# Reading Post
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{{Short description|Defunct weekly newspaper in Reading, England}}
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| type = Weekly [newspaper](/source/newspaper)
| format = [Tabloid](/source/Tabloid_(newspaper_format))
| owners = [Reach plc](/source/Reach_plc)
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| editor = Andy Murrill
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| language = [English](/source/English_language)
| ceased_publication = 2015
| headquarters = [Reading](/source/Reading%2C_Berkshire), [Berkshire](/source/Berkshire)
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| website = {{URL|getreading.co.uk}}
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thumb|Reading Post offices, Richfield Avenue
The '''''Reading Post''''' (formerly the '''''Reading Evening Post''''') was an English local newspaper covering [Reading](/source/Reading%2C_Berkshire), [Berkshire](/source/Berkshire) and surrounding areas. The [title page](/source/Nameplate_(publishing)) of the paper featured the [Maiwand Lion](/source/Maiwand_Lion), a local landmark at [Forbury Gardens](/source/Forbury_Gardens). The paper was most recently published by Surrey & Berkshire Media Ltd., a division of [Trinity Mirror plc](/source/Trinity_Mirror_plc).
After it ceased print publication in 2015, the ''Reading Post'' became online-only and was renamed '''''Get Reading'''''. It was relaunched as '''''BerkshireLive''''' in 2019, before closing in November 2023.[{{cite news |title=Thank you to our readers - a message from BerkshireLive |url=https://www.getreading.co.uk/news/reading-berkshire-news/thank-you-readers-message-berkshirelive-28161426 |access-date=7 December 2023 |work=Berkshire Live |date=23 November 2023 |language=en}}]
==Editions==
In 2009, the paper changed from daily publication to publishing weekly on a Wednesday as a paid-for paper with a free edition on a Friday titled ''Get Reading''. The paper was previously promoted as an evening paper and published Monday to Friday. In recent years, all editions were [tabloid](/source/Tabloid_(newspaper_format)) though it was launched as a broadsheet.[{{cite news |url= https://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/mar/11/newspaper-group-sandb-media-job-cuts |title=GMG cuts 95 jobs in Surrey and Berkshire newspapers |first=Oliver |last=Luft |publisher =Guardian Media Group |newspaper=[The Guardian](/source/The_Guardian) |date=11 March 2009 |access-date=11 March 2009}}][{{cite web |title=Not the last Post for Reading |first=Andy |last=Murrill |date=29 May 2009 |publisher=Surrey & Berkshire Media Ltd |work= Get Reading |url= http://www.getreading.co.uk/news/s/2051605_not_the_last_post_for_reading |access-date=29 May 2009}}]
==Sale==
In February 2010 the division of [Guardian Media Group](/source/Guardian_Media_Group) that included the ''Reading Evening Post'' was sold to Trinity Mirror. This sale included 22 titles across the north of England and in Surrey and Berkshire.[{{cite web |title=Manchester Evening News sold by Guardian Media Group |work=[Manchester Evening News](/source/Manchester_Evening_News) |url= http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/business/s/1192028_manchester_evening_news_sold_by_guardian_media_group_ |date=9 February 2010 |access-date=9 February 2010}}]
==Awards==
The ''Reading Evening Post'' was named Regional Newspaper of the Year for the second year running at the 2004 Newspaper Awards.[{{cite web |url=http://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/awards/040430nwin.shtml |title=Evening Post crowned best regional for second year |website=holdthefrontpage.co.uk |date=30 April 2004 |access-date=20 July 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060903213131/http://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/awards/040430nwin.shtml |archive-date=3 September 2006 }}]
==Closure==
The final issue was published on 17 December 2014.[{{cite news |title=Final editions for seven regional Trinity Mirror newspapers |work=[BBC News Online](/source/BBC_News_Online) |date=17 December 2014 |url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-30500045 |access-date=30 January 2016}}] It then became online-only, renaming as ''Get Reading''. In 2019 it was rebranded ''BerkshireLive''. On 30 November 2023, the website ceased being updated.