Newspapers in Birmingham
This page may be referred to as: www.birmingham.gov.uk/newspapers
Birmingham City Council published its own newspaper, Forward (formerly The Birmingham Voice), until June 2009. Birmingham City Council is taking a break from producing a regular newspaper at the moment while it finds out more about what residents want from a council publication.
There are other Birmingham newspapers:
| Title | Address | Telephone / Fax Number |
|---|---|---|
| Birmingham Mail (Mon.- Sat. evenings) Circulation 107,410 * |
Birmingham Post & Mail PO Box 18 Floor 6 Fort Dunlop, Fort Parkway Birmingham B24 9FF |
Tel: 0121 236 3366 |
| Birmingham Post (Mon.- Sat. mornings) Circulation 16,885 * |
as above | as above |
| Sunday Mercury (Sundays) Circulation 85,934 * |
as above | as above |
| Sports Argus (Saturday evenings) |
as above | as above |
| Birmingham News (free, Thursdays) Distribution 158,199 * |
as above |
as above |
| Metro (free) Circulation 84,847 |
as above | as above |
| Birmingham Independent (free, Fridays) Distribution 87,000 |
Jubilee House4-10 Wheeleys RoadEdgbastonBirminghamB15 2LD | Tel: 0121 446 1345 Fax: 0121 446 6565 |
Some districts of Birmingham have their own papers:
| Title | Address | Telephone / Fax Number |
|---|---|---|
| Great Barr and Erdington Chronicle (Thursdays) Circulation 28,642 * |
Express and Star Ltd. Black Lake West Bromwich B70 0BQ |
Tel: 0121 553 7171 Fax: 0121 553 4668 |
| Great Barr and Erdington Observer (Fridays) Circulation 31,775 * |
Central Independent Newspapers Ltd. Ventura Park Road Bitterscote Tamworth B78 3HB |
Tel: 01827 848586 Fax: 01827 848511 |
| Sutton Coldfield News (free, Fridays) Distribution 65,420 * |
Midland Weekly Media High Green Court 103-106 Newhall Street Cannock WS11 1AB |
Tel: 01543 501750 Fax: 01543 501748 |
| Sutton Coldfield Obsever (Fridays). Circulation 57,124 * |
Central Independent Newspapers Ltd (as Great Barr Observer) |
(as Great Barr Observer) |
A regional newspaper is also available, in a Birmingham Edition:
| Title | Address | Telephone / Fax Number |
|---|---|---|
| Express & Star (Mon.- Sat, evenings) Circulation 163,543 * |
West Midlands Express & Star Group Shropshire Newspapers Ltd. Ketley Telford TF1 4HU |
Tel: 01952 242424 Fax: 01952 222451 |
Back copies of these (and many local papers which are no longer published) are held at the Central Library.
If we have missed a paper, please tell us!
(*) Circulation figures quoted are from VFD/ABC (the official auditing company for all regional newspapers) for July-December 2003.