Birmingham Mail

The Birmingham Mail (branded the Black Country Mail in the Black Country) is a tabloid newspaper based in Birmingham, England but distributed around Birmingham, the Black Country, and Solihull and parts of Warwickshire, Worcestershire and Staffordshire. The newspaper was founded as the Birmingham Daily Mail in 1870[1] and was titled the Birmingham Evening Mail from 1967 until October 2005.[2] The Mail is published Monday to Saturday. The Sunday Mercury is a sister paper published on a Sunday.[3]

Birmingham Mail

Type	Daily newspaper (Except Sundays)
Format	Tabloid
Owner(s)	Reach plc
Editor	Marc Reeves
Founded	1870 (as Birmingham Daily Mail)
Political alignment	Neutral, populist
Language	English
City	Birmingham
Country	England, UK
Circulation	14,458
Website	birminghamlive.co.uk

The newspaper is owned by Reach plc,[4] who also own the Daily Mirror[5] and the Birmingham Post,[6] the weekly business tabloid sold in the Birmingham area. The current Birmingham Mail editor is Marc Reeves, who is also editor-in-chief of the Birmingham Post, the Sunday Mercury, and their sister website BirminghamLive.[7] The former editor of the newspaper was David Brookes,[8] who held the role from 2009 until 2014.

The print editor of the Birmingham Mail and the Sunday Mercury is Paul Cole.[9]

The daily circulation of the paper is 14,458, as of December 2018.[10]