UK national paper(s)
|
Average
weekly
print readership
NRS
|
Website only
Comscore
|
Combined print and website
(removing duplicates)
% of total
|
Effective owner/s
|
Info
about
owner/s
|
Political support
General
Election 2015
|
Daily Mail &
Mail on
Sunday
|
8,724,000
|
5,691,000
|
13,255,000
17.6%
|
Lord Rother-mere
|
Billionaire.Lives in France.
Non-Dom.
Alleged tax avoider.
|
Tories
|
The Sun &
Sun on Sunday
|
10,344,000
|
339,000
|
10,602,000
14.1%
(Scotland alone estimate
1.2%)
|
Rupert Murdoch
|
Billionaire. Lives in US.
Alleged tax avoider.
|
Tories except in Scotland where SNP
|
Metro
|
7,315,000
|
992,000
|
8,108,000
10.8%
|
Lord Rother-
Mere
|
Billionaire.
Lives in France.
Non-Dom.
Alleged tax avoider.
|
Tories
|
Mirror & Sunday Mirror
|
5,346,000
|
2,222,000
|
7,329,000
9.7%
|
Trinity Mirror plc
|
Public Limited Company.
|
Labour
|
Guardian & Observer
|
2,349,000
|
5,171,000
|
6,998.000
9.3%
|
Scott Trust Ltd
|
A company with purpose to secure Guardian’s independence
|
Labour
|
Telegraph & Sunday Telegraph
|
2,709,000
|
4,277,000
|
6,577,000
8.7%
|
David and Frederick Barclay
|
Billionaires.
Live on private island near Sark.
Alleged tax avoiders.
|
Tories
|
London Evening Standard
|
3,801,000
|
649,000
|
4,340,000
5.8%
|
Alexander & EvgenyLebedev
|
Alexander is a billionaire, ex-KGB and lives in Russia. His son, Evgeny lives in UK
|
Tories
|
The Independent & Independenton Sunday
& i
|
2,034,000
|
2,479,000
|
4,316,000
(Indy alone estimate
2,500,000)
5.7%
(Indy alone estimate
3.3%)
|
Alexander& EvgenyLebedev
|
Alexander is a billionaire, ex-KGB and lives in Russia. His son, Evgeny lives in the UK
|
Indy -Tory/Lib-Dem
Indy on Sunday &
i - no endorse-ment
|
The Times &
Sunday Times
|
3,540,000
|
239,000
|
3,748,000
5.0%
|
Rupert Murdoch
|
Billionaire.
Lives in US.
Alleged tax avoider.
|
Tories
|
Express &
Sunday Express
|
2,298,000
|
849,000
|
. 3,110,000
4.1%
|
Richard Desmond
|
Billionaire pornographer.
Alleged tax avoider
|
UKIP
|
Star & Star on Sunday
|
2,171,000
|
567,000
|
. 2,722,000
3.6%
|
Richard Desmond
|
Billionaire pornographer.
Alleged tax avoider
|
No endors-ment
|
Financial Times
|
2,200,000
(PwC Nov 2011)
|
285,000
subscribers
|
2,485,000
Estimate
3.3%
|
Pearson PLC
|
Public limited company
|
Tory/
LibDem
|
Daily Record & Sunday Mail
|
1,326,000
|
451,000
|
1,724,000
2.3%
|
Trinity Mirror plc
|
Public limited company
|
Labour
|
TOTAL
|
75,314,000
|
| Effective Owner(s) |
% of combined print and online
|
Lord Rothermere
|
28.4
|
Rupert Murdoch
|
19.1
|
Trinity Mirror plc
|
12.0
|
Alexander and Evgeny Lebedev
|
11.5
|
Scott Trust
|
9.3
|
David and Frederick Barclay
|
8.7
|
Richard Desmond
|
7.7
|
Pearson plc
|
3.3
|
Political Support at General Election 2015
| |
Tory
|
60.8%
|
Tory led coalition with Lib Dems
|
6.6%
|
UKIP
|
4.1%
|
Labour
|
21.3%
|
SN
|
1.2%
|
t
|
6.0%
|
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