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'''Aberdeen Journals Ltd.''' is a [[newspaper]] [[publisher]] based in [[Aberdeen]], Scotland.

The company publishes ''[[The Press and Journal]]'', the ''[[Evening Express (Scotland)|Evening Express]]'', the ''[[Aberdeen Citizen]]'' and ''Scot-Ads'' newspapers.  It was owned by [[Northcliffe Newspapers Group]], which is owned by [[Daily Mail & General Trust]] from 1995 until 2006, when Aberdeen Journals was sold to [[Dundee]] based [[D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd]].

''The Press and Journal'' was first published as a weekly title on 29 December 1747 and was known as ''The Aberdeen's Journal''.

It was published on a weekly basis for 128 years until August 1876, when it became a daily newspaper.  In November 1922, the paper was renamed T''he Aberdeen Press & Journal'' when its parent firm joined forces with the ''Free Press''.  ''The Press & Journal'', often called the ''P&J'', is a daily morning regional newspaper.  It is printed 6 days a week as a compact.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Press and Journal will go fully compact size early next year |url=http://www.thedrum.com/news/2011/12/02/press-and-journal-will-go-fully-compact-size-early-next-year |website=The Drum |access-date=2 June 2021 |language=en}}</ref> The Press & Journal produces 6 geographic editions.

Daily readership – 138,000<ref name="ReferenceA">Base: 634,000 adults in the Press and Journal survey area.   Source: Ipsos Media CT 2010</ref>  
Weekly readership – 287,000<ref name="ReferenceA"/>  
Circulation – 67,781 (July-Dec 2011, 99,1% paid)<ref name="circ">{{cite news | url=http://www.abc.org.uk/Certificates/17513209.pdf| title= ABC figures: The Press and Journal |work=HoldTheFrontPage |location=UK | accessdate=2 March 2012  | date=1 March 2012}}</ref>

The current editor of ''The Press and Journal'' is Frank O’Donnell.

The ''Evening Express'' is a daily local evening newspaper which was first published in November 1879.

The current editor of the ''Evening Express'' is Craig Walker.

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[[Category:Mass media companies of Scotland]]
[[Category:Companies based in Aberdeen]]
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