British newspapers and journalism

The main newspaper pages on Magforum are:

British newspapers since 1981

  • Front covers that mark events in Fleet Street's history, such as Sun owner Rupert Murdoch gaining control of The Times
UK National papers
  • Market share of the papers;
  • Profiles of the groups and their newspapers
'Times readers run the country'
  • Humorous take on British newspaper readership
Scottish newspapers
  • The biggest selling papers;
  • Profiles of the publishers;
  • Links to publishers and their websites;
  • Links to Scottish journalism information sources.
British regional newspaper groups
  • The top 20 regional newspapers;
  • Publisher profiles.
Newspaper scoops: how journalists find exclusive stories
  • What makes a scoop?
  • Where does news come from?
  • People provide scoops
  • Big scoops
  • The old spies network
  • The difference a scoop makes
  • The influence of Drudge
  • Fighting off the lawyers
  • Journalists die finding stories
Journalism and newspaper web links

Launch of the Sunday Herald
  • Sunday Herald contents;
  • online strategy and interactivity;
  • the nation-forming agenda;
  • the editor Andrew Jaspan;
  • the mysterious mouse.
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