The Public Ledger

For the American newspaper, see Public Ledger (Philadelphia).
The Public Ledger
CategoriesTrade magazine
FrequencyWeekly
FounderJohn Newbery
Founded1760; 264 years ago (1760)
Final issue2017; 7 years ago (2017)
(combined with sister publications Foodnews and Dairy Markets to form IEG Vu)
CompanyInforma
CountryUnited Kingdom
Based inLondon
LanguageEnglish
Websitewww.public-ledger.com
ISSN0048-5888

The Public Ledger is one of the world's longest continuously running magazines. Today it provides agricultural commodity news, analyses and prices. When established in 1760, however, it not only contained prices of commodities in London, but a wide variety of political, commercial and society news and commentary. It was established by John Newbery, who was better known for his pioneering children's literature.[1] The Public Ledger was London's fourth daily newspaper in a golden age from 1730 to 1772 for 'Advertisers' – two-page advertising-driven newspapers set up after political parties withdrew subsidies to London newspapers.[2] It is also in a stable of agricultural and bioenergy newsletters and conferences at AgraNet. Both in print and web forms, it provides its international subscribers with news, prices and analysis for agricultural commodities such as grains, feed and oilseeds; soft commodities including coffee, cocoa and sugar; and minor commodities such as spices, dried fruit and nuts.[3]

  1. ^ Rose, Jonathan. "John Newbery", The British Literary Book Trade, 1700–1820. Eds. J. K. Bracken and J. Silver. Dictionary of Literary Biography. Vol. 154. 1995.
  2. ^ Lucyle Werkmeister, The London Daily Press, 1772–1792, University of Nebraska Press, 1963.
  3. ^ "The Public Ledger".