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Trinity Mirror to close Liverpool Post and Business Daily as it increases investment in Liverpool Echo

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By Stephen Lepitak, -

December 10, 2013 | 3 min read

Trinity Mirror is to cease printing its 148-year-old newspaper the Liverpool Post and the Liverpool Business Daily e-edition with added investment set to go into the Liverpool Echo.

Despite announcing the closure of both titles, Trinity Mirror said it did not plan to make any journalists redundant, with the Post set to continue its business coverage through a branded section within the Liverpool Echo.

The final edition of the Liverpool Post will be printed on 19 December, with the Business Daily also set to close on the same day.

Trinity Mirror North West managing director Steve Anderson Dixon said: “This is a decision we take with the heaviest of hearts. Sadly, the Liverpool city region no longer generates the demand in terms of advertising or circulation, to sustain both the Post and the Liverpool Echo.

‘’We are committed to retaining the best of the Post in the Echo. We are also committed to the continued expansion of the Liverpool Echo and have exciting plans on the table for weekend publishing. The Echo is an extraordinary brand and we are thrilled to be expanding its reach and creating jobs as we do so.’’

Liverpool Post editor Mark Thomas added: “That the Post has lasted as long is testimony to generations of brilliant and committed journalists who have worked on it.

“We have a history of brave and independent journalism and excellent coverage of business, arts, and sport. We will ensure we keep those traditions alive within the Liverpool Echo.”

Michelle Stanistreet, NUJ general secretary, described the decision as "a tragedy for the city" and the newspaper's journalists.

She continued: "It seems unbelievable that Liverpool cannot sustain a daily as well as weekly. It also sends alarms bells ringing for the consequences of the trend at Trinity Mirror and other newspaper groups to convert dailies to weekly production."

The Liverpool Post, which became a weekly two years ago, having previously run as a daily newspaper, was first printed in 1855.

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