The Evening News, earlier styled as The Evening News, and from 1889 to 1894 The Evening News and Post, was an evening newspaper published in London from 1881 to 1980, reappearing briefly in 1987. It became highly popular under the control of the Harmsworth brothers. For a long time it maintained the largest daily sale of any evening newspaper in London. After financial struggles and falling sales, it was eventually merged with its long-time rival the Evening Standard in 1980. The newspaper was revived for an eight-month period in 1987.
Evening News
The first issue of The Evening News, published on 26 July 1881
The newspaper was founded by Coleridge Kennard and Harry Marks. The first issue appeared on 26 July 1881. It was the first popular evening paper in London. It was priced at one halfpenny, distinguishing itself from the more serious penny papers such as The Times. The first issues were printed on light blue paper, and later editions on yellow and green paper.
The rivalry between halfpenny papers in the late 19th century was fierce, and almost ended the Evening News. According to some sources the paper was losing £40,000 a year. The brothers Alfred and Harold Harmsworth bought the paper for £25,000 in 1894.
In 1888 Alfred had founded a paper called Answers, which was modelled after another popular paper called Tit-Bits. Harold gave up his clerk's job to handle the business side of the papers, while Alfred effectively controlled the papers with great success. Alfred later became ennobled as Lord Northcliffe, and Harold as Lord Rothermere. The brothers started several papers, of which the Daily Mail became the most influential.
Under editor Kennedy Jones, the Evening News was one of the papers that transformed the English press with their so-called 'new journalism'. This meant that the papers were aimed at a wider general public than the traditional ones, such as The Times.
20th centuryEdit
The Evening News became one of the leading papers in England under the control of Northcliffe. Evening newspapers were not considered to be good investments in 1900, and most of the London newspapers were losing money. At the same time the Evening News was making profit of £50,000 a year.
The circulation numbers of English newspapers between the 1850s and the 1930s can only be guessed at. (The newspapers would not publish exact figures except in their advertising, which cannot be trusted.) Some authors have carefully estimated that in 1910 the circulation of the Evening News was 300,000. Among the halfpenny evening papers, that would amount to a share of 35.7 per cent. The estimate for the average circulation of July 1914 is approximately 600,000, which would have made it the biggest evening paper in London.
During the First World War (1914-1918) the paper was widely criticised for its views on women. Women were now being treated with equality in mind. Other newspapers such as the Daily Sketch had a much more neutral approach to the introduction of women en masse into workplaces in place of men, which took place owing to the military conscription that began in 1916.
Northcliffe died in 1922. Subsequently, control of Associated Newspapers, including the Daily Mail, Evening News, Weekly Dispatch and Overseas Daily Mail, was bought by his brother Harold. After 1936, Harold's son Esmond took over as chairman of Associated Newspapers.
Ninety-four short stories by crime fiction writer Will Scott were published in the paper between 1952 and 1964.[2] In 1954, it was the first paper in the world to publish the Moomin comic strip by Finnish artist Tove Jansson.[3]
In 1960, as part of the same takeover that merged the News Chronicle into the Daily Mail, the Evening News incorporated another London evening paper, The Star. For some years the merged paper was called The Evening News and Star.
Demise and reappearanceEdit
Although it had been the biggest evening paper in London over several decades, by the 1970s the Evening News was struggling with financial problems and falling sales, for television was eating away its market share. It switched from broadsheet to tabloid in September 1974, and stopped printing on Saturdays in June 1979. In October 1980, Associated Newspapers announced that the newspaper would be closed at the end of the month. The last issue was on 31 October 1980. The paper was merged with its long-time rival the Evening Standard. For some time the resulting paper was called the New Standard. The name Evening News continued to feature on the titlepiece of the Evening Standard until the relaunch of the Evening News in the late 1980s.
The Evening News reappeared for a few months in 1987 when it was launched by the Evening Standard's owner Associated Newspapers in order to counter Robert Maxwell's London Daily News; this sparked a price war, by the end of which the Evening News was being sold at 5p, while copies of the London Daily News were 10p. The revived newspaper was edited by Lori Miles, one of the first female editors in Fleet Street.[4] Following the collapse of the London Daily News in July, the Evening News continued for a further three months as a separate brand from the Evening Standard,[1] catering for a more "female and South London"[4] readership before being re-absorbed into its sister publication and former rival on 30 October 1987.[1]
Two Evening News delivery vans cross the North Circular Road in Finchley, September 1975
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Herd, H. (1952) The march of journalism: the story of the British press from 1622 to the present day. Allen & Unwin, London.
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^Simms, Richard (2006). "The Evening News Short Story Index". Author biographies: Will Scott (1893-1964). Retrieved 14 February 2011.
^Christina Björk: "Tove Jansson – mycket mer än Mumin", Bilda förlag, Stockholm 2003, ISBN 91-574-5967-3, p. 99
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The Evening News earlier styled as The Evening News and from 1889 to 1894 The Evening News and Post was an evening newspaper published in London from 1881 to 1980 reappearing briefly in 1987 It became highly popular under the control of the Harmsworth brothers For a long time it maintained the largest daily sale of any evening newspaper in London After financial struggles and falling sales it was eventually merged with its long time rival the Evening Standard in 1980 The newspaper was revived for an eight month period in 1987 Evening NewsThe first issue of The Evening News published on 26 July 1881Owner s Associated NewspapersEditorMartin Fradd 1881 1882 Charles Williams 1882 1883 Founded 1 26 July 1881 2 25 February 1987 1 Ceased publication 1 31 October 1980 2 30 October 1987 1 Contents 1 Early history 2 20th century 3 Demise and reappearance 4 Editors 5 See also 6 Sources 7 References 8 External linksEarly history EditThe newspaper was founded by Coleridge Kennard and Harry Marks The first issue appeared on 26 July 1881 It was the first popular evening paper in London It was priced at one halfpenny distinguishing itself from the more serious penny papers such as The Times The first issues were printed on light blue paper and later editions on yellow and green paper The rivalry between halfpenny papers in the late 19th century was fierce and almost ended the Evening News According to some sources the paper was losing 40 000 a year The brothers Alfred and Harold Harmsworth bought the paper for 25 000 in 1894 In 1888 Alfred had founded a paper called Answers which was modelled after another popular paper called Tit Bits Harold gave up his clerk s job to handle the business side of the papers while Alfred effectively controlled the papers with great success Alfred later became ennobled as Lord Northcliffe and Harold as Lord Rothermere The brothers started several papers of which the Daily Mail became the most influential Under editor Kennedy Jones the Evening News was one of the papers that transformed the English press with their so called new journalism This meant that the papers were aimed at a wider general public than the traditional ones such as The Times 20th century EditThe Evening News became one of the leading papers in England under the control of Northcliffe Evening newspapers were not considered to be good investments in 1900 and most of the London newspapers were losing money At the same time the Evening News was making profit of 50 000 a year The circulation numbers of English newspapers between the 1850s and the 1930s can only be guessed at The newspapers would not publish exact figures except in their advertising which cannot be trusted Some authors have carefully estimated that in 1910 the circulation of the Evening News was 300 000 Among the halfpenny evening papers that would amount to a share of 35 7 per cent The estimate for the average circulation of July 1914 is approximately 600 000 which would have made it the biggest evening paper in London During the First World War 1914 1918 the paper was widely criticised for its views on women Women were now being treated with equality in mind Other newspapers such as the Daily Sketch had a much more neutral approach to the introduction of women en masse into workplaces in place of men which took place owing to the military conscription that began in 1916 Northcliffe died in 1922 Subsequently control of Associated Newspapers including the Daily Mail Evening News Weekly Dispatch and Overseas Daily Mail was bought by his brother Harold After 1936 Harold s son Esmond took over as chairman of Associated Newspapers Ninety four short stories by crime fiction writer Will Scott were published in the paper between 1952 and 1964 2 In 1954 it was the first paper in the world to publish the Moomin comic strip by Finnish artist Tove Jansson 3 In 1960 as part of the same takeover that merged the News Chronicle into the Daily Mail the Evening News incorporated another London evening paper The Star For some years the merged paper was called The Evening News and Star Demise and reappearance EditAlthough it had been the biggest evening paper in London over several decades by the 1970s the Evening News was struggling with financial problems and falling sales for television was eating away its market share It switched from broadsheet to tabloid in September 1974 and stopped printing on Saturdays in June 1979 In October 1980 Associated Newspapers announced that the newspaper would be closed at the end of the month The last issue was on 31 October 1980 The paper was merged with its long time rival the Evening Standard For some time the resulting paper was called the New Standard The name Evening News continued to feature on the titlepiece of the Evening Standard until the relaunch of the Evening News in the late 1980s The Evening News reappeared for a few months in 1987 when it was launched by the Evening Standard s owner Associated Newspapers in order to counter Robert Maxwell s London Daily News this sparked a price war by the end of which the Evening News was being sold at 5p while copies of the London Daily News were 10p The revived newspaper was edited by Lori Miles one of the first female editors in Fleet Street 4 Following the collapse of the London Daily News in July the Evening News continued for a further three months as a separate brand from the Evening Standard 1 catering for a more female and South London 4 readership before being re absorbed into its sister publication and former rival on 30 October 1987 1 nbsp Two Evening News delivery vans cross the North Circular Road in Finchley September 1975Editors Edit1881 Martin Fradd 5 1882 Charles Williams 5 1883 Frank Harris 5 1887 I Rubie 5 1889 W R Lawson 5 1889 J H Copleston 5 1894 Kennedy Jones 5 1896 Walter J Evans 5 1922 Charles Beattie 5 1924 Frank Fitzhugh 5 1943 Guy Schofield 1950 J Marshall 1954 Reg Willis 1967 John Gold 1974 Louis Kirby1987 Lori Miles 6 See also EditHistory of British newspapers NewspaperSources EditBlake R 2004 Harmsworth Esmond Cecil second Viscount Rothermere 1898 1978 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Accessed March 20 2007 Engel M 1996 Tickle the Public One hundred years of the popular press Gollancz London Herd H 1952 The march of journalism the story of the British press from 1622 to the present day Allen amp Unwin London Lee A J 1976 The Origins of the Popular Press in England 1855 1914 Croom Helm London Morison S 1932 The English Newspaper Some Account of the Physical Development of Journals Printed in London Between 1622 amp the Present Day Cambridge University Press Cambridge Pound R amp Harmsworth G 1959 Northcliffe Cassell London References Edit a b c d History of the Evening News Simms Richard 2006 The Evening News Short Story Index Author biographies Will Scott 1893 1964 Retrieved 14 February 2011 Christina Bjork Tove Jansson mycket mer an Mumin Bilda forlag Stockholm 2003 ISBN 91 574 5967 3 p 99 a b Fleet Street s first female editor Lori Miles on her move to customer mags Press Gazette Archived from the original on 29 September 2015 Retrieved 27 September 2015 a b c d e f g h i j Conrad First The Evening News London UK Conrad First The Joseph Conrad Periodical Archive Archived from the original on 1 October 2018 Retrieved 25 July 2022 PressGazette Archived from the original on 29 September 2015 Retrieved 27 September 2015 External links Edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to The Evening News London newspaper Simms R 2006 The History of the Evening News Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Evening News London newspaper amp oldid 1174917901, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
