Mass Media in the UK

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

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.

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.

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.

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”.

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.

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).

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.

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.

newspaper.
The Daily Express select front-page stories that follow recurring

themes, and often ignore the major news of the day in favour of spurious stories.
During 2009 and 2010, health stories were very popular. For example, they featured the discovery of rather unusual potential cures for diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease or cancer. The usual headlines: “Sunshine vitamins cut risk of cancer”.
The Daily Express also features global warming stories.