Quality press

Quality press is a category of British newspapers in national circulation distinguished by their seriousness. The category used to be called "broadsheet" until several papers adopted a tabloid format. Both The Times and The Independent adopted a tabloid format in 2004. The Guardian adopted a Berliner format in 2005, before switching to tabloid in January 2018.

Circulation figures for the quality press have been falling in recent times, and in December 2009 it was reported that readership of The Guardian, The Independent, The Times, and Financial Times had decreased over the previous 12 months.[1]

"Quality press" titles

Title Published Format Est. Owner Orientation Political party support in 2017 General Election
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[2]
The GuardianDailyCompact since 15 January 20181821Scott Trust LimitedCentre-leftTactical voting against the Conservatives (including Labour, the Greens and Liberal Democrats)[3]
The ObserverSundayCompact from 21 January 20181791Scott Trust LimitedCentre-leftNone (tactical voting for anti-Conservative, anti-austerity and anti-"hard Brexit" candidates[4])
Financial TimesDailyBroadsheet1888Nikkei Inc. - Japanese media companyEconomically liberal, politically centrist, pro-EUConservative Party[5]
The Daily TelegraphDailyBroadsheet1855The Barclay brothers' Press HoldingsCentre-right, conservativeConservative Party[6]
The Sunday TelegraphSundayBroadsheet1961The Barclay brothers' Press HoldingsCentre-right, conservativeConservative Party[7]
iDailyCompact2010Johnston PressEconomically liberal, politically centrist (aimed primarily towards younger readers and commuters)[8]None[9]

References

  1. ↑ Peter Preston (17 December 2009). "Circulation falls for UK quality press". Guardian. What's New in Publishing. Retrieved 12 February 2011.
  2. ↑ "Wake up, smell the coffee and vote Conservative". The Sunday Times. 4 June 2017.
  3. ↑ "The Guardian view on our vote: it's Labour". The Guardian. 2 June 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  4. ↑ "The Observer view on the general election". The Observer. 4 June 2017. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  5. ↑ "Election 2017: The safer bet of a Conservative vote". Financial Times.
  6. ↑ "A Corbyn government would be a calamity – everything else is just noise". The Daily Telegraph. 6 May 2017. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  7. ↑ "Vote Conservative for an independent, prosperous Britain". Sunday Telegraph. 3 June 2017. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
  8. ↑ Bintliff, Esther; Bradshaw, Tim (26 October 2010). "Independent aims i at younger readers". FT.com. Retrieved 23 August 2013.
  9. ↑ "i's 2017 election manifesto". iNews. 19 April 2017. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
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