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Edinburgh Evening News

Daily newspaper in Edinburgh, Scotland

Field	Value
name	Edinburgh Evening News
type	Daily newspaper
image	Edinburgh-Evening-News-29-March-2016.jpg
caption	Edinburgh Evening News cover (29 March 2016)
founded	1873
owners	National World
editor	Print Editor Helen Gourlay / Digital Editor Rhoda Morrison
sister_newspapers	Scotland on Sunday
The Scotsman
headquarters	Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
circulation	5,070
circulation_date	2024
circulation_ref
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The Scotsman

The Edinburgh Evening News is a daily newspaper and website based in Edinburgh, Scotland. It was founded by John Wilson (1844–1909) and first published in 1873. It is printed daily, except on Sundays. It is owned by National World, which also owns The Scotsman.

Much of the content of the Evening News concerns local issues such as transport, health, the local council and crime in Edinburgh and the Lothians. The paper has a significant number of journalists covering sport, with a dedicated reporter assigned to each of the city's football teams, Heart of Midlothian and Hibernian.

Circulation

According to ABC figures for February 2014, the paper's circulation was 28,000, down from 32,160 in the preceding February. In 2016 this had dropped to 18,362, falling again to 16,660 by February 2018. In 2023, the circulation was 6,226.

In November 2018, the owners of the Edinburgh Evening News holding company The Scotsman Publications, Johnston Press, went into administration. The assets were sold to JPIMedia.

The Evening News competed with the Edinburgh Evening Dispatch until 1963 when it subsumed the rival publication. It is now the second biggest news website in Edinburgh following the launch of the Edinburgh Live website in September 2018.

Alongside its sister publications The Scotsman and Scotland on Sunday, the Edinburgh Evening Edinburgh News was formerly headquartered in the Scottish capital at Barclay House at 109 Holyrood Road (now the main business address of Grand Theft Auto video game makers, Rockstar North). The newspapers vacated the premises in 2014 downsizing to Orchard Brae House on Queensferry Road, in a move which saved the Johnson Press group (as it then was) approximately one million pounds per year in costs.

Notable journalists

Ian Swanson, who received a Lifetime Achievement award at the Scottish Press Awards in 2024

References

(19 February 2024). "Edinburgh – Evening News". [[Audit Bureau of Circulations (UK)]].
[http://www.edinphoto.org.uk/5/6_bibliography_newspapers_0_news+dispatch.htm Bibliography – Newspapers – Edinburgh Evening News & Dispatch] {{webarchive. link. (8 August 2013)
(2014-02-27). "Further declines in Scottish newspaper sales". [[BBC News]].
(2013-02-27). "ABC figures: How all the regional dailies performed".
"Yorkshire Post tops ABC league but all dailies see sales decline". HoldtheFrontPage.
(2018-11-17). "Johnston Press: News Letter owner bought over by new company". [[BBC News]].
(2018-11-17). "Johnston Press: rescue plan for Scotsman newspaper group".
(2014-04-28). "Johnston Press saves £1m a year with office move for The Scotsman". [[Guardian News & Media Limited]].
Johnstone, Neil. (31 May 2024). "Edinburgh journalist Ian Swanson recognised with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Scottish Press Awards". Edinburgh Evening News.

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