Industry Research.

 

Firstly one of the largest British newspapers is The Sun, This Tabloid newspaper is distributed Dailey throughout the United Kingdom with an average of 2,783,110 copies a day. The Sun was launched in 1963, and published as a broadsheet, and was launched by its owners IPC (International press Corporation.) The Sun is published by a division of News International, a subsidiary company owned by Rupert Murdock’s News Corporation. The Sun is a Right Wing newspaper, supporting larger United Kingdom political parties such as The Conservatives. The editor of The Sun is Dominic Mohan, and has worked with the sun since 1996, his role as editor means that he has to proof read all copies before they are mass printed and distribute, looking for errors and checking validity of the information written, checking they are facts and not false accusations which could result in legal action.

Rupert Murdock and News Corporation also owned The News of the World until publication was ended 10^th July 2011 after information emerged about unethical and illegal means including the phone hacking scandal. The News of the World was originally established in 1843, and similar to the sun began being published as a broadsheet, by John Browne Bell.  The News of the World was only distributed weekly, generally on a Sunday within the United Kingdom averaging sales of 2,812,005 copies per week. The last editor of The News of the World was Colin Myler until the newspaper ceased publication.

Furthermore News corporation also owns Times Newspapers Limited, including The Sunday Times, The Times and The Times Literary Supplement. The Times Newspaper Limited was formed in 1981. This is also owned by Rupert Murdock and is a subsidiary of News International. The Times Newspaper supports moderate conservative right wing political views but could also be seen as having interests in new labour, whereas The Sunday Times only supports Right wing conservative policies. The Times is distributed Dailey and in the format a compact, And obviously The Sunday Times is only Distributed on a Sunday, and in a different format, a broadsheet. The editor of the Times is James Harding, and the Sunday Times editor is John Witherow.

The Guardian previously known as ‘the Manchester guardian’ was founded in 1821 and, is distributed Dailey (In a Berliner Format) throughout the United Kingdom, and circulates 256,283 in June 2011, behind other large British newspapers such as The Dailey Telegraph, The Times and the Independent. The Editor of the newspaper is Alan Rusbridger and the paper is owned by the Guardian Media Group, also including The Observer. The Guardian supports the Centre-Left Liberalism, largely supporting new labour.

The Dailey Mail is also a newspaper distributed Dailey within the United Kingdom; and is considered to be a ‘middle market tabloid’ the newspaper supports pro-conservative political ideas. The paper was first published in 1896 by Lord Northcliffe. The Dailey mail is owned by the Dailey Mail and General trust and published by Associated Newspapers Ltd. The newspapers readers are more than 50% female and circulate 2,100,855 copies, and is the biggest selling newspaper after The Sun, as well as this in 1982 the sister paper The Mail on Sunday was launched. The Dailey mail is the second highest selling newspaper after the Sun.

The Sunday Mirror is a Weekly Tabloid newspaper, who is owned Trinity Mirror PLC, a large British Newspaper and Magazine Publisher. The newspaper began in 1915 as ‘Sunday Pictorial’ and the name was changed to the Sunday Mirror in 1963.  It is Britain’s biggest newspaper group, publishing 240 regional papers as well as national Dailey Mirror, Sunday Mirror and People, and the Scottish Sunday and Daily Record. As of September 2010 was circulating 1,126,053 copies weekly, and on the second weekend of The News of the Worlds closure circulation reached 2 Million, the highest since January 2000.

The Large Nationwide newspapers are read by a large majority of the population, as well as this smaller local newspapers are read by a lot of people within the local communities as they hold a lot of information important to the local community. Both national and local attract large audiences.

As well as National newspapers, there are also local newspaper distributed throughout local communities, unlike national newspaper some local newspapers are distributed free and some do have to be purchased.

The Sevenoaks chronicle is a local newspaper distributed throughout the county of Sevenoaks. Today, 130 years on, the Sevenoaks Chronicle is still going strong under the ownership of Associated Newspapers, with an editor and five reporters in the High Street office. The editor of The Sevenoaks chronicle is Roger Kasper.  Due to the affluent area of Sevenoaks, the paper could see as supporting more conservative view points. There are currently 18,000 people living in the town of Sevenoaks and more in the surrounding area which receive the local newspaper. The Sevenoaks Chronicle is a local newspaper that has to be purchased and is not delivered free.

Similarly, the Dartford Messenger is also a local paper distributed throughout the town of Dartford and areas maintained by Dartford town council, and are a part of The Gravesend and Dartford messenger series, which has won 17 external awards in the past five years. The editor OF the Dartford Messenger is, Bob Bounds. The Dartford messenger is a local newspaper that is offered to free to everyone.

The News Shopper is a local newspaper that was published for the first time in 1965 in the town of Orpington and was the first newspaper that was to be distributed free of charge. The group of people that came up with this revolutionary concept was Richard Addison, Gerald McKnight, David English and South African millionaires Rayne Kruger and Antony Aaronson. The newspaper is currently owned by Rupert Murdock and is part of News International. Currently published by a firm called News Quest and distributed throughout the United Kingdom. A reason for the newspapers success is the large amount of support and sponsored by the communities around it, through local businesses etc. As well as this as with some newspapers the news shopper has won awards, such as winning website running since the late 1990’s. the news shopper currently has eight editors working within the business.

The Kent messenger was originally founded as the ‘Maidstone Telegraph’ in 1859 and then later changed its name to the Kent Messenger in 1861. The Kent Messenger is apart of the KM Group, which owns a selection of free and paid newspapers as well as radio stations and internet sites throughout the United Kingdom. The Kent Messenger circulates 88,984 copies each year. Similar to the News Shopper the Kent Messenger publishes different editions for different locations, making there newspapers available to a much wider audience, also allowing news to be personal and local to individual communities. The Kent messenger is a local newspaper that charges and is not distributed as a free paper, this could affect the audience numbers for the newspaper as a lot of local newspapers are distributed free. Using technologies such as the internet websites linked to the newspaper offers availability to wider audience.

Newspapers often use technologies such as the internet and now APP’s available via the internet, mobile phones and Tablet computers often attracting wider audiences as well the conventional audience who buys newspapers.