Eastern Daily Press

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Eastern Daily Press
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatCompact (ex-broadsheet)
Publisher Newsquest
EditorRichard Porritt
Founded1870
Political alignment Nonpartisan
Language English
Headquarters Norwich
Circulation 13,907(as of 2023) [1]
Website edp24.co.uk

The Eastern Daily Press (EDP) is a regional newspaper covering Norfolk, northern parts of Suffolk and eastern Cambridgeshire, and is published daily in Norwich, UK. The paper also produces a sister edition, the Norwich Evening News .

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History

Founded in 1870 as a broadsheet called the Eastern Counties Daily Press, it changed its name to the Eastern Daily Press in 1872. It switched to the compact (tabloid) format in the mid-1990s. The paper is now owned and published by Newsquest. In 2022 Newsquest took over the newspaper's former publisher Archant, formerly known as Eastern Counties Newspapers Group.

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References

  1. "Norwich - Eastern Daily Press". Audit Bureau of Circulations (UK). 18 August 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.