Aberdeen Journals
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Aberdeen Journals Ltd. is a newspaper
Newspaper
A newspaper is a scheduled publication containing news of current events, informative articles, diverse features and advertising. It usually is printed on relatively inexpensive, low-grade paper such as newsprint. By 2007, there were 6580 daily newspapers in the world selling 395 million copies a...

 publisher based in Aberdeen
Aberdeen
Aberdeen is Scotland's third most populous city, one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas and the United Kingdom's 25th most populous city, with an official population estimate of ....

, Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

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The company publishes the Press and Journal
Press and Journal (Scotland)
The Press and Journal, often called the P&J, is a daily regional newspaper serving the northern counties of Scotland including the cities of Aberdeen and Inverness...

, the Evening Express
Evening Express (Scotland)
The Evening Express is a daily local newspaper serving the city of Aberdeen in Scotland. It was first published in November 1879.It was a tabloid during the 1930s to the 1950s until it resumed a broadsheet in November 1958, six days a week. By September 1989, The Saturday edition returned to a...

, the Aberdeen Citizen
Aberdeen Citizen
The Aberdeen Citizen is the highest distributed free newspaper in Aberdeen. It is a weekly newspaper. Launched in 1989, as the Aberdeen Herald & Post, it was re-launched as its current title in 2002. It provides a round-up of the week's community news, sport and events to over 75,000 households in...

and ScotADs newspapers. It was owned by Northcliffe Newspapers Group, which is owned by Daily Mail & General Trust from 1995 until 2006, when Aberdeen Journals was sold to Dundee
Dundee
Dundee is the fourth-largest city in Scotland and the 39th most populous settlement in the United Kingdom. It lies within the eastern central Lowlands on the north bank of the Firth of Tay, which feeds into the North Sea...

 based D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd
D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd
D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd, is a publishing company based in Dundee, Scotland, best known for producing The Dundee Courier, The Evening Telegraph, The Sunday Post, Oor Wullie, The Broons, The Beano, The Dandy and Commando comics...

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Aberdeen Journals is owned by DC Thomson & Co Ltd. It is based at Lang Stracht, Mastrick, Aberdeen and produces the following titles: Press & Journal, Evening Express, Aberdeen Citizen, Scot-ads. DC Thomson & Co Ltd was founded in 1905.
It has almost 2,000 employees. Head Office in Dundee plus offices in Aberdeen, Glasgow, Manchester and London Produces more than 200 million magazines, newspapers and comics each year, such as The Courier, The Evening Telegraph, Sunday Post, the Weekly News and Beano.

The Press & Journal was first published as a weekly title on Dec 29th 1747 and was known as The Aberdeen’s Journal.
It was published on a weekly basis for 128 years until August 1876, when it became a daily newspaper. In November 1922, the paper was renamed The Aberdeen Press & Journal when its parent firm joined forces with the Free Press. The Press & Journal, often called the P&J, is a daily morning regional newspaper. It is printed 6 days a week – as a broadsheet Monday to Friday and as a compact edition on a Saturday. The Press & Journal produces 6 geographic editions every day in order to best serve the population. Every day is different with the Press & Journal - with a wide variety of supplements appealing to many different tastes. Local, national and international news and sport - it is a different kind of daily newspaper.
Online, the Press & Journal serves consumer’s needs - not only with news and sport - there are sites dedicated to: ENERGY; YourJob; YourAds; YourHome; YourCar; YourDining; YourBreaks; and Family Announcements.

Daily readership – 138,000*
Weekly readership – 287,000*
Circulation – 72,767*
  • ABC 05 Jul – 02 Jan 2011 The Press & Journal (96.5% paid) Evening Express (97.3%), Dundee Courier; ABC 03 Jan – 30 Jan 2011 Scotland on Sunday, The Herald, The Scotsman, Sunday Herald.


The current editor for the Press and Journal is Damian Bates.

The Evening Express is a daily local evening newspaper which was first published in November 1879.

The Evening Express reaches a region of great industry and prosperity. Covering the whole of Aberdeenshire, the title has Aberdeen at its heart. The city was recently described as being one of the world’s top places to live for quality of life and is also the Energy Capital of Europe. The Evening Express plays a vital role to the people of Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire. More adults in the north east of Scotland turn to the Evening Express to keep in touch with what’s going on in the region than any other media. With a readership of 181,000 adults every week, the Evening Express reaches 58% of the total population of a key region.*
The potential of the area has been recognised recently with several retail developments built including the £250 million Union Square shopping centre and the £271 million world class golf and leisure facility being constructed by Donald Trump on the outskirts of the city. The oil and gas industry has led to great wealth for the region with annual earnings in the City 25% higher than the Scottish average.

The current editor for the Evening Express is Alan McAbe.
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