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This is an archive of news about The Birmingham Post. Some links may no longer work, due to the transient nature of the internet.

ABCs: Birmingham Post lone riser among morning regionals
From Media Guardian. Posted August 28 2008, 2.03pm
Trinity Mirror's Birmingham Post is the only title to buck the trend of falling circulation across large English regional daily morning newspapers. By Oliver Luft (more)

Birmingham Post relaunches as business news-led tabloid
From Press Gazette. Posted August 19 2008, 12.00am
The Birmingham post will be given a major re-launch this autumn as a Monday to Friday tabloid, with a renewed focus on business and an accompanying mobile site. (more)

Birmingham Post to relaunch as business-focused compact
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted August 18 2008, 11.00pm
Trinity title will run from Monday to Friday in the new format (more)

Birmingham Post: Post becomes first UK newspaper to live stream and blog an event
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted June 11 2008, 9.45am
The Birmingham Post's coverage of yesterday's Big Debate was live streamed using Bambuser and liveblogged with CoveritLive - the first UK newspaper to cover an event in this way. (more)

Birmingham Post sees traffic surge
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted April 30 2008, 3.55pm
Unique users to the Birmingham Post website rose by 72 per cent over the last month, according to the paper's editor Marc Reeves. Reeves released the figure for the period of March to April this year in a post to microblogging service Twitter. The site's relaunch in February gave the online edition more emphasis on breaking news [...] (more)

Birmingham Post bloggers provide newspaper splash
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted April 13 2008, 11.00pm
Journalists are starting to reap the rewards of the paper's revamped blogging platform, claims Post reporter (more)

Birmingham Post goes web-first with new website on 150th birthday
From Press Gazette. Posted February 29 2008, 12.00am
The Birmingham Post today moves to a web-first news strategy with a new website - the same day the newspaper celebrates 150 years of publishing. (more)

Birmingham Post goes 'web-first' with site relaunch
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted February 29 2008, 12.00am
Bloggers in the city were part of the consultation process that led to the revamp of the regional morning title (more)

Birmingham Post celebrates 150 years in print
From Press Gazette. Posted November 9 2007, 12.00am
?The Birmingham Press Club is organising a reunion to mark the Birmingham Post’s 150th year. (more)

Major relaunch and redesign for Birmingham Post
From Press Gazette. Posted May 2 2007, 1.24pm
The Birmingham Post has undergone a major relaunch by editor Marc Reeves, who joined the paper last year. (more)

Birmingham Post revamp makes for an easier read and 'added value'
From Hold the Front Page. Posted April 27 2007, 12.00am
New design, new sections and new supplements to woo readers to the Post (more)

Birmingham Post defends IVF competition
From Press Gazette. Posted April 13 2006, 12.00am
Following the birth of twins to a winning couple, the Birmingham Post has defending its controversial IVF treatments competition. (more)

Birmingham Post’s new deputy
From Press Gazette. Posted April 6 2006, 12.00am
The Birmingham Post has appointed Ellen Campbell as its deputy editor, its first since 2003, writes Colin Crummy. (more)

New editor named for Birmingham Post
From Press Gazette. Posted March 10 2006, 5.04pm
Editorial director of Trinity Mirror Southern, Marc Reeves, has been named editor of the Birmingham Post. (more)

Birmingham Post editor resigns
From Press Gazette. Posted December 22 2005, 11.33am
Fiona Alexander resigned today as editor of the Birmingham Post after two years in the job. (more)