Newspaper reach (%)All Adults 31.1Men 33.1Women 29.4MHS (Main Household Shopper) 30.3Source: World Associati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Newspapers (2003) World Press Trends 2003.<str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g> Communicati<strong>on</strong>s Bill was widely discussed and has madethe UK <strong>on</strong>e <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the most liberal countries in terms <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> media ownershipand c<strong>on</strong>centrati<strong>on</strong>, especially in commercial broadcasting.Many commentators thought the decisi<strong>on</strong> to <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>fer RupertMurdoch a stake in terrestrial televisi<strong>on</strong> was an attempt by theLabour government to keep Murdoch’s substantial press interestssupportive <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the government. 81<str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g> UK has a very centralized nati<strong>on</strong>al press with most <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>the publishing houses based in L<strong>on</strong>d<strong>on</strong>, and produces a range<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> broadsheet, mid-market and tabloid newspapers. <str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g>behaviour <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the tabloid press has caused c<strong>on</strong>troversy over theyears, with its style <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> intrusive, sensati<strong>on</strong>al celebrity and scandaldriven journalism. <str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g> newspaper industry is self-regulatedby the industry-funded Press Complaints Commissi<strong>on</strong>(PCC). 82<str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g> entire nati<strong>on</strong>al press is owned by seven companies.<str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g> four largest <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> these account for about 90 per cent <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> sales:• News Internati<strong>on</strong>al (News Corp.):<str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g> Sun (3,600,000), <str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g> Times (632,600), <str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g> News <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>the World (3,860,000), <str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g> Sunday Times (1,300,000)• Trinity Mirror: Daily Mirror (2,100,000), Daily Record(Scotland, 541,000), Sunday Mirror (1,760,000),<str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g> People (1,300,000)120 THE IMPACT OF MEDIA CONCENTRATION ON PROFESSIONAL JOURNALISM
• Daily Mail and General Trust: Daily Mail (2,350,000),Mail <strong>on</strong> Sunday (2,300,000)• Northern and Shell: <str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g> Express (936,000),Daily Star (840,000), Sunday Express (926,000). 83<str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g> other daily nati<strong>on</strong>al newspapers are <str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g> Daily Telegraph(946,000), Financial Times (432,000), <str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g> Guardian (375,000),and <str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g> Independent (191,000). Other Sunday newspapers are<str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g> Observer (411,000, owned by <str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g> Guardian), <str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g> SundayTelegraph (735,000), and the Independent <strong>on</strong> Sunday (189,000). 84<str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g> regi<strong>on</strong>al and local newspaper market is also highlyc<strong>on</strong>centrated. Besides its nati<strong>on</strong>al activities Trinity Mirrorbel<strong>on</strong>gs to the four largest groups in this field as well. <str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g>group has a total <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> 234 papers, including regi<strong>on</strong>al dailies,weeklies and free newspapers. Newsquest, owned by the USmedia group Gannett has 207 titles covering regi<strong>on</strong>al dailies,weeklies and free newspapers. Northcliffe Newspapers is aregi<strong>on</strong>al newspaper subsidiary <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Daily Mail and General Trustand publishes 106 titles. Johnst<strong>on</strong> Press moved, through theacquisiti<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> RIM from fifth to fourth place am<strong>on</strong>gst the topregi<strong>on</strong>al publishers and has 244 titles.81 European Federati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Journalists, European <str<strong>on</strong>g>Media</str<strong>on</strong>g> Ownership: Threats <strong>on</strong> theLandscape. A Survey <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> who owns what in Europe (EFJ, Brussels, 2002) 43.82 European Federati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Journalists, European <str<strong>on</strong>g>Media</str<strong>on</strong>g> Ownership: Threats <strong>on</strong> theLandscape. A Survey <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> who owns what in Europe (EFJ, Brussels, 2002) 43.83 European Federati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Journalists, European <str<strong>on</strong>g>Media</str<strong>on</strong>g> Ownership: Threats <strong>on</strong> theLandscape. A Survey <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> who owns what in Europe (EFJ, Brussels, 2002) 45.84 European Federati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Journalists, European <str<strong>on</strong>g>Media</str<strong>on</strong>g> Ownership: Threats <strong>on</strong> theLandscape. A Survey <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> who owns what in Europe (EFJ, Brussels, 2002) 45.COUNTRY REPORTS – UNITED KINGDOM 121
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