Type	Daily newspaper
Format	Broadsheet
Owner	Newsquest
Editor	Charles McGhee
Founded	1783
Price	GBP 0.65 Monday-Friday & GBP 1.00 Saturday
Headquarters	200 Renfield Street, Glasgow
Website: www.theherald.co.uk

Charles Mackintosh's Glasgow Herald building, now "The Lighthouse"

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The paper is one of the world's oldest continuously-published English-language newspapers, first published in 1783 as the Glasgow Advertiser, from Duncan's Land, Gibson's Wynd, Glasgow. Its first editor was John Mennons.

In 1802 it became the Herald and Advertiser, changing to Glasgow Herald in 1805. It became a daily in 1859. In 1868 publication moved to a Charles Rennie Mackintosh building in Mitchell Street. The building is now The Lighthouse, an architecture and design centre. Scotland Street school in Glasgow Hill House, Helensburgh. ... The Lighthouse, Charles Mackintoshs Glasgow Herald building The Lighthouse in Glasgow, is Scotlands Centre for Architecture, Design and the City. ...

In 1964, publishers George Outram were bought by Sir Hugh Fraser. Ownership was then acquired in 1979 by Tiny Rowland's Lonrho. Hugh Fraser ( February 22, 1837– June 4, 1894) headed the British Legation in Tokyo as Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary in the final stages of the negotiations which led to the signing on July 16, 1894 of the revised treaty (called the Anglo-Japanese Treaty of Commerce and Navigation... Roland Tiny Rowland Roland Tiny Rowland (1917 - 1998) was a British businessman and chairman of the Lonrho conglomerate from 1962 to 1994. ... Lonrho plc was incorporated in the United Kingdom on 13 May 1909 as the London and Rhodesian Mining Company Limited. ...

On 19 July 1980 the paper moved to offices in Albion Street, a black-fronted building modelled after the Black Lubyanka building of the Daily Express in London's Fleet Street. July 19 is the 200th day (201st in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 165 days remaining. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... London (pronounced ) is the capital city of England and the United Kingdom. ... Fleet Street road sign Fleet Street in 1890 Fleet Street in 2005 Fleet Street is a famous London street, named after the River Fleet. ...

The paper became The Herald on 3 February 1992. A management buy-out in May 1992 created Caledonian Newspapers, later purchased by Scottish Television in 1996. After the purchase the TV group renamed itself Scottish Media Group. February 3 is the 34th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... Scottish Television is Scotlands largest independent television franchisee, and has held the ITV franchise for Central Scotland since 31 August 1957. ... SMG plc is a Scottish media company. ...

The title was redesigned and relaunched in the "New Era" relaunch of 11 May 1998. A partner Sunday paper, the Sunday Herald, was launched in 1999. May 11 is the 131st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (132nd in leap years). ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Herald is a common name for newspapers throughout the English-speaking world, and the Sunday editions are often called Sunday Herald. ...

The Herald is owned by Newsquest (a division of Gannett), which acquired it with the purchase of the publishing arm of the Scottish Media Group in 2003 in a highly controversial £216m sale. Newsquest is the second largest publisher of regional or local newspapers in the United Kingdom. ... Gannett Company, Inc. ... SMG plc is a Scottish media company. ...

Charles McGhee (former editor of the Glasgow Evening Times) has been the editor since 30 January 2006, replacing Mark Douglas-Home who left in December 2005. The Evening Times is an evening tabloid newspaper published Monday to Saturday in Glasgow, Scotland. ... January 30 is the 30th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Mark Douglas-Home is as of 2004 editor in chief of The Herald in Glasgow, Scotland, the biggest selling national broadsheet newspaper in Scotland. ...

See also

• List of newspapers in Scotland
• Curling at the 1924 Winter Olympics
• Scottish Daily News

List of newspapers in Scotland is a list of newspapers in Scotland. ... At the 1924 Winter Olympics, a curling competition was contested. ... The Scottish Daily News (SDN) was a left-of-centre daily newspaper published in Glasgow, Scotland, from May 5 to November 8, 1975. ...

External links

• Official website
• Commencement of C Mcghees tenure as editor

Reference

Phillips, Alastair, (1983). Glasgow's Herald: Two Hundred Years of a Newpaper 1783 - 1983. Glasgow: Richard Drew Publishing. ISBN 0-86267-008-X

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