Quality press

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The quality press or the qualities [1] are British newspapers in national circulation distinguished by their seriousness. The category used to be called "broadsheet" until several papers adopted a tabloid printing format. Both The Times and The Independent adopted a tabloid format in 2004. The Guardian adopted a Berliner format in 2005, before switching to tabloid in January 2018.

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Circulation figures for the quality press have been falling in recent times, and in December 2009 it was reported that readership of The Guardian, The Independent, The Times, and Financial Times had decreased over the previous 12 months. [2]

"Quality press" titles

TitlePublishedFormatEst.OwnerOrientation
The Times DailyCompact1785 News Corporation Centre-right
The Sunday Times SundayBroadsheet1822News CorporationCentre-right
The Guardian DailyCompact1821 Scott Trust Limited Centre
The Observer SundayCompact1791Scott Trust Limited Centre-left
Financial Times DailyBroadsheet1888 Nikkei Inc. Centre-right
The Daily Telegraph DailyBroadsheet1855 Barclay brothers' Press Holdings Right-wing
The Sunday Telegraph SundayBroadsheet1961Barclay brothers' Press HoldingsRight-wing
The i Paper DailyCompact2010 Daily Mail and General Trust Centre

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References

  1. Oxford English Dictionary , s.v. 'quality' II.8.e
  2. Peter Preston (17 December 2009). "Circulation falls for UK quality press". Guardian. What's New in Publishing. Retrieved 12 February 2011.