Chapter ⅡChapter Ⅱ The Press, Radio, Television The Press, Radio, Television

and News Agencies and News Agencies

The PressThe Press

12 national daily newspapers 9 Sunday newspapers More than 100 regional morning, evening and

Sunday newspapers Nearly 1600 weekly paid-for and free

distribution newspapers

National Daily NewspapersNational Daily Newspapers (Broadsheets)(Broadsheets)

The national quality newspaper follows the tradition of the journals of eighteenth century and early nineteenth century and contain political, industrial, financial and cultural news in the U.K and international news as well.

National Daily NewspapersNational Daily Newspapers (Broadsheets)(Broadsheets) Quality Newspapers

The Times(1785) 泰晤士报

The Guardian (1821) 卫报

The Daily Telegraph(1855) 每日电讯报

National Daily NewspapersNational Daily Newspapers

Quality Newspapers

Financial Times(1888) 金融时报

The Independent (1986) 独立报

Popular NewspapersPopular Newspapers(Tabloids)(Tabloids)

The Popular national newspapers are mainly represented by newspapers founded after the launching of the Daily mail in 1896.Most of them sell more than a million copies a day. They are largely tabloids, half the size of broadsheets.

National Daily NewspapersNational Daily Newspapers Popular Newspapers

Daily Mail (1896) 每日邮报

Daily Express (1900) 每日快报

Daily Mirror (1903) 每日镜报

National Daily NewspapersNational Daily Newspapers Popular Newspapers

The Sun (1964) 太阳报

Morning Start(1966) 晨星报

Daily Start (1978) 每日星报

Today (1986)　　今日报

More than 60% of the national newspapers are

owned by the two major companies.

News InternationalRun by Rupert Murdoch

The Sun, Today, News of the WorldThe TimesThe Sunday Times

The Mirror Group

Run by Robert Maxwell

Daily MirrorSunday MirrorPeopleSunday Mail

National papers and local papersNational papers and local papers

They are soldnational.

They containnews of national interest.

They containnews ofinterest to a particular region ortown.

They are soldin that locality.

The newspaper printing and The newspaper printing and publishingpublishing

The old image of London’s Fleet Street or Manchester as the centre of the newspaper printing and publishing world has changed. All of the national newspapers have moved their quarters to other parts of London or away from the capital. Today newspaper is printed both at Poyl and Manchester.

The national newspapers and

Sunday newspapers are owned

either by big industrial groups

with many business interests,

or by specialist newspaper

companies run on an industrial

basis.

PeriodicalsPeriodicals

The most important periodicals are Economist

( 经济学家 ), New Statesman 　 and 　 Society, 《新政治家和社会》

Spectator( 旁观者 ), New Society( 新社会 ), Private Eye( 侦探 ) and New Scientist( 新科学家 )

Radio and TelevisionRadio and Television

the British Broadcasting Corporation (B.B.C.) the Independent Television Commission (I.T.C.) the Radio Authority

B.B.C.B.B.C. The B.B.C. was founded in 1922 and chartered

in 1927 as an independent public corporation, it’s

the largest news agencies in Britain. The B.B.C. is

financed by payments from T.V. license and

Government.

B.B.C.B.B.C. There are five B.B.C. radio channels during the day for

sound broadcasting. Audience are about 27,000,000.

BBC Radio 1 BBC Radio ２ BBC Radio ３

B.B.C.B.B.C.

BBC Radio ４ BBC Radio ５

News AgenciesNews Agencies

There are several news agencies in Britain.

Reuters( 路透社 ), the Press Association Ltd. ( 联合通讯社 )and

Extel Financial are the main ones

Reuters was founded in 1851 by the German,

Julius Reuter. The principal news agency in every

country in the world is affiliated to Reuters. It is

an important tool of the British government.

The Press Association Ltd.The Press Association Ltd.

The Press Association Ltd. which was founded

by provincial newspapers on a co-operative basis

in 1868 is the oldest and largest news agency

operating exclusively in Britain.

Extel FinancialExtel Financial Extel Financial is a news agency based in

London and has a net work of offices in Europe

and the United States and direct representation

in Japan and South-East Asia.

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