Belfast Telegraph

Belfast Telegraph
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatCompact
Owner(s)Independent News & Media (a subsidiary of Mediahuis)
Founder(s)
  • William Baird
  • George Baird
EditorEoin Brannigan
Founded1870
Political alignmentCentrism
British unionism
LanguageEnglish
HeadquartersBelfast Telegraph House
33 Clarendon Road
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Sister newspapersSunday Life
ISSN0307-5664
Websitewww.belfasttelegraph.co.uk
Belfast Telegraph offices, July 2010

The Belfast Telegraph is a daily newspaper published in Belfast, Northern Ireland, by Independent News & Media, which also publishes the Irish Independent, the Sunday Independent and various other newspapers and magazines in Ireland. Its editor is Eoin Brannigan. Reflecting its unionist tradition, the paper has historically been "favoured by the Protestant population", while also being read within Catholic nationalist communities in Northern Ireland.

History

It was first published as the Belfast Evening Telegraph on 1 September 1870 by brothers William and George Baird. Its first edition cost half a penny and ran to four pages covering the Franco-Prussian War and local news.

The evening edition of the newspaper was originally called the "Sixth Late", and "Sixth Late Tele" was a familiar cry made by vendors in Belfast city centre in the past. Local editions were published for distribution to Enniskillen, Dundalk, Newry, and Derry.[citation needed]

Its competitors are The News Letter and The Irish News, and local editions of London-based red tops also compete in this market, in some cases selling at a cheaper price than the "Tele".[citation needed]

Sometimes described as having "unionist leanings", and operating an editorial policy supportive of "moderate unionism", the Belfast Telegraph was bought by the Dublin-based Independent News & Media group in March 2000.

The Belfast Telegraph was entirely broadsheet until 19 February 2005, when the Saturday morning edition was introduced and all Saturday editions were converted to compact. The weekday morning compact edition was launched on 22 March 2005.

In 2015, the Telegraph launched the magazine supplement Family Life.

The paper now publishes two editions daily, Belfast Telegraph final edition and the North West Telegraph which is distributed in Derry.

Its editor, since April 2020, is Eoin Brannigan.

Awards

The Belfast Telegraph was named as Best UK Regional Newspaper of the Year 2012 by the Society of Editors Regional Press Awards.

Circulation

Reflecting a decline in newspaper sales generally, circulation of the Belfast Telegraph has declined as of the early 21st century, from 109,571 for the period July to December 2002, to 31,340 for the same period in 2019.

Year (period) Average circulation per issue
2002 (July to December)
109,571
2009 (January to June)
68,024
2010 (July to December)
58,491
2012 (January to June)
53,847
2013 (January to June)
49,228
2014 (July to December)
45,905
2015 (January to June)
44,141
2016 (January to June)
41,912
2017 (July to December)
36,403
2018 (July to December)
33,951
2019 (July to December)
31,340

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