The Belfast Telegraph is a daily newspaper published in Belfast, Northern Ireland by Independent News & Media.
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.
According to the Audit Bureau of Circulations, between January and June 2012 the paper had an average daily circulation of 53,847. This represented a decline of 9.2% year on year and 0.1% on the previous 6 months. Belfast Telegraph ABC Audited Figures
The Belfast Telegraph still has the highest circulation as audited by ABC of the local daily newspapers including the NI edition of the Daily Mirror 52,009, Irish News 42,084 and News Letter 22,198.
The Beflast Telegraph is read by 174,000 people daily according to NITIG 2012, annual readership research subscribed to by media owners and advertising agencies throughout the UK and Ireland. The Belfast Telegraph readership shows the best balanced readership across all communities in Northern Ireland.
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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. The weekday morning "Compact Edition", launched on 22 March 2005,. All editions of the Belfast Telegraph evening editions were converted to Compact from 25 March 2009. The Belfast Telegraph now publishes 2 editions daily Belfast Telegraph final edition and the North West Telegraph which is distributed in Derry/Londonderry.
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.
2012 Awards
The Belfast Telegraph was named as Best Regional Newspaper of the Year 2012 by the Society of Editors Regional Press Awards.
At the Cocoa Cola CIPR Awards, Belfast Telegraph scooped the following awards Newspaper of the Year, Website of the Year, Supplement of the Year for its Titanic Tales series, Business Journalist of the Year Claire McNeilly, Production Journalist of the year for Heather Byrne, Features Journalist of the Year for Jane Hardy and Lifetime Achievement Award for former Editor Roy Lilley.
Read more about The Belfast Telegraph: Independent News & Media (NI) Ltd
Famous quotes containing the word belfast:
“Is it true or false that Belfast is north of London? That the galaxy is the shape of a fried egg? That Beethoven was a drunkard? That Wellington won the battle of Waterloo? There are various degrees and dimensions of success in making statements: the statements fit the facts always more or less loosely, in different ways on different occasions for different intents and purposes.”
—J.L. (John Langshaw)