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The Daily Telegraph
Type Daily newspaper
Format Broadsheet
Owner Sir David and Sir Frederick Barclay
Editor William Lewis
Founded 1820
Political allegiance Conservative/centre-right[1]
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£1. The Pound Sterling ( symbol £; ISO code: GBP) subdivided into 100 pence (singular penny) is the Currency 50 (Saturday)
Headquarters 111 Buckingham Palace Road, London, SW1W 0DT
Circulation 871,598[2]
Website: www.telegraph.co.uk

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Founding history

In 1882 the Daily Telegraph moved to new Fleet Street premises, which were pictured in the Illustrated London News.
In 1882 the Daily Telegraph moved to new Fleet Street premises, which were pictured in the Illustrated London News. Fleet Street is a street in London, England named after the River Fleet. The Illustrated London News was a Magazine founded by Herbert Ingram and his friend Mark Lemon, the editor of Punch

The Daily Telegraph was established on 29 June 1855 by Colonel Arthur B. Sleigh who used it as a platform to campaign against the Duke of Cambridge becoming commander-in-chief of the British army. Events 512 - A Solar eclipse is recorded by a monastic chronicler in Ireland. Year 1855 ( MDCCCLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Colonel Arthur B Sleigh, also known as Burrowes Willcocks Arthur Sleigh (1821 Montreal -1869 Chelsea) was an army officer travel writer and the original Duke of Cambridge is a title (named after the city of Cambridge, England occasionally conferred upon junior members of the British royal family [5] He controlled it only briefly before selling it to his printer, Joseph Moses Levy, father of the first Baron Burnham. Joseph Moses Levy ( December 15, 1812 in London - October 12, 1888 in Ramsgate) was a Newspaper editor Baron Burnham, of Hall Barn in the Parish of Beaconsfield in the County of Buckingham is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. Levy appointed his sons as editors and relaunched the paper on 17 September. Events 1176 - The Battle of Myriokephalon is fought 1462 - The Battle of Świecino (or Battle of Żarnowiec He soon reduced the price of the paper to a penny. Within twelve months the new paper was outselling The Times. The Times is a daily national Newspaper published in the United Kingdom since 1785 when it was known as The Daily Universal Register.

In 1908, Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany gave a controversial interview to The Daily Telegraph that severely damaged Anglo-German relations and added to international tensions which eventually culminated in World War I. Kaiser is the German title meaning " Emperor " with Kaiserin being the female equivalent " Empress " World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All

In 1928 the son of the 1st Baron Burnham sold it to the 1st Viscount Camrose, in partnership with his brother Viscount Kemsley and the 1st Baron Iliffe. Baron Burnham, of Hall Barn in the Parish of Beaconsfield in the County of Buckingham is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. Viscount Camrose, of Hackwood Park in the County of Southampton is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. Viscount Kemsley, of Dropmore in the County of Buckingham is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. Baron Iliffe, of Yattendon in the County of Berkshire, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. Both the Camrose (Berry) and Burnham (Levy-Lawson) families remained involved in management until Conrad Black took control in 1986. Conrad Moffat Black Baron Black of Crossharbour PC, KCSG, OC, (born 25 August 1944, in Montreal, Quebec) is

In 1937 the newspaper absorbed The Morning Post which traditionally espoused a conservative position and sold predominantly amongst the retired officer class. The Morning Post, as the paper was named on its Masthead, was a conservative daily Newspaper published in London from 1772 to 1937 when it was Conservatism is a term used to describe political philosophies that favour Tradition, where tradition refers to various religious cultural or nationally defined Originally William Ewart Berry, 1st Viscount Camrose bought The Morning Post with the intention of publishing it alongside the Daily Telegraph, but poor sales of the former led him to merge the two. William Ewart Berry 1st Viscount Camrose ( 23 June 1879 &ndash 15 June 1954) was a British Newspaper publisher Viscount Camrose, of Hackwood Park in the County of Southampton is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The Morning Post, as the paper was named on its Masthead, was a conservative daily Newspaper published in London from 1772 to 1937 when it was For "The Daily Telegraph" in Australia see The Daily Telegraph (Australia. For some years the paper was retitled The Daily Telegraph and Morning Post before it reverted to just The Daily Telegraph.

The Sunday Telegraph

Main article: The Sunday Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph's sister Sunday paper was founded in 1961. The Sunday Telegraph is a British Broadsheet newspaper, founded in 1961 The writer Sir Peregrine Worsthorne is probably the best known journalist associated with the title (1961-97), eventually being editor for three years from 1986. Sir Peregrine Gerard Worsthorne (born December 22, 1923) is a British journalist writer and broadcaster In 1989 the Sunday title was briefly merged in to a seven-day operation under Max Hastings' overall control. Sir Max Hastings, FRSL (born December 28, 1945) is a British Journalist, editor, Historian and Author In 2005 the paper was revamped, a glossy fashion magazine being added to the more traditional review section. It costs £1. 90 and includes separate Money, Home and Living, Sport, Travel and Business suppliments.

Editors

Its editors have included:

Recent history

The Daily Telegraph is owned by the Barclay brothers. Sir Peregrine Gerard Worsthorne (born December 22, 1923) is a British journalist writer and broadcaster Trevor Grove (born 1 January 1945) is a British Journalist and former editor of The Sunday Telegraph (1989-1992 Charles Moore (born 31 October 1956) is a British Journalist and former editor of The Daily Telegraph (1995-2003 Dominic Ralph Campden Lawson (born 17 December 1956) is a British journalist Sarah Sands (born Sarah Harvey, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, 3 June 1961) is a British Journalist and Author Patience Wheatcroft (born 28 September 1951) is a former British Journalist who served as editor of the Sunday Telegraph Sir David Barclay and Sir Frederick Barclay (both born on 27 October, 1934) are British Businessmen. Until January 2004, the newspaper group was controlled by Canadian businessman Conrad Black. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Conrad Moffat Black Baron Black of Crossharbour PC, KCSG, OC, (born 25 August 1944, in Montreal, Quebec) is Black, through his holding company Ravelston Corporation, owned Hollinger Inc. which in turn owns 30% of Hollinger International and, under a deal masterminded by Andrew Knight through which Black bought the newspaper group in 1986, owns 78% of the voting rights. Ravelston Corporation Limited is a Canadian holding company that was largely controlled by Conrad Black and business partner David Radler. Hollinger Inc ( is based in Toronto, Ontario Canada. It is the parent company of Chicago-based Sun-Times Media Group, whose primary holdings Sun-Times Media Group (until recently Hollinger International) is the Holding company of a Chicago based Newspaper group Andrew Stephen Bower Knight (born 1 November 1939 in England) is a Journalist, editor, and Media baron. Hollinger Inc. also owns the liberal Chicago Sun-Times, the Jerusalem Post, and conservative publications such as The Spectator. The Chicago Sun-Times is an American daily Newspaper published in Chicago, Illinois. The Jerusalem Post is an Israeli daily English-language Broadsheet Newspaper, founded on December 1, 1932 For other uses see Spectator. The Spectator is a weekly British Magazine first published on 6 July

On 18 January 2004, Black was dismissed as chairman of the Hollinger International board over allegations of financial wrongdoing. Events 350 - Generallus Magnentius deposes Roman Emperor Constans and proclaims himself Emperor "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Black was also sued by the company. Later that day it was reported that the Barclay brothers had agreed to purchase Hollinger Inc. Sir David Barclay and Sir Frederick Barclay (both born on 27 October, 1934) are British Businessmen. from Black, giving them the controlling interest in the newspaper group. They then launched a takeover bid for the rest of the group, valuing the company at £200m. In business a takeover is the purchase of one company (the target) by another (the acquirer, or bidder) The Pound Sterling ( symbol £; ISO code: GBP) subdivided into 100 pence (singular penny) is the Currency However, a suit has been filed by the Hollinger International board with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to try to block Black selling shares in the company until an investigation into his dealings have been completed. The US Securities and Exchange Commission (commonly known as the SEC) is an independent agency of the United States government which holds primary responsibility Software for Fixed assets management and Stock control developed in 2004. Black filed a counter-suit but eventually United States judge Leo Strine sided with the Hollinger International board and blocked Black from selling his Hollinger Inc. shares and interests to the twins. On Sunday 7 March, the twins announced they were launching another takeover bid, this time just for the Daily Telegraph and its Sunday sister paper rather than the whole stable. Events 161 - Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius dies and is succeeded by co-Emperors Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus Current owner of the Daily Express, Richard Desmond, was also interested in purchasing the paper, selling his interest in several pornographic magazines to finance the initiative. The Daily Express is a conservative Middle-market British Tabloid Newspaper. Richard Clive Desmond (born 8 December, 1951) is a British Publisher, current owner of Express Newspapers and founder of Northern and Shell Desmond withdrew in March 2004 when the price climbed above £600m, as did Daily Mail and General Trust plc on 17 June. Daily Mail and General Trust plc ( is one of the Europe's largest media companies and has interests in national and regional Newspapers, Television Events 1462 - Vlad III the Impaler attempts to assassinate Mehmed II ( The Night Attack) forcing him to retreat

Eventually, the Barclay brothers purchased Hollinger, and with it the Telegraph, for around £665m in late June 2004.

Amidst the unraveling of the takeover Sir David Barclay suggested that The Daily Telegraph might in the future no longer be the "house newspaper" of the Conservatives. In an interview with The Guardian he said, "Where the government are right we will support them. "

The editorial board endorsed the Conservative party in the 2005 general election.

15 November 2004 saw the tenth anniversary of the launch of the Telegraph's website Electronic Telegraph. Events 655 - Battle of Winwaed: Penda of Mercia is defeated by Oswiu of Northumbria. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " For "The Daily Telegraph" in Australia see The Daily Telegraph (Australia. Now re-launched as telegraph.co.uk, the website was the UK's first national newspaper online. Monday 8th May 2006 saw the first stage of a major redesign of the Telegraph's website, based on a wider page layout and greater prominence for audio, video and journalist blogs.

On 10 October 2005, the Daily Telegraph relaunched to incorporate a tabloid sports section and a new standalone business section. Events 680 - Battle of Karbala: Shia Imam Husayn bin Ali, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, is decapitated Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Daily Mail's star columnist and political analyst Simon Heffer left that paper in October 2005 to rejoin the Daily Telegraph, where he has become associate editor. The Daily Mail is a British newspaper currently published in a tabloid format Simon James Heffer (born 18 July 1960) is a British journalist and writer noted for his Right wing political views Heffer, known for his combative style and wit, has written two columns a week for the Telegraph since late October 2005 and is a regular contributor to the news podcast.

November, 2005 - launches the first regular podcast service by a newspaper in the UK. [6]

Just before Christmas 2005, it was announced that the Telegraph titles will be moving from Canada Place in Canary Wharf, to Victoria Plaza near Victoria Station in central London. [7] The new office features a 'hub and spoke' layout for the newsroom, which will produce content for print and online editions.

In October 2006, with its relocation to Buckingham Palace Road, Victoria, the Telegraph rebranded itself the Telegraph Media Group, repositioning itself as a multimedia company.

Website

telegraph.co.uk is the online version of the newspaper. It includes the articles from the print additions of The Daily Telegraph and The Sunday Telegraph as well as web-only content such as breaking news, pictures galleries and blogs. It was named UK Consumer Website of the Year 2007 by the Association of Online Publishers [8].

The site is overseen by Edward Roussel, digital editor of Telegraph Media Group, and Marcus Warren as editor. Other staff include Shane Richmond, communities editor, Ian Douglas, head of digital production, and Chei Amlani, online sport editor.

The site, which has has been the focus of the group's recent efforts to create an integrated news operation producing content for print and online from the same newsroom, is awaiting a relaunch involving the use of the Escenic content management system, popular among northern European and Scandinavian newspaper groups. Escenic is a Norwegian company primarily known for its Escenic Content Engine Content management system.

History

The website was launched, under the name electronic telegraph at midday on 15 November 1994 at the headquarters of The Daily Telegraph at Canary Wharf in London Docklands. Events 655 - Battle of Winwaed: Penda of Mercia is defeated by Oswiu of Northumbria. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Canary Wharf is a large business and shopping development in London, located in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, centred on the old West India Docks Docklands is the semi-official name for an area in the east of London, England, comprising parts of several boroughs ( Southwark, Tower Hamlets It was Europe's first daily web-based newspaper.

Initially the site published only the top stories from the print edition of the newspaper but it gradually increased its coverage until virtually all of the newspaper was carried online and the website was also publishing original material.

The website, hosted on a Sun Microsystems Sparc 20 server and connected via a 64 kbit/s leased line from Demon Internet, was edited by Ben Rooney. Sun Microsystems Inc ( is a multinational vendor of Computers computer components Computer software, and Information technology services A leased line is a symmetric Telecommunications line connecting two locations Demon Internet Demon Internet is a British Internet Service Provider. Ben Rooney was the launch editor of the Daily Telegraph 's website then called the Electronic Telegraph Key personnel behind the launch of the site were the then marketing manager of The Daily Telegraph, Hugo Drayton, and the webmaster Fiona Carter. Drayton later became managing director of the newspaper.

An early coup for the site was the publication of articles by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard on Bill Clinton and the Whitewater controversy. Ambrose Evans-Pritchard (born 1957 is the international business editor of the Daily Telegraph. William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III, August 19 1946 served as the forty-second President of the United States The Whitewater controversy (also called the Whitewater scandal, or often simply Whitewater) was an American political controversy that began with the The availability of the articles online brought a large American audience to the site. In 1997, the Clinton administration issued a 331-page report that accused Evans-Pritchard of peddling "right-wing inventions". Derek Bishton, who by then had succeeded Rooney as editor, later wrote: "In the days before ET it would have been highly unlikely that anyone in the US would have been aware of Evans-Pritchard's work - and certainly not to the extent that the White House would be forced to issue such a lengthy rebuttal. " [9]

Bishton, who is now consulting editor for Telegraph Media Group, was followed as editor by Richard Burton, who was made redundant in August 2006. Richard Burton was editor of Telegraphcouk, the website of the British newspapers the Daily Telegraph and the Sunday Telegraph, until August 2006 when Edward Roussel replaced Burton.

The site is now the most popular UK newspaper website with 18. 6 million unique users per month, narrowly beating guardian.co.uk which is read by 18. guardiancouk, formerly known as Guardian Unlimited, is a British website owned by the Guardian Media Group. 5 million people monthly.

My Telegraph

Telegraph. co. uk offers a platform for readers where they can host their own blog, save articles and network with other readers. Launched in May 2007, My Telegraph won a Cross Media Award from international newspaper organisation Ifra in October 2007 [10]. One of the judges, Robert Cauthorn, described the project as "the best deployment of blogging yet seen in any newspaper anywhere in the world". Robert Cauthorn headed and launched StarNet, the first profitable Online daily newspaper whose basis is from the Arizona Daily Star.

Posts appear unmoderated, and registered users can leave comments on their own and other blogs (including Telegraph journalist blogs) without waiting for approval, but comments on stories on the main website must be approved by the website's moderators before appearing on the page.

Political stance

The Daily Telegraph has been politically conservative[11] in modern times. Conservatism is a term used to describe political philosophies that favour Tradition, where tradition refers to various religious cultural or nationally defined The personal links between the paper's editors and the leadership of the Conservative Party, also known as Tories, along with the paper's influence over Conservative activists, has resulted in the paper commonly being referred to, especially in Private Eye, as the Torygraph. The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative and Unionist Party) is a Political party in the United Kingdom. In the political tradition of some English-speaking countries, the term Tory has referred to a variety of political parties and Creeds since it was Private Eye is a fortnightly British satirical Magazine, edited by Ian Hislop. [11] However, in its early years it was associated with Gladstone and the Liberal party, coining the nickname "the people's William". The Liberal Party was one of the two major British political parties from the early 19th century until the rise of the Labour Party in the 1920s and a third party

Satire

See also: List of people and organisations frequently parodied by Private Eye#Newspapers

In addition to the "Daily Torygraph" (see above), Private Eye has also dubbed the paper the "Telavivograph", and "The Daily Hurleygraph" or "The Daily Tottygraph" for their frequent printing of the pictures of Liz Hurley and other notable attractive women, or as the "Maily Telegraph"[12] and "Daily Mailograph"[12] for the Eye's opinion that the newspaper sometimes focuses on issues traditionally seen as the preserve of the Daily Mail. This is a list of some of the people and organisations most frequently or famously used as a source of humour or target of insult by the British satirical Magazine Private Eye Private Eye is a fortnightly British satirical Magazine, edited by Ian Hislop. Elizabeth Jane Hurley (born 10 June 1965 is an English model and former actress who became known as a girlfriend of Hugh Grant in the 1990s The Daily Mail is a British newspaper currently published in a tabloid format

Notable mistakes

The Daily Telegraph has erroneously published at least four premature obituaries:

On Wednesday, 24 February 1988, The Daily Telegraph was printed with the wrong date: Thursday 25 February was printed by mistake. Events 303 - Galerius, Roman Emperor, publishes his edict that begins the persecution of Christians in his portion of the Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Events 138 - The Emperor Hadrian adopts Antoninus Pius, effectively making him his successor This caused complaints from confused readers, but also inspired the first front page cartoon by Matt, who now has a cartoon on the front page of the Telegraph almost every day. The word cartoon has various meanings based on several very different forms of Visual art and Illustration. Matt Pritchett MBE (born 1964 has been the pocket Cartoonist on the Daily Telegraph newspaper since 1988 The cartoon had the caption: "I hope I have a better Thursday than I did yesterday".

On Saturday, 26 August 2006, content from Claire Zulkey of MediaBistro Toolbox appeared on Melissa Whitworth's blog (MSN cache, original pulled off the site), leading to accusations of plagiarism. Events 1071 - Battle of Manzikert: The Seljuk Turks defeat the Byzantine Army at Manzikert. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Whitworth later claimed that it had been published in error after she had forwarded the piece to her editor.

See also

Notes and references

  1. ^ BBC NEWS | UK | The UK's 'other paper of record'
  2. ^ Newspaper Marketing Agency
  3. ^ Audit Bureau of Circulations Ltd These figures do not take into account the varying numbers of free copies of each paper given away at hotels, railway stations, and in airplanes. Auberon Alexander Waugh (ˈɔːbərən ˈwɔː ( November 17, 1939 &ndash January 16, 2001) was a British author and Journalist. Anthony William Vivian Loyd (born on 12 September 1966) is an English Journalist and noted War correspondent. John Hugh Brignal Peel (1913-1983 was a British Journalist, Author and Poet, writing as J Mark Steyn, born in Canada in 1959, is a self-described conservative writer and commentator about politics arts and culture The Sunday Telegraph is a British Broadsheet newspaper, founded in 1961
  4. ^ MORI poll of 21,727 British adults, July-December 2004 - http://www.mori.com/polls/2004/voting-by-readership.shtml
  5. ^ Andrew Marr, My Trade, Pan 2006, p. 238
  6. ^ Press Gazette 18th Nov 2005 - ‘Hear all about it’ as the Telegraph launches podcast
  7. ^ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2005/12/22/cntel22.xml
  8. ^ UK Association of Online Publishers (AOP) | News | Newspaper brands shine at AOP Awards
  9. ^ From ET to TD - Telegraph
  10. ^ IFRA XMA Cross Media Awards 2008
  11. ^ a b [1]
  12. ^ a b "DAILY MAILOGRAPH LATEST" (15 May 2008). Private Eye 1209: 5.  
  13. ^ Out in the noonday sun. - book reviews | National Review | Find Articles at BNET.com
  14. ^ Death is the story of their lives - USATODAY.com

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