Product Context

Question 1

What type of newspaper is The Times?

Answer 1

A British national ‘quality’ broadsheet daily newspaper

Question 2

When was it first published?

Answer 2

1785

Question 3

Who is the target audience for The Times?

Answer 3

Aimed predominantly at upper middle to upper class readership

Question 4

What political stance does the paper follow?

Answer 4

A fairly right-wing political stance, but has supported Labour on several occasions during British General Elections too

Question 5

Who has The Times been published by and since when?

Answer 5

Times Newspaper, since 1981

Question 6

Who is the Times Newspaper a subsidiary of?

Answer 6

News UK

Question 7

Who owns News UK?

Answer 7

News Corp, Rupert Murdoch’s company

Question 8

Who else does News Corp own?

Answer 8

The Sun, The Sunday Times and partly owns the news gathering agency the Press Association (PA)

Question 9

What is The Times renowned for? What does this allow the newspaper to offer?

Answer 9

Having a range of journalists with varied political viewpoints, which allows the newspaper to offer a more neutral/objective/unbiased political stance on Boris Johnson and Partygate

Also renowned for housing a range of supplements to diversify its reading content even further: The Times2 (art & lifestyle), The Game (in-depth sport), Weekend (travel), Saturday Review (TV listings), Playlist (entertainment) etc