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The Daily Universal Register becomes The Times
- When
- 1 January 1788
- Where
- London, where the newspaper was based and published
After 940 editions, John Walter changed the newspaper's title from The Daily Universal Register to The Times on 1 January 1788.
The London daily that had first appeared on 1 January 1785 as The Daily Universal Register adopted its modern name on 1 January 1788. Walter, the paper's founder and editor, made the change after 940 editions, so the first edition of The Times marked the continuation of the same publication under a new masthead rather than a new venture.
Sources
- The Times Wikipedia, revision of 2026-07-27
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