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The Daily Express is a national daily United Kingdom middle-market newspaper printed in tabloid format. Published in London, it is the flagship of Express Newspapers, owned by publisher Reach plc. In
Exterior of Owen Williams's Daily Express Building in Manchester
Exterior of Daily Express Building in London, designed by Ellis and Clark
In 2000, Express Newspapers was bought by Richard Desmond (left).
William Maxwell Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook, was a Canadian-British newspaper publisher and backstage politician who was an influential figure in British media and politics of the first half of the
Daily Express
…was first published as a broadsheet in 1900 by Sir Arthur Pearson. Its sister paper, the Sunday Express, was launched in 1918. Under the ownership of Lord Beaverbrook, it rose to become the newspaper with the largest circulation in the world, going from 2 million in the 1930s to 4 million in the 1940s. It was acquired…
Lord Beaverbrook c. 1918
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Lord Beaverbrook
Lord Beaverbrook during the Second World War