Western Mail
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
| Format | Compact |
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| Owner | Trinity Mirror |
| Editor | Alan Edmunds |
| Founded | 1869 |
| Political allegiance | Populist |
| Headquarters | Thomson House, Cardiff, Wales. |
| Circulation | 40,000 |
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| Website: www.icwales.co.uk | |
The Western Mail is a daily newspaper published by Western Mail and Echo Ltd in Cardiff, Wales. It describes itself as "the national newspaper of Wales" (originally "the national newspaper of Wales and Monmouthshire"). It was published in broadsheet format until 2004, when it became a compact.
The newspaper devotes a great deal of its coverage to Welsh rugby, Welsh football and athletics.
Historically in south Wales the Western Mail has always been associated with its original owners, the coal and iron industrialists. Often this led to the paper being regarded with a considerable degree of enmity, especially during the strikes in the coal industry of the twentieth century. This association between newspaper and its owner was so strong there is still a degree of distrust of the paper in south Wales.
On the other hand, and particularly following devolution, the newspaper has adopted a populist, localist, pro-Wales stance, mainly in trying to find a Welsh focus on any given world event.
The publication of a new all-Wales daily, The Welsh Globe and a new Welsh language 'Y Byd' newspaper will see the Western Mail face increased competition for the pan-Wales newspaper market.
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