South London Press
| Format | Tabloid |
|---|---|
| Owner(s) | Street Runners Ltd |
| Headquarters | Greenwich |
| Circulation | 15,400 (Fridays) (as of 1 September 2014)[1] |
| Website | South London Press & Mercury |
A news outlet in Greenwich that sells the South London Press. Despite the slogan, Greenwich itself is not covered by the SLP.
The South London Press (SLP) is a bi-weekly newspaper based in Greenwich, South London, covering local news within the London Borough of Lambeth, London Borough of Southwark, London Borough of Lewisham, London Borough of Wandsworth and all South London
First published in 1865, the newspaper is published every Tuesday in digital form and Friday in paper form.[2]
Many of its reporters have gone on to make careers in Fleet Street, and it is still considered a training ground for the nationals. Max Wall and then Richard Woolveridge edited the bi-weekly in its glory days when its circulation was over 130,000.
The novelist Martyn Bedford used to work in the Lewisham office of the paper, while Brian Alexander, the former sports editor of The Sun and Mail on Sunday, was sports editor until 1986. Paul McCarthy, sports editor of the News of the World, John Pienaar, political correspondent and reporter on BBC Radio 5 Live and David Bond, who was appointed as the BBC's Sports Editor in 2010, worked at the SLP in the 1980s and 1990s.
Others who went on to Fleet Street include Brian McConnell, Peter Burden, Ron Ricketts, Geoff Manners, John Rodda and Colin Wood.
The South London Press won the Press Gazette Regional Press Awards 2009 Newspaper of the Year for weekly newspapers above 20,000 circulation.[3]
The SLP incorporates former newspapers, South London News and South London Observer, and the South London Advertiser Group.
Between 2007 and 2016 the paper was part of the Tindle Group, which bought it from Trinity Mirror.
In 2016 the paper was acquired by Capital Media Newspapers before being sold on to Street Runners Ltd in July 2017.
Sponsored Millwall F.C..
In March 2013 the South London Press moved from its Leigham Court Road address in Streatham Hill and split to two locations. The editorial and credit control departments are now located just round the corner at 23 Streatham High Road, in the former Oxfam shop opposite the Five Bells public house. The Advertising, Pre-press and other departments are based in Yeoman House, Croydon Road, Penge.
See also
- List of newspapers in London
References
^ "South London Press (Fri) Publication Data". Newspaper Reports. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
^ "South London Press makes Tuesday edition digital-only". HoldtheFrontPage. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
^ "Regional Press Awards 2009: the full list of winners". Press Gazette. 8 May 2009. Archived from the original on 25 September 2012. Retrieved 9 November 2012.
External links
- South London Press website
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