Michael James Whitty (born 1795, Nicharee, Duncormick, County Wexford – died 10 June 1873, Princes Park, Liverpool) was an Irish-born English newspaper editor and proprietor. The son of a farmer, maltster and shipowner in the port of Wexford, hisfirst love was journalism. He was educated at St Peter's College, Wexford. In 1821, he married Mary O'Neill in Dublin. They soon moved to London, and, eventually, to Liverpool. After serving eleven years as Chief Constable for Liverpool, he retired on 22 January 1847. He campaigned for the abolition of the Stamp Act under which newspapers were taxed. After the abolition took place, Whitty began publishing the Daily Post at one penny per copy, undercutting the incumbent best-selling Liverpudlian newspaper, the Liverpool Mercury.
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| - مايكل جيمس ويتى (بالإنجليزية: Michael James Whitty) (1795 في دونكورميك، مقاطعة وكسفورد - 10 يونيو 1873 في ليفربول ) هو محرر ومالك لصحيفة إنجليزية،. كان ويتي قائد شرطة سابقًا في ليفربول، حيث قام بحملة لإلغاء قانون الطوابع الذي فرضت به الضرائب على الصحف. عندما وقع الإلغاء، بدأ وايت في نشر صحيفة ديلي بوست ببنس واحد لكل نسخة، مما قلل من جريدة مدينة ليفربول الأكثر مبيعًا، وهي ليفربول ميركوري. تم دفن ويتي في مقبرة ألفيلد، كان الصحفي إدوارد مايكل وايت ابنه. (ar)
- Michael James Whitty (born 1795, Nicharee, Duncormick, County Wexford – died 10 June 1873, Princes Park, Liverpool) was an Irish-born English newspaper editor and proprietor. The son of a farmer, maltster and shipowner in the port of Wexford, hisfirst love was journalism. He was educated at St Peter's College, Wexford. In 1821, he married Mary O'Neill in Dublin. They soon moved to London, and, eventually, to Liverpool. After serving eleven years as Chief Constable for Liverpool, he retired on 22 January 1847. He campaigned for the abolition of the Stamp Act under which newspapers were taxed. After the abolition took place, Whitty began publishing the Daily Post at one penny per copy, undercutting the incumbent best-selling Liverpudlian newspaper, the Liverpool Mercury. (en)
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| - مايكل جيمس ويتى (بالإنجليزية: Michael James Whitty) (1795 في دونكورميك، مقاطعة وكسفورد - 10 يونيو 1873 في ليفربول ) هو محرر ومالك لصحيفة إنجليزية،. كان ويتي قائد شرطة سابقًا في ليفربول، حيث قام بحملة لإلغاء قانون الطوابع الذي فرضت به الضرائب على الصحف. عندما وقع الإلغاء، بدأ وايت في نشر صحيفة ديلي بوست ببنس واحد لكل نسخة، مما قلل من جريدة مدينة ليفربول الأكثر مبيعًا، وهي ليفربول ميركوري. تم دفن ويتي في مقبرة ألفيلد، كان الصحفي إدوارد مايكل وايت ابنه. (ar)
- Michael James Whitty (born 1795, Nicharee, Duncormick, County Wexford – died 10 June 1873, Princes Park, Liverpool) was an Irish-born English newspaper editor and proprietor. The son of a farmer, maltster and shipowner in the port of Wexford, hisfirst love was journalism. He was educated at St Peter's College, Wexford. In 1821, he married Mary O'Neill in Dublin. They soon moved to London, and, eventually, to Liverpool. After serving eleven years as Chief Constable for Liverpool, he retired on 22 January 1847. He campaigned for the abolition of the Stamp Act under which newspapers were taxed. After the abolition took place, Whitty began publishing the Daily Post at one penny per copy, undercutting the incumbent best-selling Liverpudlian newspaper, the Liverpool Mercury. Whitty died in 1873 and is buried in Anfield Cemetery. Journalist Edward Michael Whitty was his son. Actress Dame May Whitty was his granddaughter, by another son, William Alfred Whitty. (en)
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