10 June 1873, Princes Park, Liverpool) was an Irish-born English newspaper editor and proprietor.
The son of a farmer, maltster and shipowner in the port of Wexford, ...
. Whitty, a former Chief Constable for Liverpool, had campaigned for the abolition of the
Stamp Act under which newspapers were taxed. When the abolition took place, Whitty began publishing the ''Daily Post'' at one penny per copy, undercutting the incumbent best-selling Liverpudlian newspaper, the ''
Liverpool Mercury
The ''Liverpool Mercury'' was an English newspaper that originated in Liverpool, England. As well as focusing on local news, the paper also reported on both national and international news allowing it to circulate in Lancashire, Wales, Isle of Man ...
''.
In 1904 the ''Liverpool Daily Post'' merged with the ''Liverpool Mercury'' but its title was retained. The limited company expanded internationally and in 1985 was restructured as Trinity Holdings. The two original newspapers had just previously been re-launched in tabloid format. In 1999 Trinity merged with Mirror Group Newspapers to become