Sixties City - Newspapers and Magazines

The Financial Times was not the first London newspaper to print on 'pink' paper. Years previously, the Sporting Times had 'gone pink' to stand out from its rivals, a move that was so successful that the paper became known as 'The Pink 'Un', which it eventually adopted as part of its name plate. Another more practical reason was that the paper was cheaper, the colour being achieved by less bleaching. The Financial Times started to use it in 1893 to distinguish itself from 'The Financial and Mining News'. The description of the colour as 'pink' was a bit of a misnomer as it was actually a shade of orange and the Financial Times described itself as being 'slightly tinted'. The 'pink' colour came from a china clay, often used in the production of paper, that came from the Bodelva Pit in Cornwall. The shade of the colour has changed over the years and the current specification is the hex value #fff1e0.


2nd Nov 1903 - UK's oldest national tabloid. Sunday Mirror 14th Mar 1915 (originally as The Sunday Pictorial)	1st Jan 1785. Broadsheet until 30th Oct 2004 Sunday Times 18th Feb 1821 (as 'The New Observer' then 'Independent Observer') re-named 'Sunday Times' 20th Oct 1822	Founded in Manchester in 1909 Merged with Daily Graphic in 1946. Merged with Daily Mail in 1971	Formed from merger of Daily News (1846) and Daily Chronicle (1872) in 1876. Merged with Daily Mail 17th Oct 1960	Reynold's Weekly Newspaper (1850) Reynold's Illustrated News (1924) Reynold's News (1936) re-named 23rd Sep 1962. Closed 1967	1st Oct 1843. A broadsheet until 13th May 1984. Closed 7th July 2011

14th Sep 1964 Formed from old Daily Herald	25th Jan 1911 Ceased and re-named The Sun 14th Sep 1964	25th Aug 1959 Broadsheet until 10th Sep 2005	21st May 1827 as 'The Standard' London Evening Standard since May 2009	29th Jun 1855. Also Sunday Telegraph from 5th Feb 1961	4th Dec 1791 World's oldest Sunday newspaper

13th Feb 1888 Merged with Financial News (1884) in 1945	24th Apr 1900 Sunday Express (1918)	30th April 1859 Merged with Racing Post in 1998	14th May 1896. A broadsheet until 1971. Mail on Sunday (1982)	16th Oct 1881 as 'The People' Re-named The Sunday People in 2002	26th Jul 1881 Merged with Evening Standard 31st Oct 1980

Newspaper and Magazine Publishing Timeline (read in conjunction with text articles and separate timelines that contain additional information)

Radio Times 2000th edition The Sun First edition International Times Private Eye Observer Colour Supplement Nova magazine First edition OZ magazine First edition	1960	1960 The Star is incorporated into The London Evening News The Sunday Empire News is incorporated into The News Of The World The Sunday Dispatch and Daily Herald print the first colour pictures (Princess Margaret's wedding) TV Times switches printing to gravure at Sun Printers in Watford, Herts The Audit Bureau of Circulations expands to cover magazines Circulation of the Radio Times is 6,784,487 15th January The National Christian News starts 17th October The News Chronicle is incorporated into The Daily Mail 10th December The Sunday Graphic expires
	1961	1961 In 1961 there were 133 daily papers and 1310 weekly papers being produced in the U.K. and Eire The Mirror group takes over Odhams Publishing Denis Hamilton is appointed editor of the Sunday Times by new owner Roy Thomson The Sunday Times circulation is about 1million copies; the Sunday Express 4.5million and the Sunday Telegraph approximately 700,000 Scenes for 'The Day The Earth Caught Fire' are shot in the art deco Express building in Fleet Street The Sunday Dispatch is incorporated into The Sunday Express 5th February - the first issue of the Sunday Telegraph is published (price 4d) Most national dailies increase their prices to 3d in March 25th October - Private Eye magazine is launched, designed by Willie Rushton. First editor is Christopher Booker. Backers include Peter Cook
	1962	1962 Newspaper circulations: The People 5,543,535; News of the World, 6,644,501; Sunday Express, 4,398,093; Sunday Telegraph 682,693; Sunday Pictorial 5,242,000 The Bolton Evening News is the first UK paper to print colour advertising, produced by Martlet Press in London Edward ('Pick') Pickering, the Daily Express editor, relaunched Farming Express as a colour magazine and was appointed managing director of publications The Guardian's move to London results in increased sales to overtake the Times. Its advertising page rate was £800 compared with £1,500 for the Times The biggest selling US paper was the Daily News in New York with a circulation of 1.9 million The Observer sponsors an expedition to track down the Loch Ness Monster The first issue of Gay News is published Reynolds News becomes Sunday Citizen and Reynold's News March - The number of newspapers in the UK and Eire is reported at 1,450 (10 fewer than 1961). The number of magazines is reported at 3,997 (up from 3,851 in 1961) June - A miniature edition of The Radio Times was produced for the Royal doll's house, measuring 7.5cm x 6cm 4th February Mark Boxer of The Sunday Times produces the first colour supplement, the front page of which includes 11 pictures of Jean Shrimpton by David Bailey. The magazine was printed by Odhams' Sun Printers and inserted separately by newsagents. A colour page was priced at £2,700 compared with £1,800 for monotone 10th March The Radio Times publishes its 2000th issue - price 5d
	1963	1963 Newnes, Fleetway (formerly Amalgamated Press) and Odhams Press merge as part of International Publishing Corporation (IPC) The Observer starts issuing a colour supplement The Daily Telegraph starts issuing a colour magazine with its Friday edition The Sunday Pictorial is re-named the Sunday Mirror
	1964	1964 The Press Council replaces General Council of the Press Daily Telegraph Magazine launched (Thursdays) Roy Thomson is given a hereditary barony and becomes Lord Thomson of Fleet 9th June Lord Beaverbrook, the press baron of Express Newspapers dies aged 85 14th September The Daily Herald expires 14th September At 10pm presses start rolling at The Sun, the first new national daily for 34 years 15th September The Sun sells 3.5 million copies on its first day of sale
	1965	1965 The first novel typeset by a computer, Margaret Drabble's 'The Millstone' is published by Weidenfeld & Nicholson 'King' and 'Penthouse' magazines are launched Vogue starts its 'Men in Vogue' section March - Nova magazine is launched by IPC - 'A new kind of magazine for the new kind of woman' September - Lord Thompson launches 'the world's most modern newspaper', The Evening Post
	1966	1966 The Daily Worker becomes The Morning Star The Times puts 'headline' news on its front page for the first time The Bristol Evening Post changes its typesetting methods to a computer-controlled system IT International Times magazine is first published Haymarket, the British Institute of Management, the Financial Times and the Economist launch Management Today 15th August The New York Herald Tribune stops publication 30th September Lord Thompson (Sunday Times) buys The Times and changes its front page layout for the first time in 181 years to include news stories with pictures
	1967	1967 The Sunday Citizen and Reynolds News expires - last issue printed 18th June New York Magazine is launched in the USA Rolling Stone magazine is first produced, in San Francisco Oz 'underground' magazine is first published by Richard Neville William Rees-Mogg becomes editor of The Times
	1968	1968 May Gandalf's Garden magazine is first published May Black Dwarf newspaper first published 13th October British publisher Sir Stanley Unwin dies
	1969	1969 Mike Molloy launches the Daily Mirror colour supplement Associated-Iliffe Press, George Newnes and Odhams Press merge to become IPC Magazines Ltd, as part of IPC Ltd, owner of the Daily Mirror, The People and The Sun newspapers Circulation of The Radio Times is 3,883,815 - about half of what it was in 1960 1st January Rupert Murdoch wins the takeover battle with Robert Maxwell for The News of the World 10th January After 147 years, the last issue of the (US) Saturday Evening Post is published 21st July The biggest typefaces ever used announce that man is on the moon 15th October The print unions finally allow Rupert Murdoch's purchase of The Sun 15th November The Sunday People becomes a tabloid 17th November The Sun newspaper becomes a tabloid