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:''For the newspaper of the same name formerly published in Birmingham, Alabama, see Birmingham Post-Herald.'' The ''Birmingham Post'' is a weekly printed newspaper based in Birmingham, England, with distribution throughout the West Midlands. First published under the name the ''Birmingham Daily Post'' in 1857, it has had a succession of distinguished editors and has played an influential role in the life and politics of the city. It is currently owned by Trinity Mirror. In June 2013, it launched a daily tablet edition called ''Birmingham Post Business Daily.'' ==History== ''The Birmingham Journal'' was a weekly newspaper published between 1825 and 1869. A nationally influential voice in the Chartist movement in the 1830s, it was sold to John Frederick Feeney in 1844 and was a direct ancestor of today's Birmingham Post. The 1855 Stamp Act removed the tax on newspapers and transformed the news trade. The price of the Journal was reduced from seven pence to four pence and circulation boomed.〔Upton, Chris (2007-12-01). "Taxing times for city's pioneer newspaper man". Birmingham Post (Birmingham Post & Mail Ltd). Retrieved 2008-01-05.〕 Untaxed, it became possible to sell a newspaper for a penny, and the advantage lay with smaller, more frequent publications that could keep their readers more up to date. Feeney and Journal editor, John Jaffray initially contemplated a second mid-week edition of the Journal, but the launch of Birmingham's first daily newspaper by prominent radical George Dawson - the short-lived ''Birmingham Daily Press'' - provoked them into launching their own daily title - ''The Birmingham Daily Post'' on December 4, 1857. Historical copies of the ''Birmingham Daily Post'', dating back to 1857, are available to search and view in digitised form at The British Newspaper Archive.〔(Digitised copies of the ''Birmingham Daily Post'' )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Birmingham Post」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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