# Oxford Mail

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{{Short description|Daily tabloid newspaper in Oxford, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2014}}
{{Use British English|date=September 2014}}
{{Infobox newspaper
| name             = Oxford Mail
| image            = Oxford Mail Cover.jpg
| image_size       = 200px
| type             = [Daily newspaper](/source/Daily_newspaper)
| format           = [Tabloid](/source/Tabloid_(newspaper_format))
| founded          = 1928 (1753: predecessor "Jackson's Oxford Journal")
| owner            = [USA Today Co.](/source/USA_Today_Co.)
| publisher        = [Newsquest](/source/Newsquest)
| editor           = Andrew Colley
| headquarters     = Newspaper House, Osney Mead, Oxford
| circulation      = 3,748
| circulation_date = 2024
| circulation_ref  = <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.org.uk/product/9801 |title=Oxford Mail |publisher=[Audit Bureau of Circulations (UK)](/source/Audit_Bureau_of_Circulations_(UK)) |date=12 February 2025  |access-date=6 July 2025}}</ref>
| language         = English
| website          = {{URL|oxfordmail.co.uk}} 
}}
'''''Oxford Mail''''' is a daily tabloid newspaper in [Oxford](/source/Oxford), England, currently owned by [Newsquest](/source/Newsquest) and published six days a week. It is a [sister paper](/source/sister_paper) to the weekly tabloid (former broadsheet) ''[The Oxford Times](/source/The_Oxford_Times)''.

==History==
The ''Oxford Mail'' was founded in 1928 by [MP](/source/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)) [Frank Gray](/source/Frank_Gray_(politician)) as a successor to ''Jackson's Oxford Journal'' (1753 - 1928), named after William Jackson, a former printer of the [University of Oxford](/source/University_of_Oxford).<ref>[https://www.oxfordshirehistory.org.uk/public/blog/blog_012.htm Oxford Mail Library]. Oxfordshire County Council - History Centre.</ref><ref>[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/titles/oxford-journal Jackson's Oxford Journal]. BNA - British Newspaper Archive.</ref><ref>[https://global.oup.com/uk/archives/pdf/Reference%20Material/Printers%20to%20the%20University.pdf Printers to the University]. Archive. [Oxford University Press](/source/Oxford_University_Press).</ref> Originally an evening newspaper, the ''Oxford Mail'' is now published in the morning and online.

==Notable former staff==
* [Sir David Bell](/source/David_Bell_(publisher))<ref>[https://www.varsity.co.uk/features/3545 Cantab Journalists III: Sir David Bell]. Arthur, L., Read, O. [Varsity](/source/Varsity_(Cambridge)).</ref>
* [Mark Barrington-Ward](/source/Mark_Barrington-Ward)<ref name=Barrington-Ward>{{Cite book |last=Barrington-Ward |first=Mark |author-link=Mark Barrington-Ward |title=Forty Years of Oxford Planning: What has it achieved, and what next? |date=2010 |publisher=[Oxford Civic Society](/source/Oxford_Civic_Society) | location=Oxford | pages=author's biography on rear cover }}</ref>
* [Morley Safer](/source/Morley_Safer)<ref>[https://nypost.com/2016/05/19/morley-safer-dies-at-84/ Morley Safer - Obituary]. Li, D. K. New York Post.</ref>

==References==
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Category:1928 establishments in England
Category:Newspapers published in Oxford
Category:Newspapers published by Newsquest
Category:Newspapers established in 1928

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