Oxford Mail

{{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 | format = Tabloid | founded = 1928 (1753: predecessor "Jackson's Oxford Journal") | owner = USA Today Co. | publisher = 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) |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, England, currently owned by Newsquest and published six days a week. It is a sister paper to the weekly tabloid (former broadsheet) ''The Oxford Times''.

==History== The ''Oxford Mail'' was founded in 1928 by MP Frank Gray as a successor to ''Jackson's Oxford Journal'' (1753 - 1928), named after William Jackson, a former printer of the 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.</ref> Originally an evening newspaper, the ''Oxford Mail'' is now published in the morning and online.

==Notable former staff== * Sir David Bell<ref>[https://www.varsity.co.uk/features/3545 Cantab Journalists III: Sir David Bell]. Arthur, L., Read, O. Varsity.</ref> * 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 | location=Oxford | pages=author's biography on rear cover }}</ref> * Morley Safer<ref>[https://nypost.com/2016/05/19/morley-safer-dies-at-84/ Morley Safer - Obituary]. Li, D. K. New York Post.</ref>

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