Rothermere family offers £3.1bn to take Daily Mail owner private
Offer is for 64% of DMGT, which also publishes the i and Metro, that Rothermeres do not already own
August 2020
'Laughing stock': what the papers say about Gavin Williamson
Education secretary’s role in exams fiasco dominates front pages across political spectrum
May 2020
Daily Mail owner's print advertising revenues plunge by 70%
DMGT also owns the i and Metro and Covid-19 lockdown has hit newspaper industry
UK national newspaper print sales plunge amid coronavirus lockdown
Some titles fall up to 39% as publishers grapple with selling copies with shops shut and transport hubs closed
The prurient headlines about Neil Ferguson are a huge distraction
Owen Jones
Britain’s death toll is the worst in Europe, yet our rightwing media focuses on a scientist’s sex life, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones
April 2020
Mirror publisher to furlough almost 1,000 employees and cut pay
Reach, which also owns Daily Express and Daily Star, makes decision because of Covid-19
February 2019
Metro’s success is good news for life beyond the web
Roy Greenslade
A free paper that follows the market and prides itself in being unbiased is making £1m a month
October 2018
Metro.co.uk paid MP £20,000 after false homophobia claims
News website accepts that all its accusations about Labour’s Gavin Shuker were untrue
July 2018
Print advertising in UK national newspapers rises for first time since 2010, study finds
Advertiser backlash against tech companies has been cited as factor in spending reversal
September 2017
Peter Preston on press and broadcasting
Brexit could make the Mirror-Express honeymoon a short one
Peter Preston
As Daily Mirror and Daily Express were at opposite ends of the referendum spectrum, how comfortable will they be in bed together?
July 2017
Peter Preston on press and broadcasting
Ipso and the full spirit of practicability
Peter Preston
Our biggest regulator has decided it can’t rule on what Mail Online says about Americans in its US edition. That’s handy…
January 2017
How the press reacted to the article 50 verdict
We look at how the nation’s media covered the government being told by the supreme court that it could not leave the EU without parliamentary approval
Greenslade
Theresa May's Brexit speech: what the national newspapers say
Roy Greenslade
PM’s words cause unsurprising joy in pro-leave papers while pro-remain media question her interpretation of her mandate
Greenslade
Theresa May gets thumbs up from Brexit-supporting national newspapers
Roy Greenslade
Editors greet the prime minister’s coming speech with headlines and leading articles praising her decision to make a break from the EU’s single market
December 2016
Greenslade
Metro climbs to second place in the circulation league
Free newspaper overtakes the Daily Mail and closes on the Sun on weekdays after giving away thousands of copies on London buses
September 2016
Greenslade
What lies behind Trinity Mirror's return of four Metro franchises
Roy Greenslade
Newspaper publishers are pursuing different strategies in order to make profits
Greenslade
National newspapers deride David Cameron for quitting
Roy Greenslade
In damning headlines and critical editorials, editors scorn the prime minister for leaving parliament and ridicule his miscalculation over the EU referendum
Greenslade
Why the Sunday Mirror was justified in exposing Keith Vaz
Roy Greenslade
Although the newspaper did intrude into the MP’s privacy, its public interest argument for doing so was valid
August 2016
Greenslade
Newspapers divide over the lessons of the £11bn Apple tax demand
Roy Greenslade
While the pro-Brexit press views the European commission’s ruling as interference in the free market, pro-remain papers see it as a virtue of EU membership
July 2016
Greenslade
Yes, Jeremy Corbyn has suffered a bad press, but where's the harm?
Roy Greenslade
Although undoubtedly true that the newspaper coverage of Labour’s leader has been relentlessly negative, and laced with ridicule, is anyone really surprised?
