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The Daily Mail is a British middle-market newspaper published in London, founded in 1896, it is the Uks highest circulated daily newspaper. while Scottish and Irish editions of the daily paper were launched in 1947 and 2006.

The newspaper is owned by Daily Mail and General Trust.

The current chairman and controlling shareholder of Daily Mail is Jonathan Harmsworth, 4th Viscount Rothermere.

The Daily Mail, devised by Alfred Harmsworth (later Viscount Northcliffe) and his brother Harold (later Viscount Rothermere), was first published on 4 May 1896. It was an immediate success. It cost a halfpenny at a time when other London dailies cost one penny, and was more populist in tone and more concise in its coverage than its rivals.

Lord Rothermere was a friend of Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler, and directed the Mail’s editorial stance towards the in the early 1930s. Rothermere’s 1933 leader “Youth Triumphant” praised the new Nazi regime’s accomplishments, and was subsequently used as propaganda by them. In it, Rothermere predicted that “The minor misdeeds of individual Nazis would be submerged by the immense benefits the new regime is already bestowing upon Germany”. Journalist John Simpson in a book on journalism, suggested that Rothermere was referring to the violence against Jews and Communists rather than the detention of political prisoners.

Daily mail

  • The Daily Mail is owned by Daily Mail and General Trust which is owned by Jonathan Harmsworth , 4th Viscount Rothemere.
  • Launched in 1896 by Harold and Alfred Harmsworth, Jonathan’s great grandfather
  • Daily, mid-market newspaper published in tabloid format
  • Lord Rothemere was a friend of Adolf Hitler and Benito Moussilini and stanced his newspapers towards them in the 1930
  • Launched in 2003, MailOnline was made into a separately managed site in 2006.Edited by Martin Clarke and general managed by James Bromley. It’s now the most visited English-language newspaper website in the world, having over 11.34m visitors daily in August 2014
  • sued by Elton John in 2004 for 100,000$
  • sued by J.K Rowling in 2014
  • Sued by Melania Trump, first lady of the United States in 2017 for 150,000,000$

Daily mail

  • Founded in 1896.
  • Target audience = Lower middle class British women.
  • Tabloid format (compact page size).
  • Published in London.
  • Owner – Jonathon Harmsworth (Lord Rothermere) 4th generation (worth £1.9 Billion)
  • Editor – Geordie Greig (September 2018 – now).
  • Sister paper = The Mail on Sunday, 1982.
  • Daily Mail Online = 2003. (11.34 million visitors daily)
  • UK’s highest circulated daily newspaper.
  • Women make up 52-55% of readers.
  • Average daily circulation of 1,134,184 copies (February 2020).
  • Right wing .
  • Received the National Newspaper of the Year award eight times since 1995.
  • Scottish Daily Mail – relaunched in 1995 after failing in 1968. Now has an average daily circulation of 67,900.
  • The word “suffragette” was first used in 1906 as Journalist Charles E. Hands described activists in the women’s movement for women’s suffrage. The women then took that on as their name even though he was intending to offend.
  • Weekday price – 65p
  • Saturday price – £1
  • Sunday price – £1.80
  • Criticized for writing fake news

daily mail founded 1806

Jonathan Harmsworth, better known as 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.

Jonathan Harmsworth Net worth of US$1.19 billion (August 2017)

He is a great grandson of the original co owner and is currently the chairman

Daily mail has a net worth of 2 billion

Founded in 1896, it is the United Kingdom’s highest-circulated daily newspaper.

average age of its readers was 58

has a majority female readership, with women making up 52–55% of its readers

The daily mail

  • British, middle-market newspaper, published in London
  • circulation = 1,134,184
  • tabloid
  • Founded 4th May 1896
  • 65p weekday, £1.80 weekend
  • owned by daily mail and general trust
  • currently owned by Jonathon Harmsworth (grandson of founders)
  • OWNERS: Alfred Harmsworth, Harold Harmsworth
  • right wing
  • 2014, average reader age = 58, female readers = 52-55%
  • won national newspaper of the year 8 times since 1995, last winning in 2019
  • VOTES – 2004 53% of readers voted conservative (21% labour, 17% liberal democrats)
  • IRISH DM –
  • 2006
  • circulation = 2007 = 63,511 falling 49090 2009
  • CRITICISED FOR racism, inaccurate stories
  • ONLINE – 11.34m visits daily

SCOTTISH DAILY MAIL

  • Edinburgh – Manchester (fell below 100k) – Glasgow
  • founded 1946
  • 2019 – 67,900 circulation

IRISH DAILY MAIL

  • founded 2006
  • circulation = 2007 = 63,511 falling 49090 2009

Daily Mail

The Daily Mail is a British daily middle-market newspaper published in London. It follows a tabloid format and has been around since 1896.

The Daily Mail is owned by Viscount Rothermere, a chairman and controlling shareholder, formerly associated with newspapers and a media conglomerate.

The Daily Mail has been noted for its unreliability, criticized for printing inaccurate stories of science and medical research and for copyright violations. In 2011, the Daily Mail published a report stating that “just ONE cannabis joint can cause psychiatric episodes similar to schizophrenia as well as damaging memory”. It was after said that the Daily Mail had not used medical or scientific research.

The Daily Mail has faced racism, homophobia and sexism accusations over the years from newspapers such as The New Yorker. In August 2020, a group of Palm Islanders from Australia made a complaint about the Daily Mail under the Racial Discrimination Act for publishing inaccurate and racist reports.

daily mail notes

  • Daily middle market british newspaper 
  • Tabloid style 
  • Founded in 1896
  • The UKs most highly circulated newspaper
  • They have a sister company called The Mail On Sunday 
  • Their online platform is called MailOnline, the website is managed separately and has a different editor 
  • The paper is owned by the Daily Mail and General Trust. DMGT also own The Metro and Mail Today
  • Jonathan Harmsworth (great grandson of one of the original founders) is the current chairman and controlling shareholder. He has a net worth of $1.3 bn
  • Editorial decisions are made by a team led by Geordie Greig
  • Women make up 52-55% of its readers 
  • Average daily circulation = 1,134,184 copies 
  • A, B, C1 (upper middle class, middle class and lower middle class) audience
  • Its website has more than 218 million visitors per month.
  • They are a known conservative supporter 
  • They are pro-brexit 
  • They have been criticized for publishing fake news and using misleading headlines such as “Woman, 63, ‘becomes PREGNANT in the mouth’ with baby squid after eating calamari”

the daily mail

The Daily Mail is a British daily middle- market newspaper published in London in a tabloid format. It was founded in 1896, it is the United Kingdom’s highest- circulated daily newspaper. The paper is owned by the Daily Mail and General Trust.

The Daily Mail’s main target audience is lower-middle-class British women.A survey in 2014 found the average age of its readers was 58, and it had the lowest demographic for 15- to 44-year-old among the major British dailies. Uniquely for a British daily newspaper, it has a majority female readership, with women making up 52–55% of its readers. It had an average daily circulation of 1,134,184 copies in February 2020.

the daily mail

  • The daily mail first issued their copies in 1896
  • Originating in London.
  • Owned by Daily Mail and General Trust
  • Alfred Harmsworth and Harold Harmsworth founded the newspaper
  • The weekday Daily Mail was increased in cost by 5p in September of 2018 it was its first increase since February 2016. The newspaper’s Monday to Friday editions will go up from 65p to 70p. The Daily Mail’s Saturday edition costs £1, while the Mail on Sunday costs £1.80
  • Highest Circulated Daily Newspaper
  • The mail on Sunday was launched in 1982
  • Scottish and Irish versions of the newspaper were launched in 1947 and 2006
  • Jonathan Harmsworth owns the newspaper now after inheriting it from his great grandfather: Harold Harmsworth
  • Found that it’s average age of readers is 58
  •  Lowest demographic for 15- to 44-year-olds 

the daily mail

  • Jonathan Harmsworth, 4th Viscount Rothermere, a great-grandson of one of the original co-founders, is the current chairman and controlling shareholder of the Daily Mail 
  •  The Daily Mail’s main target audience is lower-middle-class British women
  • The Daily Mail is a British daily tabloid formatted newspaper founded in 1896.
  • The Monday to Saturday edition of the Daily Mail circulates 1,158,192 copies and has a daily readership of 2.2 million.
  • Geordie Greig is the Editor of the Daily Mail, and also Editor of Mail Newspapers. For six years until 2018 he was Editor of The Mail on Sunday.
  • MailOnline is the website of the Daily Mail and of its sister paper The Mail on Sunday. MailOnline is a division of dmg media, which is owned by Daily Mail and General Trust plc
  • Lord Rothermere was a friend of Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler, and directed the Mail’s editorial stance towards them in the early 1930s.
  • It is the United Kingdom’s highest-circulated daily newspaper.
  • A survey in 2014 found the average age of its readers was 58, and it had the lowest demographic for 15- to 44-year-olds