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| circulation_date = 2023
| circulation_ref = <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.org.uk/product/9801 |title=Oxford Mail |publisher=[[Audit Bureau of Circulations (UK)]] |date=19 February 2024 |access-date=2 March 2024}}</ref>
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The ''Oxford Mail'' was founded in 1928 as a successor to ''Jackson's Oxford Journal'' (1753 - 1928).<ref>[https://www.oxfordshirehistory.org.uk/public/blog/blog_012.htm Oxford Mail Library]. Oxfordshire County Council - History Centre.</ref><ref>[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/titles/oxford-journal Jackson's Oxford Journal]. BNA - British Newspaper Archive.</ref>
The ''Oxford Mail'' was founded in 1928 as a successor to ''Jackson's Oxford Journal'' (1753 - 1928).<ref>[https://www.oxfordshirehistory.org.uk/public/blog/blog_012.htm Oxford Mail Library]. Oxfordshire County Council - History Centre.</ref><ref>[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/titles/oxford-journal Jackson's Oxford Journal]. BNA - British Newspaper Archive.</ref>


Originally an evening newspaper, the ''Oxford Mail'' is now published in the morning. In the second half of 2008 its circulation fell to 23,402,<ref name=PressGazette>{{cite web |url=http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=43190 |title=Regional ABCs: Paid-for circulation falls at every GB daily |last=Amos |first=Owen |date=26 February 2009 |work=Press Gazette|access-date=14 January 2011}}</ref> by 2013 it had fallen to 16,569, a year-on-year decline of 5.6%<ref name=ABC2>{{cite web |url=http://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2013/news/abc-figures-how-the-regional-dailies-performed-6/ |title=ABC figures: How the regional dailies performed |last=Lindford |first=Paul |date=28 August 2013|website=HoldTheFrontPage] |access-date=5 September 2015}}</ref> By the second half of 2014, its circulation had fallen to 12,103.<ref name="abc-2014">{{cite web |url=http://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2015/news/abcs-all-the-figures-for-regional-dailies/ |title=ABCs: All the figures for regional dailies |first=Paul |last=Linford |date=25 February 2015 |website=HoldTheFrontPage |access-date=10 December 2016}}</ref>
Originally an evening newspaper, the ''Oxford Mail'' is now published in the morning.

In the period July to December 2015, the paper's circulation fell again, to 11,173.<ref name="abc-2015">{{cite web |url=http://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2016/news/editor-less-regional-daily-tops-abc-league-table-again/ |title=ABCs: All the figures for regional dailies |first=Paul |last=Linford |date=24 February 2016 |website=HoldTheFrontPage |access-date=10 December 2016}}</ref> In January to June 2016, a further decline to 10,777 was recorded, an 8.4% fall in year-on-year.<ref name="abc-2016Q1Q2">{{cite web |url=http://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2016/news/cuts-hit-regional-daily-newspaper-tops-abc-league/ |title=Cuts-hit regional daily newspaper tops ABC league |first=David |last=Sharman |date=25 August 2016 |website=HoldTheFrontPage |access-date=10 December 2016}}</ref>

The latest published circulation was 4,115 (July – December 2023).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.org.uk/product/9801 |title=Oxford Mail |publisher=[[Audit Bureau of Circulations (UK)]] |date=19 February 2024 |access-date=2 March 2024}}</ref>


==Notable former staff==
==Notable former staff==

Revision as of 08:04, 30 July 2024

Oxford Mail
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatTabloid
Owner(s)Newsquest
EditorAndrew Colley
Founded1928 (1753: predecessor "Jackson's Oxford Journal")
LanguageEnglish
HeadquartersNewspaper House, Osney Mead, Oxford
Circulation4,115 (as of 2023)[1]
Websiteoxfordmail.co.uk

Oxford Mail is a daily tabloid newspaper in Oxford, England, owned by Newsquest. It is published six days a week. It is a sister paper to the weekly tabloid The Oxford Times.

History

The Oxford Mail was founded in 1928 as a successor to Jackson's Oxford Journal (1753 - 1928).[2][3]

Originally an evening newspaper, the Oxford Mail is now published in the morning. In the second half of 2008 its circulation fell to 23,402,[4] by 2013 it had fallen to 16,569, a year-on-year decline of 5.6%[5] By the second half of 2014, its circulation had fallen to 12,103.[6]

In the period July to December 2015, the paper's circulation fell again, to 11,173.[7] In January to June 2016, a further decline to 10,777 was recorded, an 8.4% fall in year-on-year.[8]

The latest published circulation was 4,115 (July – December 2023).[9]

Notable former staff

References

  1. ^ "Oxford Mail". Audit Bureau of Circulations (UK). 19 February 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
  2. ^ Oxford Mail Library. Oxfordshire County Council - History Centre.
  3. ^ Jackson's Oxford Journal. BNA - British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ Amos, Owen (26 February 2009). "Regional ABCs: Paid-for circulation falls at every GB daily". Press Gazette. Retrieved 14 January 2011.
  5. ^ Lindford, Paul (28 August 2013). "ABC figures: How the regional dailies performed". HoldTheFrontPage]. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
  6. ^ Linford, Paul (25 February 2015). "ABCs: All the figures for regional dailies". HoldTheFrontPage. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
  7. ^ Linford, Paul (24 February 2016). "ABCs: All the figures for regional dailies". HoldTheFrontPage. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
  8. ^ Sharman, David (25 August 2016). "Cuts-hit regional daily newspaper tops ABC league". HoldTheFrontPage. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
  9. ^ "Oxford Mail". Audit Bureau of Circulations (UK). 19 February 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
  10. ^ Barrington-Ward, Mark (2010). Forty Years of Oxford Planning: What has it achieved, and what next?. Oxford: Oxford Civic Society. pp. author's biography on rear cover.
  11. ^ Morley Safer - Obituary. David K. Li, New York Post.


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