The Herald (Ireland)
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Tabloid (formerly broadsheet) |
| Owner(s) | Independent News & Media who are a subsidiary of Mediahuis |
| Founded | 1891 |
| Headquarters | Talbot Street, Dublin |
| Website | www.herald.ie |
The Herald is a nationwide mid-market tabloid newspaper headquartered in Dublin, Ireland and published by Independent News & Media who are a subsidiary of Mediahuis.[1] It is published Monday-Saturday. The paper was known as the Evening Herald until its name was changed in 2013.
History
The Evening Herald was first published in Dublin on 19 December 1891.[2]
In 1982 the paper changed its size from broadsheet to tabloid.[citation needed]
Until November 2000, the Evening Herald was produced and pressed in Independent House on Middle Abbey Street, Dublin 1.[citation needed] The monochrome printing facility in the basement of this building was then retired, and the paper is now printed in full colour at a purpose-built plant in Citywest, along with the Irish Independent, the Sunday Independent and various other regional newspapers owned by Independent News & Media. In 2004, production of the paper was moved from Independent House to a new office on Talbot Street and the paper's old home was sold to the neighbouring department store, Arnotts, for an estimated €26 million.[citation needed]
The life of Herald music critic Chris Wasser was threatened by fans of boy band The Wanted in 2012 following the publication of his review of their gig in Dublin.[3]
In March 2013, it was reported that the Evening Herald was to be renamed The Herald. It is also set to become a morning rather than an evening newspaper.[4]
In March 2017, it was announced that INM were merging the Sunday World and The Herald newsrooms.[5]
Digital archive
The Evening Herald is available on the Irish Newspaper Archives website; up to 2004 you will only find "Black-And-White" microfilm pages but since 2005 the pages of the Evening Herald online in colour.[citation needed]
The paper is also online at Herald.ie.[citation needed]
Up to 2009 online at British Newspaper Archive.[citation needed]
Herald AM
On 10 October 2005, a free version of the Evening Herald, published in the mornings and entitled Herald AM, began distribution, as a defensive measure against the Daily Mail and General Trust-owned Metro, launched on the same date. It joined with another morning freesheet Metro to become the Metro Herald. Herald AM later closed.[citation needed]
Circulation
| Year (period) | Average circulation per issue |
|---|---|
| 1999 (January to June)[6] | 110,500
|
| 2005 (January to June)[7] | 93,830
|
| 2006 (January to June)[8] | 87,645
|
| 2010 (January to June)[9] | 67,657
|
| 2011 (January to June)[9] | 61,936
|
| 2012 (January to June)[10] | 61,179
|
| 2012 (July to December)[11] | 58,826
|
| 2014 (July to December)[12] | 49,512
|
| 2015 (July to December)[13] | 44,317
|
| 2016 (January to June)[14] | 44,085
|
| 2016 (July to December)[15] | 40,847
|
| 2017 (January to June)[16] | 39,093
|
| 2017 (July to December)[17] | 36,097
|
| 2018 (January to June)[18] | 31,946
|
| 2018 (July to December)[19] | 28,940
|
In 2019, Independent News & Media exited the ABC auditing process.[20] Hence, no circulation figures are available after 2018.
References
- ^ https://www.irishtimes.com/business/media-and-marketing/the-page-turns-at-inm-as-it-ponders-a-digital-future-1.3974231
- ^ "Evening Herald Irish Newspaper Archives".
- ^ "'Don't kill Herald critic', The Wanted tell fans". Evening Herald. Independent News & Media. 14 March 2012. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
- ^ Roy Greenslade (4 March 2013). "Dublin evening paper to change title and be sold in the mornings". the Guardian. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
- ^ "INM to merge 'Herald' and 'Sunday World' newsrooms".
- ^ "Good times begin to roll for hard-pressed newspaper sector".
- ^ "Irish Newspapers: Contrasting slants on circulation figures".
- ^ "Big drop for the Evening Herald". RTÉ.ie. 31 August 2006.
- ^ a b "Irish Evening Newspaper Circulation Jan June 2011 - Media and Marketing Consulting, PPC, SEO Ireland, Search Engine Optimisation".
- ^ "Evening Newspaper ABC Circulations, Jan-June 2012 - SEO Ireland, Search Engine Optimisation, Media and Marketing Consulting". ilevel.ie. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
- ^ "Evening Newspapers ABC June-Dec 2012 - SEO Ireland, Search Engine Optimisation, Media and Marketing Consulting". ilevel.ie. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
- ^ "Evening Newspapers ABC June-Dec 2014 - SEO Ireland, Search Engine Optimisation, Media and Marketing Consulting". ilevel.ie. Archived from the original on 20 February 2015. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
- ^ http://www.abc.org.uk/Certificates/47671885.pdf
- ^ http://abc.org.uk/Certificates/47919826.pdf
- ^ https://www.abc.org.uk/Certificates/48212061.pdf
- ^ https://www.abc.org.uk/Certificates/48554161.pdf
- ^ "Irish Newspaper Circulation July-Dec 2017 Island of Ireland Report - Media and Marketing Consulting, PPC, SEO Ireland, Search Engine Optimisation".
- ^ https://www.abc.org.uk/Certificates/49060504.pdf
- ^ https://www.abc.org.uk/Certificates/49255968.pdf
- ^ http://www.ilevel.ie/print/irish-newspaper-circulation-jan-june-2019-island-of-ireland-report/