Newspaper Ownership

Newspaper Ownership

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Lord Rothermere, is the chairman of Daily Mail and General Trust (DMGT), which owns newspapers including the Daily Mail, the Mail on Sunday and Metro. His great-grandfather, Harold Sidney Harmsworth, set up the Daily Mail along with his brother in the late 19th Century and was made the first Viscount Rothermere in 1919.


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The Scott Trust Limited is the British company that owns Guardian Media Group and thus the Guardian and the Observer as well as various other media businesses in the UK. In 2008, it replaced the Scott Trust, which had owned the Guardian since 1936.


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The Independent is owned by Evgeny Levedev via Independent Print Limited (he also owns Evening Standard Ltd.) 

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The Telegraph is owned by The Barclay Brothers via The Telegraph Media Group.


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The Times is owned by Rupert Murdoch via News Corps UK.
Organizations founded: Fox News, News Corporation, Sky UK.
Rupert Murdoch also owns the Sun, The Sunday Times and the The Sun on Sunday.

TitlePublishedFormatEst.OwnerOrientationPolitical Party Support in 2017 General Election
The Daily TelegraphDailyBroadsheet1855The Barclay brothers' Press HoldingsCentre-right, conservativeConservative Party
The Sunday TelegraphSundayBroadsheet1961The Barclay brothers' Press HoldingsCentre-right, conservativeConservative Party
The TimesDailyCompact since November 20041785News Corporation - Chairman and CEO Rupert MurdochCentre-right, conservativeConservative Party
The Sunday TimesSundayBroadsheet1822News Corporation - Chairman and CEO Rupert MurdochCentre-right, conservativeConservative Party
The GuardianDailyBerliner since 12 September 20051821Scott Trust LimitedCentre-leftLabour Party
The ObserverSundayBerliner since 8 January 20061791Scott Trust LimitedCentre-leftNone
Financial TimesDailyBroadsheet1888Nikkei Inc. - Japanese media companyEconomically liberalConservative Party
iDailyCompact2010Johnston PressCentrist (aimed primarily towards younger readers and commuters)None

TitlePublishedFormatEst.OwnerOrientationPolitical Party Support in 2017 General Election
Daily MailDailyTabloid (Broadsheet until 1971)1896Lord Rothermere's Daily Mail and General Trust plcRight-wing, conservative, populistConservative Party
The Mail on SundaySundayTabloid1982Lord Rothermer
e's Daily Mail and General Trust plc		Right-wing, conservative, populistConservative Party
Daily ExpressDailyTabloid (Broadsheet until 1977)1900Richard Desmond's Northern & ShellRight-wing, EuroscepticConservative Party
Sunday ExpressSundayTabloid (Broadsheet until 1992)1918Richard Desmond's Northern & ShellRight-wing, EuroscepticConservative Party
The SunDailyTabloid1964News Corporation - Chairman and CEO Rupert MurdochRight-wing, conservative, populistConservative Party
The Sun on SundaySundayTabloid2012News Corporation - Chairman and CEO Rupert MurdochRight-wing, conservative, populistConservative Party
Daily MirrorDailyTabloid1903Trinity MirrorCentre-left, populistLabour Party
Sunday MirrorSundayTabloid1915Trinity MirrorCentre-left, populistLabour Party
Sunday PeopleSundayTabloid1881Trinity MirrorCentre-left, populistNone
Daily StarDailyTabloid1978Richard Desmond's Northern & ShellLargely non-politicalNone
Daily Star SundaySundayTabloid2002Richard Desmond's Northern & ShellLargely non-politicalNone
Morning StarDailyTabloid1930People's Press Printing Society - an independent readers' co-operativeLeft-wing, socialistLabour Party

  1. Which companies own regional newspaper titles? Look at newspapers that you may be familiar with such as The Leicester Mercury. The Trinity Mirror owns The Leicester Mercury, but they also own the Daily Mirror, Sunday Mirror and The Sunday People.
  2. Do any of these companies own other media outlets? How does this link to Hesmondhalgh's ideas on Cultural Industries? As The Trinity Mirror owns many newspapers around England, they are able to influence the way that their readers think. If they control multiple newspapers, their opinions can be spread more widely and more people may start to agree with them.
  3. Why do you think ownership is something to be concerned about in the UK? Curran and Seaton's theory suggests that if the same companies are in charge of multiple newspapers in the UK, they could effectively brainwash the audience into believing whatever they tell them.

Benefits of Free Press oppose to regulations
If the government was to put regulations on all newspapers, there would be no variation of the stories that all the newspapers would print, and that would lose a lot of income for the newspaper companies, as less people would probably buy some newspapers if they all said the same thing. Also, lots of the important information that we know may not have been discovered if journalists were not allowed to go out into the world and snoop out these stories that no one knew about. If State Censorship was brought in, it would restrict what we, the general population, were able to view, which mean our knowledge of current affairs etc would be very limited.
  • Editors code of practice-The Editors' Code of Practice sets out the rules that newspapers and magazines regulated by IPSO have agreed to follow. The Code is written and administered by the Editors' Code Committee and enforced by IPSO.
  • Press complaints commission-The Press Complaints Commission ensures the rights of the reader and the press are treated fairly. The UK's press is currently regulated by the Press Complaints Commission (PCC) which is paid for by newspaper companies and not the hard-pressed taxpayer.Editors are obliged to abide by its code of practice which includes clauses on accuracy, right of reply, privacy, harassment and intrusion into shock or grief.Failure to do so will lead to censure by the commission and is a very real black mark against the newspaper and its editor.
  • Independent Press standards organisation-The Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO) is the independent regulator for the newspaper and magazine industry in the UK. They hold newspapers and magazines to account for their actions, protect individual rights, uphold high standards of journalism and help to maintain freedom of expression for the press.

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