Mass media in the United Kingdom
There are several different types of mass media in the United Kingdom: television, radio, newspapers, magazines and websites. The United Kingdom is known for its large music industry, along with its new and upcoming artists. The country also has a large broadcasting, film, video games and book publishing industries.
Mediacity in Greater Manchester is the largest media-production facility in Europe.
Picture of a Truetone brand radio
The Times is a British daily national newspaper based in London. It began in 1785 under the title The Daily Universal Register, adopting its modern name on 1 January 1788. The Times and its sister paper The Sunday Times are published by Times Media, since 1981 a subsidiary of News UK, in turn wholly owned by News Corp. The Times and The Sunday Times, which do not share editorial staff, were founded independently and have had common ownership only since 1966. In general, the political position of The Times is considered to be centre-right.
Front page, 19 October 2015
Front page of The Times from 4 December 1788
A wounded British officer reading The Times's report of the end of the Crimean War, in John Everett Millais' painting Peace Concluded
Frontpage weekly magazine The Times, 15 May 1940, with headline: "The old prime minister and the new".
