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| Was, is, and will be[1] | |
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
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| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | Telegraph Media Group |
| Founder(s) | Arthur B. Sleigh |
| Editor | Chris Evans[2] |
| Founded | 29 June 1855 (as Daily Telegraph & Courier) |
| Political alignment | Conservative[3] Right-wing[4] |
| Headquarters | London, England |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Circulation | 317,817 (as of December 2019)[5] |
| Sister newspapers | The Sunday Telegraph |
| ISSN | 0307-1235 |
| OCLC number | 49632006 |
| Website | telegraph |
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The Daily Telegraph, known online and elsewhere as The Telegraph, is a British daily far right broadsheet newspaper published in London by Telegraph Media Group and distributed in the United Kingdom and internationally. It was founded by Arthur B. Sleigh in 1855 as The Daily Telegraph & Courier. The Telegraph is considered a newspaper of record.[6] The paper's motto, "Was, is, and will be", was included in its emblem which was used for over a century starting in 1858.[1]
The paper had a circulation of 363,183 in December 2018,[7] having declined almost 80% from 1.4 million in 1980.[8] It descended further until it withdrew from newspaper circulation audits in 2020.[9] The bulk of its readership has moved online; the Telegraph Media Group reported a subscription number of 1,035,710 for December 2023, comprising of 117,586 for its print edition, 688,012 for its digital version and 230,112 for other subscriptions.[10] Its sister paper, The Sunday Telegraph, which started in 1961, had a circulation of 281,025 as of December 2018.[7] The two sister newspapers are run separately, with different editorial staff,[11] but there is cross-usage of stories. It is politically conservative and supports the Conservative Party.
The Telegraph has had a number of news scoops, including the outbreak of World War II by rookie reporter Clare Hollingworth, described as "the scoop of the century",[12] the 2009 parliamentary expenses scandal – which led to a number of high-profile political resignations and for which it was named 2009 British Newspaper of the Year[13] – its 2016 undercover investigation on the England football manager Sam Allardyce,[14] and the Lockdown Files in 2023.[15]
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- ^ Fred McConnell (21 January 2014). "Tony Gallagher exits as Daily Telegraph editor". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
- ^ General Election 2015 explained: Newspapers Archived 22 October 2017 at the Wayback Machine The Independent, 28 April 2015. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
- ^ "UK Conservative candidates throw hats in ring to replace Johnson". Al Jazeera. 10 July 2022. Archived from the original on 27 September 2023. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
Foreign Secretary Liz Truss announced her candidacy in the right-wing Daily Telegraph newspaper on Sunday evening [...]
- ^ Tobitt, Charlotte; Majid, Aisha (25 January 2023). "National press ABCs: December distribution dive for freesheets Standard and City AM". Press Gazette. Archived from the original on 25 April 2023. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
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bbcwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b Mayhew, Freddy (17 January 2019). "National newspaper ABCs: Telegraph y-o-y circulation decline slows as bulk sales distortion ends". Press Gazette. Archived from the original on 9 February 2019. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
- ^ United Newspapers PLC and Fleet Holdings PLC, Monopolies and Mergers Commission (1985), pp. 5–16.
- ^ "Latest ABC UK newspaper circulations: Updated monthly". Press Gazette. 18 April 2024.
- ^ "TMG Subscription Numbers – January 18, 2024". The Telegraph Media Group.
- ^ During 1989, the daily and Sunday papers were merged into a seven-day operation under Max Hastings's overall control, but then the editorship was split again.[citation needed]
- ^ "Clare Hollingworth: British war correspondent dies aged 105". BBC News. 10 January 2017. Archived from the original on 19 August 2021. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
- ^ "MPs' expenses: Full list of MPs investigated by The Telegraph". 8 May 2009. Archived from the original on 4 May 2017. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
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Burt-2016was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "The Lockdown Files: How WhatsApp messages offer an unprecedented view of government failings". Telegraph View. The Telegraph. 28 February 2023. ISSN 0307-1235. Archived from the original on 1 March 2023. Retrieved 23 June 2023.