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Lancashire Telegraph

Type	Daily newspaper
Format	Tabloid
Owner	Newsquest
Founded	1886
Headquarters	50–54 Church Street,Blackburn
Circulation	2,703 (as of 2024)[1]
ISSN	1746-0522
Website	LancashireTelegraph.co.uk

TheLancashire Telegraph, formerly theLancashire Evening Telegraph, is a localtabloid newspaper distributed in EastLancashire, England. It is edited by Richard Duggan. TheLancashire Telegraph prints Monday to Saturday. There are around twenty towns in the area, includingBlackburn,Burnley,Accrington,Darwen,Nelson,Clitheroe,Colne andRawtenstall.

As well as being editor of theLancashire Telegraph, Duggan is the regional editor ofNewsquest's newspaper brands across the North West, includingThe Bolton News,Bury Times,The Oldham Times,Warrington Guardian andWirral Globe. The newspapers are owned by Newsquest, a division ofGannett, a firm based in the United States.

The newspaper was founded by Thomas Purvis Ritzema, a young newspaper manager, who purchased two shops at 19 and 21 Railway Road, Blackburn, for the launch of his venture. The first copy appeared on the streets on 26 October 1886, and sold for aha’penny. It was known then as theNorthern Daily Telegraph, and it was the first evening newspaper to be published in East Lancashire.

In 1894, the head office was moved to the corner site of Railway Road and High Street. From 7 September 1939, soon after the start ofWorld War II, advertisements gave way to news on the front page. On 10 December 1956, it changed its title to theNorthern Evening Telegraph and on 2 September 1963, the name changed again toLancashire Evening Telegraph.

The newspaper used full colour for the first time, on 11 November 1963, withspot colour introduced on 25 January 1965, and colour inclassified advertising following on 19 March 1965. In 1982, it moved to the south side of High Street, which marked the introduction of new computerised technology.

The new offices were built on part of the Dutton's brewery site; the old offices were demolished, and after the remainder of the brewery closed in the mid 1980s, a supermarket (Morrisons) was built on the site. In 1995, theLancashire Evening Telegraph became the first regional newspaper in Britain to put daily, updated news on the internet.^{[citation needed]}

In February 2006, in order to cut costs, the company announced it was to close its district offices in the Lancashire towns ofBurnley,Accrington andDarwen. On 17 July 2006, the newspaper changed its name to theLancashire Telegraph, as it switched to overnight printing, in order to distribute copies in the morning.^{[citation needed]}

In March 2017, the newspaper moved to Church Street, and the offices on High Street were converted into flats.^[2] It is now based at the Freckleton Business Centre on Freckleton Street.

• Blackburn with Darwen
• Mass media in Burnley
• Mass media in the Borough of Pendle
• Newspapers published in Lancashire
• Newspapers published by Newsquest
• Newspapers established in 1886

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