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Former Belfast Telegraph offices, July 2010The 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.[1] Reflecting its unionist tradition, the paper has historically been "favoured by the Protestant population",[3] while also being read within Catholic nationalist communities in Northern Ireland.[4][5][6] It has been owned by Independent News and Media, a Dublin-based media company, since 2000,[7] and is the company's only print title outside of the Republic of Ireland.
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",[8] and operating an editorial policy supportive of "moderate unionism",[9] the Belfast Telegraph was bought by the Dublin-based Independent News & Media group in March 2000.[10]
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.[11] The weekday morning compact edition was launched on 22 March 2005.[12]
In 2015, the Telegraph launched the magazine supplement Family Life.[13]
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.[1]
The Belfast Telegraph was named as Best UK Regional Newspaper of the Year 2012 by the Society of Editors Regional Press Awards.[14]
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,[15] to 31,340 for the same period in 2019.[16]
Year (period) Average circulation per issue 2002 (July to December)[15] 109,571 2009 (January to June)[17] 68,024 2010 (July to December)[18] 58,491 2012 (January to June)[19] 53,847 2013 (January to June)[20] 49,228 2014 (July to December)[21] 45,905 2015 (January to June)[22] 44,141 2016 (January to June)[23] 41,912 2017 (July to December)[24] 36,403 2018 (July to December)[25] 33,951 2019 (July to December)[16] 31,340the Belfast Telegraph has been seen to represent unionist political interests and has always been favoured by the Protestant population
It is not overtly pro-unionist, though it lies slightly in that direction. For example, it usually uses the unionist expression "Londonderry" in favor of the nationalist term "Derry," but it sells well in Catholic areas
the Belfast Telegraph which could be described as a tabloid with unionist leanings
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