Comparing the I and DAILY MAIL

QUESTIONSTHE ITHE DAILY MAIL
First introduced?October 26th 2010May 4th 1896
Independent?Sister paper (the independent)Yes (bought the I)(£49.6m) 2019
Political stance?Left wingRight wing
Type of journalism/USP?inequality, social and political issuesgossip and hot topics about news and celebs
Type of people running the paper?majority shareholders
-Evgeny Lebedev (russian, owns Lebedev Holdings Ltd and russia today) businessman owns 41%
-Sultan muhammed ( Abujadayel owns 30%
-Justin Byam shaw owns 26%
-minor shareholders 3%
-viscount Rothermere (chairman) (high power)
-Paul Zwillenberg (CEO)
Readership reach?-2019: 221, 083 circulation monday-saturday: 1,158,192 circulation
-2.2m readership
Target audience?-All ages
-limited time
lower-middle class British women
Sales revenue?2008-2018 – decreased by 62% ($37.8b -$14.3b)2019 – grew by 15% (to £140m), increasing
Embrace new media technologies?stopped selling hard copies became online (tabloid)physical papers and online
Layout and design?compact formatTabloid

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