Mass Media in the UK Newspapers

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Fleet Street Fleet Street has been the home of the British

Fleet Street

Fleet Street has been the home of the British press

for 300 years. Here are published almost all Britain’s national newspapers. Here also are the headquarters of many magazines, foreign and provincial press bureaus, international news agencies
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The Daily Telegraph The Daily Telegraph is a daily morning broadsheet

The Daily Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph is a daily morning broadsheet newspaper

distributed throughout the UK and internationally. In January 2009 the Telegraph was the highest selling British broadsheet newspaper. It has been politically conservative in modern times, therefore the paper is often referred to as the Torygraph.
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The Guardian The Guardian is a British national daily newspaper owned

The Guardian

The Guardian is a British national daily newspaper owned by

the Guardian Media Group.
It is unique among other British newspapers in being owned by a foundation (the Scott Trust).
Founded by textile traders and merchants, The Guardian had a reputation as an “organ of the middle class”.
It is known to be to the left of political spectrum. This is reflected in the paper’s readership.
It’s nickname is Grauniad because the paper has a reputation for frequent typographical errors.
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The Times The Times is a daily national newspaper published in

The Times

The Times is a daily national newspaper published in the

United Kingdom since 1785, when it was known as The Daily Universal Register.
The newspaper was printed in broadsheet format for 219 years but switched to compact size in 2004 partly in an attempt to appeal to younger readers and partly to appeal to commuters using public transport.
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The Independent The Independent is a British newspaper published by Tony

The Independent

The Independent is a British newspaper published by Tony O’Reily’s

Independent News & Media.
It is nicknamed the Indy, while the Sunday edition is the Sindy.
Launched in 1986, it is one of the youngest UK national daily newspapers.
It is regarded as leaning to the left politically, although it has not affiliated itself to any political party.
The Independent has a reputation for its emphasis on views, rather than on news. Not surprisingly so, T. Blair once called The Independent a “Viewspaper”.
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The Financial Times The Financial Times (FT) is a British international

The Financial Times

The Financial Times (FT) is a British international

business newspaper.
The FT specialises in business and financial news. The FT is the only paper in the UK providing full daily reports on the London Stock Exchange and world markets.
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The Sun The Sun is a daily tabloid published in the

The Sun

The Sun is a daily tabloid published in the

UK and Ireland.
It has the highest circulation of any daily newspaper in the world.
The Sun relies heavily on stories and scandals involving celebrities and the entertainment industry. It contains sections such as Bizarre (pop music stories and gossip) and TV Biz (television stories, concentrating on soap operas and reality TV).
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The Daily Mirror The Daily Mirror is a British tabloid newspaper

The Daily Mirror

The Daily Mirror is a British tabloid newspaper founded

in 1903.
Twice in history its title was changed to read simply The Mirror.
It contains cartoon strips, comics, a letters page, a problem page, “shock issues” intended to highlight a particular news story.
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The Daily Mail The Daily Mail is a British daily middle

The Daily Mail

The Daily Mail is a British daily middle market

tabloid newspaper.
It is the UK’s second biggest-selling daily newspaper after The Sun.
The Daily Mail was Britain’s first daily newspaper aimed at the newly literate “lower-middle class market resulting from mass education”.
It was from the outset, a newspaper for women, and is still the only British newspaper whose readership is more than 50% female.