8) Newspapers 2 Text Studies

Question 1

THE TIMES
What is The Times newspaper?
Who is their audience?

Answer 1

. a quality or Broadstreet newspaper
. middle class audience

Question 2

THE TIMES
What are The Times political values?

Answer 2

. centre right wing

Question 3

THE TIMES
Who is The Times owned by?

Answer 3

. New UK which is owned by News Corporation

Question 4

THE TIMES
What is News Corporation?
What do they own?

Answer 4

. a multinational conglomerate
. The Times, Sunday Times newspapers, The Sun newspaper and Fox News

Question 5

THE TIMES
Who is News Corporation owned by?
What of his ‘empire’ did he sell and who to?

Answer 5

. Rupert Murdoch
. Sky and Sky News to Comcast
. 20th Century Fox and National Geographic to Disney
. Classic FM to Global

Question 6

THE TIMES
Why do some argue Murdoch and News Corp are not fit to own news organisations?

Answer 6

. because of the phone hacking scandal

Question 7

THE DAILY MIRROR
What is The Daily Mirror?
Who are their audience?

Answer 7

. a daily national tabloid newspaper
. working class

Question 8

THE DAILY MIRROR
What are The Daily Mirror’s political values?

Answer 8

. left wing
. support the Labour Party

Question 9

THE DAILY MIRROR
How does The Daily Mirror market itself?

Answer 9

. as an ‘intelligent tabloid’ that aims to ‘inform and analysis’

Question 10

THE DAILY MIRROR
It has the ….. in the UK

Answer 10

5th highest circulation

Question 11

THE DAILY MIRROR
Who is The Daily Mirror’s main competitor despite being right wing in values?

Answer 11

. The Sun newspaper

Question 12

THE DAILY MIRROR
What company is The Daily Mirror owned by which is one of the largest newspaper publishers in the UK?

Answer 12

. Reach plc

Question 13

THE DAILY MIRROR
How does Reach plc produce and distribute it content?

Answer 13

. through newspaper, magazines and digital platforms

Question 14

THE DAILY MIRROR
What else do Reach plc publish?

Answer 14

. Daily Express
. Sunday People
. Daily Record
. Manchester Evening News