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Our History

A history of innovation

We have a proud heritage of publishing that's made us one of the largest multimedia companies in the UK.

Our story begins in the 19th Century when businessman John Hernaman, with his friend Robert Perring, launched the Newcastle Journal on the 12th May 1832. The Journal was published at the request of local Tories who were against Earl Grey's Reform Act with a cover price of sevenpence – the equivalent of £40 today.

Of course, the needs of our customers have changed greatly over the years – and we've changed with them. We now reach our diverse audiences through a variety of channels, offering the traditional daily newspaper, the 24-hour presence of a rolling news site, and the immediacy of our mobile and tablet app.

  • 1832

    The Newcastle Journal is launched and thrives in the mining and shipbuilding industries. It was printed weekly until 1861, when it became a daily.

  • 1851

    The Huddersfield and Holmfirth Examiner is started as a weekly by local politicians, including Joseph Woodhead. Twenty years later,it would become a daily paper re-branded as the Huddersfield Examiner.

  • 1855

    The Liverpool Daily Post is launched. Its sister paper, the Liverpool Echo, was first published in 1879.

  • 1857

    John Frederick launches the Birmingham Post. Thirteen years later he published the first edition of the Birmingham Mail.

  • 1869

    The Western Mail is first published.

  • 1881

    Captain Armstrong and Sir William Madge launch The People. The Jack the Ripper murders provide the paper with one of the decade's greatest scoops.

  • 1884

    The first issue of the South Wales Echo was published.

  • 1891

    The Coventry Evening Telegraph launches. It is the first British publisher to deliver a newspaper by four-wheeled power. November 15, 1940 is the only day in the paper's history that it wasn't able to publish, due to the Blitz raids on the city.

  • 1895

    The Daily Record begins publication.

  • 1903

    Alfred Harmsworth launches the Daily Mirror, a 'paper for gentlewomen', with a mainly female editorial staff. Within a year, Hamilton Fyfe takes over as editor, putting more emphasis on photo-journalism. In 1910, it has its first Royal photo scoop with a picture of Edward VII lying in state.

  • 1915

    Launch of the Sunday Pictorial as a major photo-journal. Circulation soars thanks to a series of articles written by Winston Churchill. In 1963, it was renamed the Sunday Mirror.

  • 1919

    The first issue of Newcastle's Sunday Sun reaches the newsstands.

  • 1936

    The Daily Record becomes the first newspaper to carry colour pictures.

  • 1953

    The Daily Mirror breaks all world records by selling seven million copies on Coronation Day.

  • 1964

    The Daily Mirror's circulation reaches five million, the highest in Europe.

  • 1971

    The Daily Record became the first mass-circulation UK daily to print in colour.

  • 1989

    Wales On Sunday launches. In 1992, it was voted UK Regional Newspaper of the Year.

  • 1994

    Mirror Group leaves Fleet Street for its new home in Canary Wharf.

  • 1999

    Trinity plc and Mirror Group plc merge to become the biggest newspaper publisher in the UK.

  • 1999

    First annual Pride of Britain awards.

  • 2012

    ChronicleLive.co.uk is refreshed and relaunched.

  • 2013

    Animal Heroes award is launched.

  • 2014

    Pride of Sports Awards launched.

  • 2015

    Belfast Live is launched.

  • 2015

    Trinity Mirror takes full ownership of Local World in transformative deal. Local World's digital portfolio attracts a growing digital audience with 24 million monthly unique browsers and approximately 167 million monthly page views at June 2015.

  • 2016

    Dublin Live is launched.

  • 2017

    Football.London is launched.

  • 2017

    IrIsh Daily Mirror purchases RSVP.

  • 2017

    InYourArea.co.uk launches.

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I'm working for an industry that's hundreds of years old and I have the potential to set the trend for how the industry can move and adapt and continue doing what it's doing in the modern world.

Darren Sher, Head of Product