The Daily Mail - Industry Flashcards
What is the Daily Mail’s motive?
to make money through the sales of newspapers and sale of space to advertisers
What is happening to the print sales of newspapers and what are the consequences of this?
In a large decline due to the move to digital media and people expecting news for free online.
Advertisers are demanding to pay less because less people see it
The print paper itself is having to use increased techniques of persuasion that will stir emotion
What type of newspaper is the Daily Mail?
‘black top’ or ‘mid-market tabloid’ covering both hard and soft news
Who is the Daily Mail owned by?
DMGT - Daily Mail and General Trust plc
Who is the chairman and largest stakeholder of the Daily Mail?
The fourth Viscount of Rothermere- Johnathon Harmsworth. The fact he’s a viscount suggests wealth and a higher class
What other titles does DMG Media publish? What does this suggest?
Metro
Wowcher
The i
News Scientist
This suggests they are horizontally integrated
Between 1994 and 2020, how many times did The Daily Mail win Newspaper of the year?
9 times
How many countries does DMGT operate in?
40
How much revenue does the DMGT make per annum?
£2 billion
How does the Daily Mail make money?
-selling of the paper
-sells space to advertisers
-often sells stories onto others
-get stories cheaply and quickly by encouraging the audience to write articles
-subscriptions to the Mail+ app, which has more exclusive stories and is add free
How does the Daily Mail increase their readership in ways that may not follow regulations?
-social media and use of clickbait
-sensationalism
-Can often breach IPSO regulation because they can afford fines and attracts more readers
-Bots which check comments on social media don’t work 100% of the time which may work in the Daily Mail’s favour as it creates more controversy and so more readers (social media don’t have a regulatory body)
Who holds the most power over the Daily Mail?
Advertisers do rather than IPSO. Apologies usually only come from the Daily Mail over controversies when advertisers threaten to pull out
Has the Daily Mail struggled as much as other newspapers from the decline in print sales?
No- their demographic are slightly older and so are used to having a physical newspaper and want to stay that way more.
They have embraced the opportunity of digital technology, adjusting its style to an evolving audience and have adopted popular campaigns
How many stories does the front page of the Mail Online have on average?
260 stories
Who regulates the Daily Mail?
IPSO (Independent Press Standards Organisation)
When was IPSO formed?
After the PCC was deemed ineffective at the Levison Inquiry
Who set up IPSO?
The Newspapers themselves after they claimed the Royal Charter set up by politicians to monitor newspapers was neither voluntary or independent
Who controls IPSO
It’s a self-regulator meaning the newspapers regulate themselves. In essence, IPSO is controlled by the very newspapers it regulates: this can hardly be said to be independent
What do Curran and Seaton say about the varying viewpoints of newspapers and media?
If a viewpoint is missing in the press, this is only because it lacks a sufficient following to sustain it in the marketplace
What is the relationship like between the growth of readership and the concentration of power in the press?
The more readership and the growth of press led to an increased concentration of ownership and monopolies, harming their independence
What are two examples of individuals having power over the release of the press?
In 2003, Murdoch strongly wanted the Iraq war to go ahead and it’s no coincidence all 175 of his newspapers supported that view globally
Rothermere used his Daily Mail influence in the 1920s to campaign for the return of the lost Hungarian territories
What was the concentration of ownership like of newspapers in 1937?
Rothermere, Beaverbrook (Daily Express) and Kemsley (Telegraph) controlled 51% of morning circulation, giving them a readership of 15 million and hence excessive influence
What is an example that shows the press have limited power?
In 1931, Rothermere demanded to be informed of the prospective cabinet ministers in Stanley Baldwin’s government, otherwise the paper would withdraw their support for the Conservatives. However, Baldwin said this was ‘preposterous and an insolent demand’. Party loyalty here superseded Rothermere’s influence.
