Lloyd's List

United Kingdom, 1734 A newspaper that grew out of a coffee house. Lloyd's List was providing weekly shipping news in London by 1734, a service begun by Edward Lloyd, the proprietor of Lloyd's Coffee House. The picture shows the City of London plaque marking the coffee house's site, not the paper itself. Its claim to be the oldest continuously published newspaper is disputed, since several older titles on this list survive. What is not disputed is the change of form: the final print issue, number 60,850, came out in December 2013, and it has been a constantly updated digital service for the shipping trade ever since. It suits readers interested in trade and maritime history more than general news.