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UKnewspaper

The largest advertising medium

Not owned by any political party or

local

government but can have obvious

political leanings.

Long tradition of free press.


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Nationalnewspapers

Published in London and

around Britain

2 different types:-Quality newspapers (broadsheet)

- Popular newspapers (tabloid)

Published daily or weekly


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National newspapers

Format Compact

Owner Independent News &Media

Editor Daily - Roger Alton,Sunday - John Mullin

Founded1986

Political alignment Liberal /Centre-left

Headquarters Northcliffe

House,London, UK

Circulation215,504[1]

Websitewww.independent.co.uk


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Two main formats

Broadsheet:Large size

-Quality paper (lots of information)

-Smaller photos and headlines

-Main titles: the FT, the Telegraph.

Tabloid:Small size

-Lots of stories about celebrities

-Bigger photos and headlines.-Main titles: the Sun, the Daily

and Sunday Mirror

Tabloid format is easier and exciting to read and sold

more than broadsheet, so many papers switch to

former style.


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BroadsheetTabloid


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Fleet Street is the famous newspaper street in the central Londonand was once the home of newspaper office

1890 2005


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Electronic newspaper

- Most national newspaper groups have websites

- Audience is growing fast


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Regional newspapers

in UK

Most towns and cities

the UK have at least one regional

or local newspaperPublished morning and evening

daily or weekly

Regional newspapers cover :

-national and international news-stories of regional or local interest

-advertising

> 1300 regional and

local newspaper titles

and 98 regional press publishers

There are 650 free distribution

newspapers published


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Top 20 regional dailiesName Owner Circulation

(Jul-Dec 04)

1 Evening Standard (London) Associated Newspapers Ltd (Daily Mail and Gen. Trust) 361,340

2 Express and Star

(West Midlands)

West Midlands Express & Star Group 157,783

3 Manchester Evening News Manchester Evening News Ltd (Guardian Media Group) 141,737

4 Liverpool Echo Liverpool Daily Post and Echo (Trinity) 129,681

5 Birmingham Evening Mail Birmingham Post & Mail Ltd (Trinity) 96,143

6 Belfast Telegraph Belfast Telegraph Newspapers 94,540

7 Evening Times (Glasgow) Newsquest (Herald and Times) 91,613

8 Evening Chronicle (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) Newcastle Chronicle & Journal Ltd 89,074

9 Aberdeen Press & Journal Aberdeen Journals Ltd (Northcliffe Newspapers) 87,858

10 Leicester Mercury Leicester Mercury Group Ltd 84,419

11 Dundee Courier & Advertiser DCThomson & Co Ltd 81,002

12 Shropshire Star Shropshire Newspapers 79,460

13 The Herald (Glasgow) Newsquest (Herald and Times) 78,746

14 The Sentinel (Stoke-on-Trent) Staffordshire Sentinel Newspapers Ltd 73,210

15 Nottingham Evening Post Nottingham Post Group Ltd 72,269

16 Eastern Daily Press (Norwich) 71,095

17 Yorkshire Evening Post (Leeds) Yorkshire Post Newspapers Ltd 68,635

18 Evening News (Edinburgh) Scotsman Publications 63,771

19 Sheffield Star 62,623

20 News & Sports Mail (Portsmouth)


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ManchesterEvening News

Type Daily newspaper

Format Tabloid

Owner Guardian Media Group

Editor Paul Horrocks

Founded 1868

Political alignment Populist

Headquarters Manchester,England

Circulation 81,326 sold, 99,574free

Websitehttp://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk


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Type Daily free newspaper

Format Tabloid

Owner Associated Newspapers Ltd

Editor Kenny Campbell

Founded 1999

Political alignment No allegiance

Headquarters Kensington, London

Circulation1,361,306

Website http://www.metro.co.uk

http://metro.mob


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Free newspapers left behind bypassengers on a London Underground train


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The minorityEthnic press in UK

Publication appear

in other languages

Published daily, weekly,

fortnightly or monthly

Produced by minority

ethnic communities


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TV AND RADIO

Over 99% ofBristish homes have a

TV

The average person watches TV 24

hours a week


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Contents

Independent broadcasting authority

(IBA)1

BBC history2

BBC headquarters and regional offices3

BBC services4

45 BBCWorld Service


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IBA

15 regional ITV companies and 49

local radio stations

Produce and broadcast their own

programme

Financed by commercial advertising fees

ITV: news, documentaries, education,

religion

Channel 4: news, documentaries,

education, films, plays

Add YourAdd Your

TitleTitle


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BBC

History

1964

1955

1939-1946

1932

1927

Founded by a group of six

telecommunications companies

Started broadcasting and became aregular service in 1936

Television broadcasting was suspended(

during the Second World War)

Competition to the BBC was introduced with

the commercial and independently- operatedtelevision network

Rename BBC 2 channel & BBC1 & was

broadcasted in color in 1969

History

1922

John Reith became General manager


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BBC


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Headquarters and regional offices

Bush house, London

Bush house in the Strand in

London is the headquartersof the BBC World Service,

the international radio

service of the BBC


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BBC headquarters and regional

offices BBC Northern Ireland

BBC Northern Ireland

BBCBirmingham headquarters

BBC Scotland's and BBCAlba's headquarter

BBC

Wale headquarter


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SERVICES

Bbc

- Tv

Bc1,2,3,4 ,news 24,CBbc, parliament,political.

- radio

1,2 ,3, 4, 5 live-Digital channel: 1xtra, bbc 6 musi, bbc7,

bbc five live sports extra & bbc asian

networ .


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Sports, films, game shows,

news, childrensprogrammes, soap.

TV plays, classical concerts,

foreign films, programmes forminority groups.


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Service


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Radio services


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BBC Asian Network

Production centres in birmingham, leicester

& london

Programmes: Asian music, news,entertainment, culture, debate & drama.

Languages: -broadcast mainly in english

- in 5 south Asian Languages:Hindi, punijabi, bergaili, cujurati, mirpuri.


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Bbc world services

Founded in 1932 ( the Empire service)

broadcasts in 32 languages

Aims: - be the worlds best nown most respected voice in international broadcasting.

programmes: news , bac grounds,entertainments, culture remained.

Logo bbc


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Headquarters and regional offices

Bush house, London

Bush house in the Strand in

London is the headquartersof the BBC World Service,

the international radio

service of the BBC


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Statictis and languages

Language 2004 2006

English 39 million 44 million

Persian 20.4 million 22 million

Hindi 16.1 million 21 million

Urdu 10.4 million 12 million

Arabic 12.4 million 16 million

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