Type | Daily newspaper |
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Format | Compact |
Owner(s) | News UK |
Editor | Tony Gallagher |
Founded | 1 January 1785 | (as The Daily Universal Register)
Political alignment | Centre-right |
Headquarters | The News Building, London 1 London Bridge Place, SE1 9GF |
Country | United Kingdom |
Circulation | 365,880 (as of March 2020)[1] |
Sister newspapers | The Sunday Times |
ISSN | 0140-0460 |
Website | www |
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The Times is a British daily national newspaper based in London. It began in 1785 under the title The Daily Universal Register, adopting its modern name on 1 January 1788. The Times and its sister paper The Sunday Times (founded in 1821), are published by Times Media, since 1981 a subsidiary of News UK, in turn wholly owned by News Corp. The Times and The Sunday Times were founded independently and have had common ownership only since 1966.[2] The political position of The Times is considered to be centre-right.[3]
The Times was the first newspaper to bear that name, inspiring numerous other papers around the world, such as The Times of India and The New York Times. In countries where these other titles are popular, the newspaper is often referred to as The London Times[4] or The Times of London,[5] although the newspaper is of national scope and distribution. It is considered a newspaper of record in the UK.[6]
The Times had an average daily circulation of 365,880 in March 2020; in the same period, The Sunday Times had an average weekly circulation of 647,622.[1] The two newspapers also had 304,000 digital-only paid subscribers as of June 2019.[7] An American edition of The Times has been published since 6 June 2006.[8] A complete historical file of the digitised paper, up to 2019, is available online from Gale Cengage Learning.[9][10]
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was invoked but never defined (see the help page).With regard to political affiliation The Daily Telegraph is a right-wing paper, The Times centre-right, The Financial Times centre-right and liberal, and The Guardian centre-left.
LONDON–The weighty editorial page of The Times of London doesn't make a habit of devoting thought to the travails of pop singers, whose exploits now more than ever keep the red-top British tabloids afroth.