| Type | Daily Local Newspaper |
|---|---|
| Owner(s) | Archant Limited |
| Editor | Brad Jones |
| Founded | 13 October 1874 |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | Princes Street, Ipswich |
| Circulation | 12,589 (as of Dec 2018) |
| Website | eadt |
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The East Anglian Daily Times is a British local newspaper for Suffolk and Essex, based in Ipswich.
History
It began publication on 13 October 1874,[1] incorporating the Ipswich Express, which had been published since 13 August 1839.[2]
The East Anglian Daily Times merged news operations with the Ipswich Star in 2010, under the stewardship of chief executive of Archant Suffolk, Stuart McCreery. The editor is Brad Jones.[3]
The paper is published daily from Monday to Saturday in four regional editions: West Suffolk (around Bury St Edmunds), North Suffolk (around Lowestoft), East Suffolk (around Ipswich) and Essex (Colchester). In the period December 2010-June 2011, it had an average daily circulation of 29,932.[4] By December 2018, circulation had dropped to 12,589 [5]
The East Anglian Daily Times Company merged with Eastern Counties Newspapers in the 1960s; the group is now part of Archant.[6]
References
- ^ "East Anglian Daily Times". Newsplan. Retrieved 2 May 2009.
- ^ "Ipswich Express". Newsplan. Retrieved 2 May 2009.
- ^ "East Anglian Daily Times". media.info. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
- ^ "ABC figures: How the regional dailies performed". HoldTheFrontPage. UK. 31 August 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
- ^ https://www.abc.org.uk/Certificates/49250165.pdf
- ^ "Newspaper publishing". Archant. Archived from the original on 30 December 2008. Retrieved 2 May 2009.