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The Daily Express is a national daily United Kingdom middle-market newspaper [4] printed in tabloid format. Published in London, it is the flagship of Express Newspapers, owned by publisher Reach plc. It was first published as a broadsheet in 1900 by Sir Arthur Pearson. Its sister paper, the Sunday Express, was launched in 1918.
Breakdown of UK daily newspaper circulation, 1956 to 2019. At the start of the 19th century, the highest-circulation newspaper in the United Kingdom was the Morning Post, which sold around 4,000 copies per day, twice the sales of its nearest rival. As production methods improved, print runs increased and newspapers were sold at lower prices.
Today, with the American newspaper USA Today as an inspiration, launched on Tuesday 4 March 1986, with the front-page headline, "Second Spy Inside GCHQ". At 18p (equivalent to 67p in 2023), it was a middle-market tabloid, a rival to the long-established Daily Mail and Daily Express.
London. The Pall Mall Gazette was an evening newspaper founded in London on 7 February 1865 by George Murray Smith; its first editor was Frederick Greenwood. In 1921, The Globe merged into The Pall Mall Gazette, which itself was absorbed into The Evening Standard in 1923. Beginning late in 1868, at least through the 1880s, a selection or digest ...
In 1852, it was purchased for $500 by Josiah Blackburn (and Stephen Blackburn), who renamed it The London Free Press and Daily Western Advertiser. In 1855 Blackburn turned the weekly newspaper into a daily. From 1863 to 1936 The London Free Press competed for readership with the London Advertiser, which was a daily
The Illustrated London News, founded in 1842, was the world's first illustrated weekly newspaper. Reformers pressured the government and it repeatedly cut the high taxes on knowledge, including the excise duty on paper and the 5-penny stamp tax on each copy printed of a newspapers, pamphlet, advertisements and almanacs. [18]
Jang is published by the Jang Group of Newspapers. It was originally published as a weekly to raise political awareness among Muslims living in British India. [2] The group's flagship Daily Jang is Pakistan's most prominent Urdu daily newspaper. [citation needed] The group also owns the Pakistani TV channel Geo News, arguably the most popular ...
The South London Press, London Weekly News and Mercury (formerly South London Press) is a weekly newspaper currently based in Catford, South East London. The newspaper covers the latest news, sports and features within the south, central and west London area. First published in 1865 by James Henderson, the newspaper is now published every ...