Wednesday, 24 November 2010

Who are the major players in terms of news providers in the UK and what exactly do they own?

Who are the major players in terms of news providers in the UK and what exactly do they own?

Print
Newspapers such as The tabloid newspaper The Sun and The Daily Mirror have been the major players in the uk with The Sun being the biggest seller in the UK in 2010, selling nearly 3 million copies. The total daily readership is approximately 7,700,000.
It is the 10th biggest newspaper in the world, It reaches 2.9 million readers in the ABC1 demographic and 5.0 million in the C2DE demographic, compared to the 1.5 and 0.1 million respectively of its broadsheet stablemate The Times. It is published by News Group Newspapers of News International, itself a subsidiary of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation.
The News Of The World is the biggest selling newspaper in the world and contributes alot to the UK. The News Of The World is reffered to the sister paper of the sun and is also owned by News Corp and Rupert Murdoch.


Broadcast
Tv channels 1- 5 all show the news at regular intervals and times
BBC News and ITV news are the major players in terms of news providers with Channel 4 News trailing them
The BBC is not only the largest broadcaster in the UK but also the largest in the world apparently. It is a public service provider that is government funded and run.

E- media
Online there are a variety of sources of news providers. The likes of MSN today, The Guardian online, The Sun online, BBC news online ofcourse.
The website, guardian.co.uk, is one of the highest-traffic English-language news websites. According to its editor, The Guardian has the second largest online readership of any English-language newspaper in the world, after the New York Times. Its owned by the Guardian Media Group and its editor is Alan Rusbridger.

You must consider all 3 platforms (broadcast, print and e-media) and commercial and well as non-commercial institutions

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