Glasgow Evening News

The Glasgow Evening News was an important Scottish newspaper in the early 20th century. It was founded as the Glasgow Evening Post in 1866 and became the Evening News in 1915.[1]

In 1922, Gomer Berry (later 1st Viscount Kemsley) bought the Glasgow Evening News and the sister papers the Daily Record and the Sunday Mail, for £1 million. He formed a controlling company known as Associated Scottish Newspapers Ltd.[2] Kemsley sold all three papers to the London-based Mirror Group in 1955.

The journalist and author Neil Munro was editor for a time, and his Erchie MacPherson and Para Handy stories were first published in the newspaper.[3][4]

The newspaper closed in January 1957.[5]

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  2. ^ "Mackintosh Architecture: Biography". www.mackintosh-architecture.gla.ac.uk. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
  3. ^ Osborne, Brian D. & Armstrong, Ronald (eds.) (2002), Erchie, My Droll Friend, Birlinn Limited, Edinburgh, pp. xix - xxviii, ISBN 978-1-84158202-3
  4. ^ Paterson, Len (1996). The Light in the Glens: The Rise and Fall of the Puffer Trade. House of Lochar. p. 11. ISBN 1899863141.
  5. ^ "Obituary: Angus Shaw, journalist". The Scotsman. 22 October 2010. Retrieved 8 December 2013.