Ownership and Regulation
DMGT/Associated newspaper - The Daily Mail
EIS Media - London Evening Standard, The Independent
Guardian Media Group - The Guardian, The Observer
Mirror Group - The Mirror
News International - The Sun, The Times, The Sunday Times
Northern and Shell - The Daily Express
Press Holdings - The Telegraph
Pearson - Financial Times
Trinity Group - The Leicester Mercury
Local World - The Nottingham Post, The Derby Telegraph
Both The Guardian and The Observer are sister newspapers and therefore have the same political alignment of being left wing and produce very similar content.
News International have ownership of the trio of The Sun, The Times and The Sunday Times, and implement right wing views on each of the newspapers but their content does differ quite a bit, with The Sun being a gossip based tabloid newspaper and The Times and The Sunday Times are broadsheet newspapers, all of which are owned by News International who themselves are owned by British entrepreneur Rupert Murdoch. After the negative attention the company received from the Leveson Inquiry, they subsequently changed their name to News UK. From my research I can conclude that newspapers with the same owners share political ideologies.
Many companies own more than one newspaper, whether that be national or regional, as shown through Local World owning both The Nottingham Post and The Derby Telegraph. This supports Hesmondhalghs theory that companies own different media outlets as it reduces cost and follows the capitalist tactic of increasing concentration and integration.
Media ownership could be perceived to be problematic and a cause for concern in the UK due to the possession of a media outlet providing a company with increasing power. Therefore if a major company starts owning a large number, they will gain a lot of power, allowing for them to boast their opinions, specifically political, on their large clientele. This might cause a lack in quality and diversity between papers, and not allowing for the views of total society to be shown. This supports Curran and Seaton's power and media industries theory as it reduces the level playing field for different media outlets and provokes capitalism.
Many companies own more than one newspaper, whether that be national or regional, as shown through Local World owning both The Nottingham Post and The Derby Telegraph. This supports Hesmondhalghs theory that companies own different media outlets as it reduces cost and follows the capitalist tactic of increasing concentration and integration.
Media ownership could be perceived to be problematic and a cause for concern in the UK due to the possession of a media outlet providing a company with increasing power. Therefore if a major company starts owning a large number, they will gain a lot of power, allowing for them to boast their opinions, specifically political, on their large clientele. This might cause a lack in quality and diversity between papers, and not allowing for the views of total society to be shown. This supports Curran and Seaton's power and media industries theory as it reduces the level playing field for different media outlets and provokes capitalism.
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