21-520: The South London Press, London Weekly News and Mercury (formerly South London Press) is a weekly newspaper currently based in Catford, South East London. The newspaper covers the latest news, sports and features within the south, central and west London area. First published in 1865 by James Henderson , the newspaper is now published every Friday in digital and print format . The South London Press, London Weekly News and Mercury champions giving London
42-618: A company producing comics, books, greetings cards and postcards until 1920, when the business was taken over by Harmsworth's Amalgamated Press and went into voluntary liquidation . [REDACTED] Media related to James Henderson at Wikimedia Commons The Weekly Budget The Weekly Budget , originally the North British Weekly Budget , was a journal published in Britain between 1861 and 1910. It combined news with commentary, fictional stories, cartoons and puzzles. It
63-637: A daily newspaper, but that "what was wanted was a weekly paper which, whilst giving a certain amount of news, should contain a considerable proportion of light amusing reading." Accordingly, Henderson founded his own journal, The North British Weekly Budget , in January 1861. The newspaper, priced at 1 d. , contained both news items and fiction, and sold well. Its success led Henderson to move from Manchester to Red Lion Court in Fleet Street in London in 1862, and by
84-538: A strong voice to diverse and vibrant communities. This has been achieved through a history of campaigning and putting the spotlight on the issues that really matter. Former newspaper Mercury (established 1833) and the recent London Weekly News have been incorporated into the South London Press to give overall coverage of London's local issues and offering a true community feel. Many of its former reporters have gone on to make careers in Fleet Street , and it
105-532: A wide range of other periodicals, including the spin-off prototype children's journals and comics Young Folks and Funny Folks . His publishing company expanded into also producing books and postcards. Henderson retired in 1900 and died in 1906. In 1910, his sons sold the rights to the Weekly Budget to the American publisher Randolph Hearst . This British magazine or academic journal–related article
126-463: Is still considered a training ground for the nationals. Max Wall and then Richard Woolveridge edited the bi-weekly in its glory days when its circulation was over 130,000. The novelist and critic Martyn Bedford used to work in the Lewisham office of the paper, while Brian Alexander, the former sports editor of The Sun and Mail on Sunday , was sports editor until 1986. Paul McCarthy , sports editor of
147-946: The Leeds Express and Manchester Guardian . At the Guardian , he was sent into the Lancashire towns to find out whether there was a demand for the daily newspaper to be circulated there. He found that there was little demand for a daily newspaper, but that "what was wanted was a weekly paper which, whilst giving a certain amount of news, should contain a considerable proportion of light amusing reading." Accordingly, Henderson founded his own journal, The Weekly Budget (originally The North British Weekly Budget ), in Manchester in January 1861. The newspaper contained both news items and fiction, and sold well. Its success led Henderson to move to Red Lion Court in Fleet Street in London in 1862, and by
168-845: The News of the World , John Pienaar , political correspondent and reporter on BBC Radio 5 Live , and David Bond, who was appointed as the BBC's sports editor in 2010, worked at the SLP in the 1980s and 1990s. Others who went on to Fleet Street include Ken Reynolds, Steve Grimes, George Binyon, Willie Robertson, John Twomey, Ian Malin, Debbie Andalo, Brian Stater, Ev Bramble, Carolyn Jones, Anna Pukas, JJ Young, Jonathan Buckmaster, Chris Ward, Stewart Morris, Claire Aaron, Anton La Guardia, Brian McConnell, Peter Burden, Ron Ricketts, Geoff Manners, John Rodda and Colin Wood. Publicist Max Clifford
189-568: The Household Monthly Magazine . In 1871, as a spin-off from the Weekly Budget , Henderson started the Young Folks magazine, which was again highly successful. It published, in serial form, three novels by the initially-unknown Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson - Treasure Island (first published in 17 instalments, from October 1881), The Black Arrow (1883). and Kidnapped (1886). They were initially published under
210-589: The Liberal Party candidate in the Dulwich by-election , but was defeated by the Conservative candidate, John Blundell Maple . Henderson's three sons became involved in the business. His son Nelson (1865–1943) – who also played rugby for London Scottish F.C. and Scotland – took over several of the magazines and later became chairman of the family company, James Henderson & Sons Ltd, which
231-730: The pseudonym "Captain James North". Other stories in Young Folks were written by Richard Quittenton ("Roland Quiz"; 1833–1914) and Walter Viles ("Walter Villiers"; 1850–1884), with illustrations by John Proctor ("Puck"; 1836–1914). Another contributor to Young Folks was Alfred Harmsworth , who wrote nearly 80 articles for the magazine and later founded the Daily Mail . Henderson also published Funny Folks , from 1874 to 1894, in later years edited by Charles Pearce . Writer Denis Gifford considered Funny Folks to be
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#1732855728743252-453: The editorial, advertising and pre-press departments are now all based. James Henderson (publisher) James Henderson (26 November 1823 – 24 February 1906) was a British newspaper and magazine proprietor and publisher, who was influential in developing the popular press and comics in Britain . He established James Henderson & Sons Ltd , which published many newspapers and magazines as well as books and postcards. Henderson
273-497: The end of the following year the Weekly Budget had a claimed circulation of 150,000, rising to 300,000 in subsequent years. Henderson and his family moved to Dulwich in 1864. He had a large villa, Adon Mount, built for himself, and developed neighbouring fields into a residential area. He also started the South London Press and Evening Mercury newspapers, and several other magazines including The Key , The Orb , and
294-466: The end of the following year the Weekly Budget had a claimed circulation of 150,000. By 1865 it was claimed that the Budget had the largest provincial circulation of any British newspaper. As well as news and commentary "from the moderate Liberal point of view", large parts of the paper were devoted to serial novels, and to answering readers' questions. The newspaper's success led to Henderson publishing
315-482: The first British comic , though at first it tackled topical and political subjects along the same lines as Punch . The magazine was heavily illustrated, with cartoons by John Proctor among others, and benefitted from innovations in the use of cheap paper and photo-zincography printing. Another publication by Henderson was Scraps , a compendium of items aimed at children, many from foreign sources, and published between 1883 and 1910. When Harmsworth published
336-570: The paper was part of the Tindle Group , which bought it from Trinity Mirror . The paper was then purchased between 2017 and 2019 by Street Runners Ltd. The South London Press, London Weekly News and Mercury newspaper is now registered under the new company name MSI Media Limited as of 2 March 2020. After several moves the South London Press is now based in Bromley Road, Catford where
357-539: The similar Comic Cuts a few years later, Henderson sued him for plagiarism . Henderson also published the popular magazine Nuggets , which featured cartoons and stories about a fictional family of Irish immigrants in London, the Hooligans, which would now be considered examples of anti-Irish bigotry . Other journals published by Henderson during his lifetime included Penny Pictorial , Prize Paper , and Magnet . In 1887, Henderson stood for election to Parliament as
378-611: Was also an employee. The South London Press won the Press Gazette Regional Press Awards 2009 Newspaper of the Year for weekly newspapers above 20,000 circulation. The South London Press incorporates former newspapers, South London News and South London Observer , and the South London Advertiser Group. In 2017 the newspaper entered a 'media partnership' with Millwall F.C. Between 2007 and 2016
399-848: Was born in Laurencekirk , near Montrose in Scotland. After working for his father, a saddle maker, he took a post with the local newspaper, the Montrose Standard . He then moved to Glasgow where he worked on the North British Daily Mail and for a publishing company, before setting up his own business. In 1855, he launched the Glasgow Daily News , the first daily penny newspaper in Britain, and The Weekly News and General Advertiser . However, neither succeeded for long, and his business collapsed. He moved to England and worked at
420-457: Was formally established in 1899. Another brother, Winfred Stanley Henderson (1869–1941) was managing director of the company. James Henderson retired to Worthing in Sussex, in about 1900. He died there in 1906, aged 82. The South London Press was sold to outside interests in 1907, and in 1910 the Weekly Budget was sold to American publisher Randolph Hearst . Hendersons continued as
441-459: Was founded by James Henderson and published by his company, in later years James Henderson & Sons Ltd. Henderson had set up newspapers in Scotland before coming south to work on the Manchester Guardian . There, he was sent into the Lancashire towns to find out whether there was a demand for the daily newspaper to be circulated more widely. He found that there was little demand for
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