Telegraph marks 160th anniversary with print revamp

160 years after the first edition of the Daily Telegraph went to press, the popular national broadsheet has announced a number of changes to its print edition.

Alongside visual changes, including restoration of the original Gothic masthead to the front of the paper and a new type face, the paper has also enhanced its content offering with a range of new features from the likes of Allison Pearson, Bryony Gordon, Lisa Armstrong, Judith Woods and James Le Fanu.

The paper’s business, sports and TV listings sections have also undergone a redesign in an effort to make it “smarter, more readable and just a little bit brighter,” according to editor Chris Evans.

“[The changes] are also designed to underline our great heritage as a newspaper,” he added.

Despite challenging times for print in light of increasing digital competition, the Telegraph remains one of the best-read newspapers in the UK – behind the Sun, Daily Mail and Daily Mirror – with an average circulation of a little over 486,000.

While other print titles have seen much heavier declines, over the past year the newspaper’s circulation has dropped by just -5.3%.

The Telegraph Online, which sits behind a metered paywall, has also gone from strength to strength, with average unique daily browsers up 23% in May to close in on the 5 million mark.