The Times is a British daily (Monday to Saturday) national newspaper based in London. It began in 1785 under the title The Daily Universal Register, adopting its current name on 1 January 1788. The Times and its sister paper The Sunday Times (founded in 1821) are published by Times Newspapers, since 1981 a subsidiary of News UK, in turn wholly owned by News Corp. The Times and The Sunday Times do not share editorial staff, were founded independently, and have only had common ownership since 1966.
Research The Times newspaper and answer the following questions. The best place to start with this research is newscorp.com.
1. Who owns News Corp?
2.What other companies belong to News Corp?
3. Do News Corp own any other newspapers?
4. What ways can audiences access this newspaper?
5. Visit the website of some of the newspapers News Corp owns ( including The Times )and read some of their articles. What political agenda do they hold?
Is all of the news content on The Times website freely accessible ? Why not ?
6. What evidence of this do you have?
8. Who is the intended readership (audience) for The Times ? You must consider the demographic profile and the psychographic profile.
