Newspapers- ownership, circulation and news values

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 The Guardian-  

       -Owned by scott trust: Liberal, progressive 

  • -Reader funding model 

  • -Online: Shirky’s collective intelligence/cognitive surplus applies to the interactive nature of social (guardian website) and ‘below the line’ commentary/shares on social media 

  • -Wanted to remain in EU 

  • -Self-regulated 

  • -Political leaning- Centre-left 

  • -Strong-online base (33.6 million monthly visitors) 

The Daily Mail- 

  • -The mail supports a free market economy, and British traditions such as the Royal Family, the Church and The Army. They are skeptical of the EU, but did vote for leave 

  • -Owned by DMGT (viscount rothemere)- oligopoly? 

  • -Populism is favoured over in-depth/comment pieces- but `below the line` is popular 

  • -Curran and Seaton- DM follow a capitalist pattern of increasing concentration of ownership in fewer hands. This leads to a narrowing of a range of opinions represented and a pursuit of profit at the expense of quality and creativity. News is still controlled by powerful news organisations who have successfully defended their oligarchy. 

  • -Political leaning- conservative- right wing 

  • -Online- 25 million monthly visitors 

The Times- 

  • -2019 election- TT endorsed Boris Johnson and the conservative party 

  • -traditional broadsheet newspaper- Quality hard news topics 

  • -Voted for remain in Brexit 

  • -News UK- Oligopoly 

  • -Right- wing values 

  • -1999- online website 

  • -Lost nearly 90% of readers when paywall was introduced online 

  • -Encourage American readers- Showed patriotism when Trump won 2016 election 

  • -359,960 daily circulation 

The Sun- 

  • -Pro-Brexit 

  • -News UK 

  • -Conservative and right-wing views 

  • -One of the most complained about newspapers- similar to Daily Mail 

  • -1.2 million daily circulation 

  • -Soft, tabloid news stories- women in bikini on front cover (may 2020) 

  • -British morals 

  • -Very critical- shaming 

  • -Online- news, sport, celebrities and gossip news coverage and follows same house styled 

Daily Mirror- 

  • -Against Brexit 

  • -Owned by Reach plc 

  • -Left wing 

  • -National daily tabloid newspaper 

  • -Mostly working class readership- reflects their left wing values (socialism, equality) 

  • -Typical red and white house style 

  • -388,534 daily circulation 

  • -Online- red and white house style  

  • -Against trump-2016  US election 

Daily Express- 

  • -Pro-Brexit 

  • -Reach 

  • -251,736 daily circulation 

  • -Conservative and right-wing political alignment 

  • -Mid market tabloid newspaper 

  • -Gossip, celebrity, sports, news, lifestyle 

  • -Pro-British 

 

Daily Telegraph- 

  • -Pro-Brexit 

  • -Centre-right, conservative political alignment 

  • -Owned by Telegraph media group 

  • -Motto- “was, is and will be” 

  • -Daily national broadsheet newspaper 

  • -317,817 daily circulation 

  • -Online- 1.7 million daily visitors 

  • -Quality news journalism 

 

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