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{{Short description|Daily newspaper from Liverpool (1855–2013)}}
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{{Infobox Newspaper
| name = Liverpool Daily Post
| image = 
| caption = 
| type = Daily (1855–2012)<br />Weekly (2012–13)
| format = [[Tabloid (newspaper format)|Tabloid]]
| foundation = {{Start date and age|1855}}
| owners = [[Reach plc|Trinity Mirror]]
| publisher = 
| editor = Mark Thomas
| chiefeditor = 
| assoceditor = 
| staff = 
| language = English
| ceased publication = {{end date|2013|12|19|df=y}}
| political = Non-aligned
| circulation = 
| headquarters = [[Post & Echo Building]], Old Hall Street, [[Liverpool]]
| sister newspapers = 
| oclc = 
| ISSN = 
| website = [https://web.archive.org/web/20131218011458/http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/ liverpooldailypost.co.uk]<br />(archived)
}}
The '''''Liverpool Post''''' was a newspaper published by [[Reach plc|Trinity Mirror]] in [[Liverpool]], Merseyside, England. The newspaper and its website ceased publication on 19 December 2013.

Until 13 January 2012 it was a daily morning newspaper, with the title ''The Liverpool Daily Post''. It retained the name ''Liverpool Daily Post'' for its website, which continued to offer a daily service of news, business and sport to the people of Merseyside until the closure of the publication. The ''Liverpool Daily Post'' split from its sister North Wales title, ''[[North Wales Daily Post|The Daily Post]]'', which still publishes six days a week, in 2003. The newspaper has been published since 1855. Historically the newspaper was published by the Liverpool Daily Post & Echo Ltd.

The ''Liverpool Daily Post'' was first published in 1855 by [[Michael James Whitty]]. Whitty, a former Chief Constable for Liverpool, had campaigned for the abolition of the [[Stamp Act]] under which newspapers were taxed. When the abolition took place, Whitty began publishing the ''Daily Post'' at one penny per copy, undercutting the incumbent best-selling Liverpudlian newspaper, the ''[[Liverpool Mercury]]''.<ref>{{cite ODNB |last1=Courtney |first1=W. P. |title=Whitty, Michael James |url=https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/29335 |year=2004 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/29335 |access-date=12 May 2023}}</ref><ref name="echo">{{cite news |title=1855 and the Liverpool Daily Post begins publication |url=https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/1855-liverpool-daily-post-begins-3369216 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=[[Liverpool Echo]] |date=2 July 2011}}</ref>

In 1904 the ''Liverpool Daily Post'' merged with the ''Liverpool Mercury'' but its title was retained.<ref name="echo"/> The limited company expanded internationally and in 1985 was restructured as Trinity Holdings. The two original newspapers had just previously been re-launched in tabloid format. In 1999 Trinity merged with Mirror Group Newspapers to become [[Reach plc|Trinity Mirror]], the largest stable of newspapers in the UK.

On 31 January 2009, the ''Daily Post'' published its final Saturday edition, and from then only published Monday-Friday. The ''Daily Post's'' final appearance was on 13 January 2012, after which it became a weekly paper simply known as ''The Liverpool Post'' published every Thursday.

In the period December 2010 – June 2011, the ''Liverpool Daily Post'' had an average daily circulation of 8,217 while the ''North Wales Daily Post'' edition had an average daily circulation of 31,802, bringing the total to just over 40,000.<ref name="circ">{{cite news| url=http://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2011/news/norwich-daily-tops-regional-circulation-league| title=ABC figures: How the regional dailies performed| work=HoldTheFrontPage| location=UK| access-date=25 September 2011| date=31 August 2011| archive-date=28 May 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170528134411/http://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2011/news/norwich-daily-tops-regional-circulation-league/| url-status=live}}</ref>

On 10 December 2013, the ''Liverpool Post'' announced it was to cease publishing after more than 158 years.<ref name="cease">{{cite news | url=http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/liverpool-post-cease-publishing-6391108 | title=The Liverpool Post to cease publishing | work=The Liverpool Post | location=UK | access-date=10 December 2013 | date=10 December 2013 | archive-date=13 December 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213090938/http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/liverpool-post-cease-publishing-6391108 | url-status=live }}</ref> The final edition was printed on 19 December 2013.

Its sister publication, the ''[[Liverpool Echo]]'', is now the sole daily newspaper in Liverpool.
==Former journalists==
*[[Jane Costello]], author of popular novels, who under her real name Jane Wolstenholme, was editor until 2006.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gazette |first=Press |date=25 October 2006 |title=Liverpool editor quits for PR and writing |url=https://pressgazette.co.uk/archive-content/liverpool-editor-quits-for-pr-and-writing/ |access-date=24 July 2024 |website=Press Gazette |language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[David Charters]], who was a reporter and columnist for the Daily Post and Echo for more than 50 years<ref>{{Cite web |last=Machray |first=Ali |date=14 September 2020 |title=Tributes to 'The Bard of Birkenhead' and much loved journalist |url=https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/tributes-david-charters-the-bard-18934214 |access-date=24 July 2024 |website=Liverpool Echo |language=en}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{official website|https://web.archive.org/web/20120329171801/http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/}} (Archived from 2012)
*[http://www.dailypost.co.uk/ ''Daily Post'' (North Wales edition)]
*[http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/ournewspapers/liverpoolecho/tm_objectid=11472306%26method=full%26siteid=50061%26page=1%26headline=history%2dof%2dthe%2dliverpool%2ddaily%2dpost%2d%2d%2decho%2dltd-name_page.html History of the newspapers from icLiverpool]
*[http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/ icLiverpool news homepage, carries stories from the ''Daily Post'' and ''Echo'']

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