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1
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who is the guardian owned by

A

the scott trust

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2
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Whose phone was hacked that caused a big outcry?

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Milly Dowler

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3
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what did the guardian raise their cover price to

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£1.60 to £2.50

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4
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after the Leveson enquiry, much of the state’s power was relinquished. this meant what company was broken down?

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PCC

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5
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Which paper was the only one to report on the Dowler case?

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The Guardian

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6
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After the Leveson enquiry pushed new guidelines on self-regulation, what did the Guardian choose to do?

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They chose to source the highest quality of news and regulate with an internal system of complaints management

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7
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What is the benefit of the Guardian sourcing news without the use of the ‘dark arts’ (phone hacking, stealing, corrupt deals etc) and internally addressing complaints?

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> They are able to retain the reliability of the paper to attract its loyal readers.

> Avoids financial penalties whilst expressing their more left-leaning stances on democracy.

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Who did the Guardian openly support in the 2005 and 2015 general elections?

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Labour

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9
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The Daily Mail and The Sun make up how much of the yearly complaints in the UK

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55%

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What are most of the complaints against papers usually about?

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inaccuracy

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11
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Who did 58% of Daily Mail readers vote for in the general election?

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The Conservative Party

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12
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Who do News UK own?

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  • the Times

- the Sun

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13
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how much has readership dropped after COVID

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gone from -7% to -25%

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14
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who does DMGT own?

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  • Daily Mail
  • The Metro
  • The Evening Standard
  • The i
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15
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how much are display ads worth in comparison to print ads

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10%

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16
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how do both the Guardian and the Daily Mail respond to the economic challenges with declining print readership?

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they retain an older audience by offering a familiar, trustworthy experience

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17
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who are the Daily Mail signed to for their regulations?

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IPSO

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18
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during covid-19, how many paying users did the guardian.com have

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1.2 million globally

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19
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how much has the daily mail cover price risen to?

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60 to 65 to 80p

20
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what are the 3 main ways of funding online news?

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  • ads
  • paywall
  • donations
21
Q

what is the Guardian price for members

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£1.85

22
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what are the 4 main things the Guardian used their investigative journalism to expose

A
  • paradise papers
  • milly dowler phone hacking
  • windrush scandal
  • edward snowden
23
Q

out of the 12 main newspapers, how many supported Brexit

A

9

24
Q

Who was fired and who did they replace him with as the head of the Daily Mail

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Replaced Paul Dacre with Geordie Grieg

25
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what type of journalism did the Daily Mail cut and what did they replace it with

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cut investigative journalism and replaced it with source journalism

26
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how can you link the daily mail to curran and seaton

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papers like the mail and the sun are the biggest news sources in the uk and they both support the conservatives - makes the market saturated with a large level of political biased

27
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what did the scott trust sell?

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their auto trader company

28
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when did the Guardian break even

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2019

29
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how many minutes were spent on the mail’s website last year

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1.7 billion

30
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how many minutes were spent on the guardian’s website last year

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990 million

31
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how many complaints were made against the mail in the span of the last 5 years?

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50,000+

32
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who assesses readership figures in newspapers in the uk

A

PamCo

33
Q

how many people still go to church in the UK

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7%

34
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what did Daily Mail’s sales decrease from and to after COVID-19

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from 1.3million in 2017 to 970k in 2021 to 909k in 2022

35
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how much does a page of advertising cost in colour

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approx. £9,000

36
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before breaking even in 2019, what was the yearly loss of the Guardian Media Group

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£65 million year on year

37
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how much (in percentage) does the Guardian make up of Guardian Media Group’s total revenue

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5%

38
Q

when did the Mail soften its political stance and why

A

in 2019, advertisers pulled out of buying slots in places that were too “hateful”. It was part of the “stop funding hate” campaign.

39
Q

how many users does the Mail have online as of 2022

A

4.1 million

40
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how many online users does the Guardian have as of 2022

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3.5 million

41
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who replaced Geordie Grieg in 2021

A

Ted Verity

42
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what did the Guardian do with their readership figures after 2021

A

they stopped putting it out as public knowledge - a clear indication of the continuation of their decline

43
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how much profit does the Guardian Online make up of GMG’s/Scott Trust’s yearly income

A

nearly 60%

44
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after 2020, how many job cuts did the Guardian make?

A

120

45
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how much of profits made from online ads go to facebook and google

A

60%

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