The Times is a British daily national newspaper, first published in London in 1785 under the title The Daily Universal Register (It became The Times on 1 January 1788).
presence.
The Daily Telegraph 《每日电讯报》
It is a daily morning broadsheet newspaper, published in London & distributed throughout the United Kingdom and internationally. The newspaper was founded by Arthur B. Sleigh in June 1855 as The Daily Telegraph and Courier, & since 2004 has been owned by David and Frederick Barclay.
internationally.
Financial Times(FT) 《金融时报》
The paper, published by Pearson PLC in London, was founded in 1888 by James Sheridan and Horatio Bottomley, and merged with its closest rival, the Financial News (founded in 1884) in 1945.
The magazine had an ABC circulation figure of 63,543 in 2011, 18,093 of which were distributed overseas. This was down from a peak of 76,952 in 2008.
ABC——Audit Bureau of Circulations发行量审计局
Daily Express 《每日快报》
It is a daily national middle market tabloid newspaper in the United Kingdom. It is the flagship title of Express Newspapers, a subsidiary of Northern & Shell. In July 2011 it had an average daily circulation of 625,952.
The Listener 《听众》
It was a weekly magazine established by the BBC in January 1929 which ceased publication in 1991. The entire digitized catalogue was made available online to libraries, educational and research institutions in 2011.
The Times and The Sunday Times do not share editorial staff, were founded independently and have only had common ownership since 1967.
• subsidiary——子公司
Daily Mail 《每日邮报》
The Daily Mail is a British daily middle-market tabloid( 小 报) newspaper owned by the Daily Mail and General Trust.
First published in 1896 by Lord Northcliffe, it is the United Kingdom's second biggest-selling daily newspaper after The Sun. Its sister paper The Mail on Sunday was launched in 1982.
flagship——旗舰； （作定语）一流；佼佼者
ห้องสมุดไป่ตู้
British Magzines
The Spectator 《旁观者》
The Spectator is a weekly British conservative magazine, which was first published on 6 July 1828.
It is a fortnightly British satirical and
current affairs magazine, edited by Ian
Hislop.
Since its first publication
in 1961, it has been a prominent critic
connected with leading members of
the socialist Fabian Society, the
magazine has a centre-lleft(中左翼)
political position.
Notes
• Fabian Society——费边社(1884年在伦 敦成立的英国资产阶级知识分子组织， 主张采取温和缓进的办法改造社会)
Chapter Two: Section 2
Brief Introduction to Major British Newspapers and Magazines
Chapter Two
British Newspapers British Magazines
British Newspapers
The Times 《泰晤士报》
Daily Mail 《每日邮报》
The Daily Mail was Britain's first daily newspaper aimed at the newly literate lower-middle class market resulting from mass education, combining a low retail price (零售价)with plenty of competitions, prizes and promotional gimmicks, and the first British paper to sell a million copies a day.
Financial Times(FT) 《金融时报》
It is a British English-
language
international
daily newspaper with a
special emphasis on business
and economic news in
the United Kingdom and
Its principal subject areas are politics and culture.
The Spectator 《旁观者》
Its editorial outlook is generally supportive of the Conservative Party, although regular contributors（投稿者） include some outside that fold（信徒）. The magazine also contains arts pages on books, music, opera, and film and TV reviews.
The Times 《泰晤士报》
The Times and its sister paper The Sunday Times (founded in 1821) are published by Times Newspapers, since 1981 a subsidiary of News UK, itself wholly owned by the News Corp group headed by Rupert Murdoch.
and lampooner of public figures and
entities that it deemed guilty of any of
the sins of incompetence, inefficiency,
corruption, pomposity or self-
importance and it has become a self-
styled "thorn in the side" of the
British establishment.
Notes
• lampooner——讽刺作家 • pomposity——自大 • self-styled——自称的，自封的 • thorn in the side——眼中钉 ，肉中刺 • the establishment or the Establishment:
Its published aim was to be a medium for intelligent reception of broadcast programmes.
Notes
• BBC—— 英 国 广 播 公 司 （ British Broadcasting Corporation）
Private Eye 《私探》
• Pearson PLC——培生出版集团
The Guardian 《卫报》