History
The paper was founded in 1754, as the Leeds Intelligencer, making it one of Britain's first daily newspapers. The Leeds Intelligencer was a weekly newspaper until it was given its current name and was published daily in 1866.
The first issue of the Yorkshire Post, on 2 July 1866 (after the change of title from the Intelligencer), included the following statement:
| “ | the political principles of this journal are Conservative; while supporting every practical improvement, it will resist organic changes ... It will be at once conservative and progressive, a foe to democracy and revolution, but the firm friend of all constitutional reform. | ” |
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—Yorkshire Post, 2 July 1866 |
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The newspaper broke the story of the Edward VIII abdication crisis. At its peak in the 1950s it sold 120,000 copies a day.although this figure had dropped to 40,000 by 2012.
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