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South Wales Evening Post

Welsh newspaper

Summary

Welsh newspaper

Field	Value
name	South Wales Evening Post
type	Daily newspaper
circulation	5,471
circulation_date	2023
circulation_ref
format	Tabloid
founded	1893 as the South Wales Daily Post
owners	Reach plc
editor	Jonathan Roberts
political_position
price	£0.38
language	English / Welsh
headquarters	Swansea, United Kingdom
website

The South Wales Evening Post is a tabloid daily newspaper distributed in the South West region of Wales. The paper has three daily editions – Swansea; Neath and Port Talbot; and Carmarthenshire – and is published by Media Wales, part of the Reach plc group. The current editor is Jonathan Roberts. As the name suggests, it had previously been an evening paper, but later became a morning daily.

History

Founded in 1893 as the South Wales Daily Post, the paper changed its name in 1932 to the current title. Former journalists included poet Dylan Thomas, who joined from school in 1930 but left 18 months later to become freelance.

In August 2006, according to the ABC figures, the South Wales Evening Post overtook the Cardiff-based South Wales Echo as the biggest-selling evening newspaper in Wales.

Presently the Post is published six days a week by Media Wales, which also publishes the Carmarthen Journal, Neath Port Talbot Courier, and Llanelli Star. The Evening Post produces a range of special features and supplements on entertainment, TV, motoring, property, employment and sport.

In 2012, Local World acquired owner Northcliffe Media from Daily Mail and General Trust.

In 2013 the paper gained national attention during the 2013 Swansea measles epidemic as it had previously led a campaign against the vaccine after misunderstanding Andrew Wakefield's research.

References

(29 January 2024). "South Wales Evening Post". [[Audit Bureau of Circulations (UK)]].
[http://www.assemblywales.org/N0000000000000000000000000043618.pdf Meeting of the Culture, Welsh Language and Sport Committee, Thursday, 16 February 2006]
[http://www.local-world.co.uk/pdf/Jonathan%20Roberts%2020%20Feb.pdf Local World press release, 20 February 2013]
[http://www.swansea.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=2234 City & County of Swansea - Local and Welsh newspapers]
(2022). "Dylan's Life – The 1930s". City and County of Swansea.
(18 October 2007). "Editor to quit South Wales Echo". BBC News.
[http://www.southwales-eveningpost.co.uk/supplements.html South Wales Evening Post:Supplements]
[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20424474 "''Daily Mail'' sells regional newspapers to Local World"]. BBC News, 21 November 2012
Meikle, James. (17 April 2013). "Measles outbreak sees 'missing generation' queuing for MMR jab". The Guardian.

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