The Daily Mail VS. The I

Question:The Daily Mail The i’ Newspaper
When they were first introduced?18962010
Are they part of a bigger organisational structure?Owned by ‘Daily Mail and General Trust’, a media company chaired by Viscount RothermereOwner – Daily Mail (as of late November 2019)
Are they known for a particular political perspective?Right wing – ConservativeLiberal – non biased and don’t take a specific political stance
What kind of journalism do they produce? Gossip, inaccurate scare stories of medical and scientific research, right wing politics, entertainment Factual stories, Broadsheet
What kind of people run the paper? Viscount Rothermere Family
Editor – Geordie Grieg (2018)
Free Press
Do they have a similar readership reach?Circulation – 1,134,184 (February 2020)
Readership – 2.2 Million (daily)
Circulation – 221, 083 (October 2019)
Do they have a similar readership profile / target audience?Women make up 52-55% of readers, Middle Class women, Right wing, average age of 58General public, any age, all political views
 How are they currently doing? Increasing or decreasing sales and revenue?-During lockdown the circulation went down to 945,000 from 1.13 Million in March.
-DMGT recorded a revenue of £1.41 Billion – Pretax profit £145 million

15% decrease of sales from June 2019 – June 2020

How are they looking to embrace new media technologies?Daily Mail Online = 2003. (11.34 million visitors daily)Online paper free to the reader
Do they have a similar layout and design?Tabloid format (compact page size)Broadsheet Layout

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