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UK Newspapers

UK daily newspapers by circulation – 1st ''The Sun'', 2nd ''Daily Mail'', 3rd ''Daily Mirror''

UK Sunday newspapers by circulation – 1st ''The Sun on Sunday'', 2nd ''The Mail on Sunday'', 3rd ''Sunday Mirror''

Current (July 2015) newspaper editors –

''The Times'' – John Witherow

''The Sunday Times'' – Martin Ivens

''The Daily Telegraph'' – Chris Evans

''The Sunday Telegraph'' – Ian MacGregor

''Financial Times'' – Lionel Barber

''The Guardian'' – Katharine Viner

''The Observer'' – John Mulholland

''The Independent'' – Amol Rajan

''Daily Mail'' – Paul Dacre

''The Mail on Sunday'' – Geordie Greig

''Daily Express'' – Hugh Whittow

''Sunday Express'' – Martin Townsend

''The Sun'' – David Dinsmore

''The Sun on Sunday'' – Victoria Newton

''Daily Mirror'' and ''Sunday Mirror'' – Lloyd Embley

''Daily Star'' – Dawn Neesom

''Daily Courant'' was the first successful daily newspaper, 1702

''The North Briton'' was a radical newspaper published in 18th century London. Although written anonymously, ''The North Briton'' is closely associated with the name of John Wilkes

''The News Letter'', established in Belfast in 1737, is the world’s oldest English language general daily newspaper still in circulation

''Daily Universal Register'' (1785) became ''The Times'' (1788)

''The Observer'' is the oldest Sunday newspaper (1791). Taken over by Guardian Media Group in 1993

''The Scotsman'' was launched in 1817 as a liberal weekly newspaper by lawyer William Ritchie and customs official Charles Maclaren

The original ''John Bull'' was a Sunday newspaper established in the City of London by Theodore Hook in 1820. Horatio Bottomley, an MP for the Liberal Party, became the publisher of the magazine in1906

John Edward Taylor was the founder of the ''Manchester Guardian'' newspaper in 1821, later to become ''The Guardian'', in 1959

''The Sunday Times'' began publication in 1821 as the ''The'' ''New Observer''. Changed names in 1822

''The Liberator'' (1831 to1865) was an abolitionist newspaper founded by William Lloyd Garrison and Isaac Knapp

''News of the World'' was first published in 1843, in London by John Browne Bell

''The Daily Telegraph'' was founded by Arthur Sleigh in 1855 as the ''Daily Telegraph and Courier''

CP Scott was the editor of the ''Manchester Guardian'' from 1872 until 1929 and its owner from 1907 until his death in 1932. He was also a Liberal Member of Parliament

''Daily Mail'' was founded by Alfred Harmsworth (later Lord Northcliffe) and his brother Harold (later Lord Rothermere) in 1896

''Daily Sketch'' was founded in 1909, and merged with ''Daily Mail'' in 1971

''Daily Herald'' was published in London from 1912 to 1964 (although it was weekly during the First World War). It ceased publication when it was relaunched as ''The Sun''

Felix the Cat was created in 1919, and first appeared in the ''Daily Sketch'' in 1923

Beachcomber was the nom de plume used by surrealist humorous columnists D. B. Wyndham-Lewis and, chiefly, J. B. Morton as authors of the ''Daily Express'' column ‘By the Way’ in the period 1919 to 1975. Other authors who used the name were Major John Bernard Arbuthnot, the column's founder, and William Hartston, the current author of its revived form

First crossword in UK newspaper was in the ''Sunday Express'' in 1924

The cartoonist David Low first drew Colonel Blimp for Lord Beaverbrook's ''London Evening Standard'' in the 1930s

''The Morning Star'' was founded in 1930 as the ''Daily Worker'', the official organ of the Communist Party of Great Britain, but since 1945 it has been owned and published by a readers' co-operative, the Peoples Press Printing Society which operates on one vote per shareholder. The paper was re-launched as ''The'' ''Morning Star'' in 1966

Lord Rothermere wrote an article entitled "Hurrah for the Blackshirts" in the ''Daily Mail'' in 1934, praising Mosley for his "sound, commonsense, Conservative doctrine"

Garth was a comic strip in the ''Daily Mirror'' from 1943 to 1997. The strip recounted the exploits of the title character, an immensely strong hero who battled various villains throughout the world and many different chronological eras

The first Giles cartoon appeared in the ''Express'' in 1943

Flook, drawn by Wally Fawkes (Trog), first appeared in ''Daily Mail'' in 1949

Supermac was a cartoon in ''Evening Standard'' by Vicky in 1958

In the 1960s Jocelyn Stevens was managing director of the ''Evening Standard'' and ''Daily Express''

''Sunday Telegraph'' was first published in 1961

First colour supplement was in ''Sunday Times'' in 1962

The Page Three girl was introduced in 1969 when Rupert Murdoch relaunched The Sun. The Page Three girl was topless for the first time on 17 November 1970, when editor Larry Lamb unveiled the change while Murdoch was out of the country. The first topless model was Stephanie Rahn

Vivien Neves was the first nude model to appear in ''The Times'', in 1971

The Fosdyke Saga was written by Bill Tidy. Published in the Daily Mirror in the 1970s. It was the story of Roger Ditchley, a wastrel son of tripe magnate, Old Ben Ditchley, who was deliberately disinherited by his father in favour of Jos Fosdyke

Donald Trelford was editor of ''The Observer'' from 1975 to 1993

''The Star'' was first published in 1978

''Sunday Times'' bought the fake Hitler Diaries in 1983 – a hoax perpetrated on ''Stern'' magazine and others by the forger Konrad Kujau

''Today'' was published between 1986 and 1995. It pioneered computer photosetting and full-colour offset printing at a time when national newspapers were still using Linotype machines and letterpress. Launched by regional newspaper entrepreneur Eddy Shah, it was bought by Tiny Rowland's Lonrho within four months. ''Today'' was sold to Rupert Murdoch's News International in 1987

''The European'', billed as ‘Europe's first national newspaper’, was a British weekly newspaper founded by Robert Maxwell. It lasted from 1990 until 1998

Tiny Rowland owned ''The Observer'' until 1993

Rosie Boycott was the first woman to edit a broadsheet (''Independent on Sunday'' in 1996)

Tamara Drewe is a weekly comic strip serial by Posy Simmonds published in ''The Guardian''<nowiki/>'s Review section. The strip is based upon a modern reworking of Thomas Hardy's novel ''Far from the Madding Crowd''. The strip made its first appearance in ''The Guardian'' in 2005, in the first Berliner-sized Saturday edition. The complete work was published as a graphic novel in 2007

Former Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger coined the term ‘superinjunction’ in an article about the Trafigura affair in 2009

Commie Chef is a cookery column in ''Morning Star''

Insight is an investigative team for The ''Sunday Times'' which is well-known for exposing stories such as discovering Soviet defect Kim Philby's role in MI6, investigating the thalidomide controversy, revealing the secret manufacture of nuclear weapons by Israel, and more recently the FIFA cash for votes scandal

Bridget Jones’ diary was a column in ''The Independent''

Azed – crossword compiler Jonathan Crowther, in ''The Observer''

''The Guardian'' and ''The Observer'' are now in Berliner format. Slightly larger than tabloid/compact format

''The Times'' and ''The Independent'' are in Compact format

Alex Masterley is a City banker in the Alex ''Daily Telegraph'' strip cartoon

If… is a ''Guardian'' cartoon strip by Steve Bell

''The Sun'' printed pictures of Sophie Rhys-Jones cavorting with Chris Tarrant

Osbert Lancaster was a former ''Daily Express'' cartoonist

Peter Hitchens was a political journalist at the ''Mail on Sunday''

''Daily Mail'' is published by Associated Newspapers

Rebekah Brooks (formerly Wade) was editor of ''The Sun'', until her promotion to chief executive of News International

UK magazines

''The London Gazette'' is one of the official journals of record of the British government, and the most important among such official journals in the United Kingdom, in which certain statutory notices are required to be published. First published in 1665. ''The London Gazette'' claims to be the oldest surviving English newspaper and the oldest continuously published newspaper in the UK

''The Spectator'' was first published in 1711

A penny dreadful was a type of British fiction publication in the 19th century that usually featured lurid serial stories appearing in parts over a number of weeks, each part costing a penny

''Examiner'' was a weekly paper founded by Leigh and John Hunt in 1808. For the first fifty years it was a leading intellectual journal expounding radical principles

''Westminster Review'' was founded by Jeremy Bentham in 1823

''Punch'' was founded in 1841 by Henry Mayhew and engraver Ebenezer Landells. At its founding it was jointly edited by Mayhew and Mark Lemon. Initially it was subtitled The London Charivari, this being a reference to a satirical humour magazine published in France under the title ''Le Charivari''. It was published from 1841 to 1992 and from 1996 to 2002

''The Illustrated London News'' was a magazine founded by Herbert Ingram and his friend Mark Lemon, the editor of the magazine ''Punch''. With Lemon as his chief adviser, the first edition of the Illustrated London News appeared in 1842

''The Economist'' was founded by James Wilson in 1843, to advance the repeal of the Corn Laws

‘A Venerable Orang-outang’, a caricature of Charles Darwin as an ape, was published in ''The Hornet'' in 1871

''Science'' was founded by New York journalist John Michaels in 1880 with financial support from Thomas Edison and later from Alexander Graham Bell

''Dropping the Pilot'' is a political cartoon by Sir John Tenniel, first published in ''Punch'' in 1890. It depicts Chancellor Otto von Bismarck stepping off a ship, watched by the German Emperor Wilhelm II

''The Studio'' was an illustrated fine arts and decorative arts magazine, first published in Britain in 1893, which exerted a major influence on the development of the Art Nouveau and Arts and Crafts movements

''Radio Times'' was founded in 1923

''Gramophone'' magazine was founded by Compton McKenzie in 1923

''Melody Maker'' was founded in 1926

''Tintin in the Land of the Soviets'' was the first UK ''Tintin'' comic

''The Listener'' magazine was founded by the BBC in 1929 as a review of radio programmes. Ceased publication in 1991

''New Musical Express'' was founded in 1952

''New Scientist'' was first published in 1956

''Which? Magazine'' was first published in 1957

''Private Eye'' was first published in Neasden in 1961. Lord Snooty in ''Private Eye'' – Charles Moore. Cyclops compiles ''Private Eye'' crossword

''Look and Learn'' was a British weekly educational magazine for children published by Fleetway Publications Ltd from 1962 until 1982

''Jackie'' magazine ran from 1964 to 1993. ''Jackie'' magazine is named after Jacqueline Wilson

''Penthouse'' was founded by Bob Guccione in 1965

''Smash Hits'' ran from 1978 to 2006 and was issued fortnightly

''Viz'' magazine was foundd in 1979 by Chris Donald

''The Face'' was launched in 1980 by Nick Logan. Closed in 2004

''Big Issue'' was launched by John Bird in 1991

''The Oldie'' is a monthly magazine launched in 1992 by Richard Ingrams

''Nuts'', ''Zoo'' – weekly men’s magazines

''Granta'' is a literary quarterly founded by students of Cambridge University

''FHM'' magazine has an annual ‘100 Sexiest Women in The World’ poll

''FHM'' was originally published as ''For Him Magazine''

Taki Theodoracopulos, best known as Taki, is a Greek-born journalist. His column ‘High Life’ has appeared in ''The Spectator'' since 1977

Ian Macleod and Nigel Lawson were both editors of ''The Spectator''

''Hello'' has been published in the United Kingdom since 1988. ''Hello'' is sister magazine to ''¡Hola!'', the Spanish weekly magazine launched in Spain in 1944

UK comics

Corky the Cat first appeared in ''The Dandy'', first published in 1937. Dreadlock Holmes is the new amateur detective in ''The Dandy''

Desperate Dan first appeared in ''The Beano'' in 1938. Lives in Cactusville. Gnipper is Gnasher’s son, in ''The Beano''. Bash Street Kids are in ''The Beano''

''Dennis the Menace and Gnasher'' (previously titled ''Dennis and Gnasher'', and originally titled ''Dennis the Menace'') first appeared in ''The Beano'' in 1951

Dennis the Menace’s pets – Gnasher (dog), Rasher (pig), Dasher (spider)

Melchester Rovers are a fictional football team with whom Roy Race spent most of his illustrious career in the British comic strip Roy of the Rovers, which first appeared in ''Tiger'' at its inception in 1954. Tubby Morton was the goalkeeper. Roy Race was shot by Elton Blake. Rocky Race was the son of Roy Race

''Bunty'' was published from 1958 to 2001. Featured The Four Marys (Raddy, Simpy, Fieldy and Cotty)

''Tammy'' was published from 1971 to 1984, at which point it merged with ''Girl''

''Belle of the Ballet'' and ''Angela the Air Hostess'' were comic strips in ''Girl''

Offices of DC Thompson, the publishers of The ''Beano'' and The ''Dandy'', are in Dundee

''Victor'' was published from 1961 to 1992. Full title ''The Victor Book for Boys''. Featured Alf Tupper – The Tough of the Track

''Valiant'' was published from 1962 to 1976. Featured Captain Hurricane

Dan Dare was created by illustrator Frank Hampson for the ''Eagle'' comic story ''Dan Dare, Pilot of the Future'' in 1950. Digby was Dan Dare’s sidekick. The Mekon was the ruler of the Treens of northern Venus. Arthur C Clarke was a scientific advisor to the ''Dan Dare'' comic strip

''Charley's War'' is a British comic strip written by Pat Mills and drawn by Joe Colquhoun. It was originally published in ''Battle Picture Weekly'' from 1979 to 1985. ''Charley's War'' tells the story of an underage British soldier called Charley Bourne

US Newspapers

In 1913, Arthur Wynne, a journalist from Liverpool, published a ‘word-cross’ puzzle in the ''New York World.'' This puzzle is frequently cited as the first crossword puzzle

Krazy Kat is a comic strip created by George Herriman that appeared in U.S. newspapers between 1913 and 1944. It was first published in William Randolph Hearst's ''New York Evening Journal''

''Ripley's Believe It or Not!'' is a franchise, founded by Robert Ripley. Ripley first called his cartoon feature, originally involving sports feats, ''Champs and Chumps'', and it premiered in 1918, in the ''New York Globe''

Dick Tracy was created by Chester Gould in 1931, in the ''Chicago Tribune''

''New York Times'' is known as ‘The Gray Lady’

Hercule Poirot is the only fictitious person to have been given an obituary in the ''New York Times''

Gordon Bennett was the founder, editor and publisher of the ''New York Herald''

''The Wall Street Journal'' was founded in 1889

''USA Today'' was founded in 1982. The newspaper vies with ''The Wall Street Journal'' and ''The New York Times'' for the position of having the widest circulation of any newspaper in the United States

US Magazines

''Time'' was founded in 1923. It has the world's largest circulation for a weekly news magazine, and has a readership of 25 million, 20 million of which are based in the United States. The tradition of selecting a "Man of the Year" began in 1927. In 1999, the title was changed to Person of the Year. The 31 December 1999 issue of ''Time'' named Albert Einstein the "Person of the Century"

Richard Nixon has graced ''Time''<nowiki/>'s cover more than any other person, appearing on the front-page 55 times so far. Hillary Clinton has outpaced all other women, earning 19 covers as of October 2013

''The New Yorker'' debuted in 1925. It was founded by Harold Ross and his wife, Jane Grant, a ''New York Times'' reporter

''Fortune'' is an American business magazine published globally by Time Inc. and founded by Henry Luce in 1929

''Picture Post'' launched by Edward Halton in 1938. Publication ceased in 1957

Marilyn Monroe was the first centerfold in ''Playboy'', founded by Hugh Hefner in Chicago in 1953

Diana Vreeland was editor-in-chief of ''Vogue'' from 1963 to 1971

Anna Wintour is the editor-in-chief of American ''Vogue'', a position she has held since 1988. The Miranda Priestly character in the novel ''The Devil Wears Prada'' has many similarities to Wintour

''Hustler'' was founded by Larry Flynt in 1974

''Metamagical Themas'' is an eclectic collection of articles written for ''Scientific American'' during the early 1980s by Douglas Hofstadter

''Wired'' is a monthly American magazine and on-line periodical that reports on how technology affects culture, the economy, and politics. The magazine was founded by American journalist Louis Rossetto and his partner Jane Metcalfe in 1993

Conde Nast, a division of Advance Publications, produces 18 consumer magazines, including ''Architectural Digest'', ''GQ'', ''The New Yorker'', ''Vanity Fair'', and ''Vogue''

''The Onion'' is a United States-based parody newspaper published weekly in print and daily online. It features satirical articles reporting on international, national, and local news as well as an entertainment newspaper and website known as ‘The A.V. Club’

US Comics

First comic strip was Yellow Kid in ''New York World'', 1896

Zorro is a character created in 1919 by New York–based pulp writer Johnston McCulley. First appeared in ''All-Story Weekly''. Zorro (Spanish for ‘fox’) is the secret identity of Don Diego de la Vega, a Californio nobleman and master living in the Spanish colonial era

Anthony Rogers is a fictional character that first appeared in ''Armageddon 2419 A.D.'' by Philip Francis Nowlan in a 1928 issue of the pulp magazine ''Amazing Stories''. Nowlan later changed the hero’s name to Buck Rogers. Wilma Deering is the partner of Buck Rogers

Elzie Crisler Segar was an American cartoonist, best known as the creator of Popeye, a character who first appeared in his newspaper comic strip, ''Thimble Theater'', in 1929

Popeye did not have a dog, but did have a pet called Eugene the Jeep who is magical

Li'l Abner was a comic strip in United States newspapers, featuring a fictional clan of hillbillies in the impoverished town of Dogpatch. Written and drawn by Al Capp, it ran from 1934 through 1977

Superman created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster in 1938. Kal-El was the original name of Superman. Lara is Superman’s mother

The original Crimson Avenger made his first published appearance in ''Detective Comics'' #20 (1938). He was a wealthy newsman named Lee Walter Travis

''DC Comics'' was founded as National Allied Publications in 1934 by Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson. The initials DC were originally an abbreviation for ‘Detective Comics’ (one of their comic book titles), and later became the company's official name

Captain Marvel was originally published by Fawcett Comics and later by DC Comics. Created in 1939 by artist C. C. Beck and writer Bill Parker, the character first appeared in ''Whiz Comics'' #2 (February 1940). Captain Marvel is the alter ego of Billy Batson

Green Lantern is the name of multiple superheroes from the DC Universe, all of whom are characterized by a power ring and the ability to create solid constructs with the ring. The first Green Lantern (Alan Scott) was created by writer Bill Finger and artist Martin Nodell in ''All-American Comics'' #16 (1940)

Captain America is superhero published by ''Marvel Comics''. Created by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, he first appeared in ''Captain America Comics #1'' (March 1941). Captain America is the alter ego of Steve Rogers. His sidekick is Bucky

Thor was created by Stan Lee in Marvel Comics

''Li’l Folks'' became ''Peanuts'' in 1950. ''Peanuts'' ran until 13 February 2000 (the day after Charles M. Schulz's death)

Harvey Kurtzman was a U.S. cartoonist and magazine editor. In 1952, he was the founding editor of the comic book ''Mad''. Kurtzman was equally well known for the long-running Little Annie Fanny stories in ''Playboy''. Alfred E. Neuman is the fictitious mascot and cover boy of ''Mad'' magazine

Justice League of America or JLA, is a fictional superhero team that appears in comic books published by DC Comics. First appearing in ''The Brave and the Bold'' #28 (1960), the Justice League originally featured Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Flash (Barry Allen), Green Lantern (Hal Jordan), Aquaman (Arthur Curry), and the Martian Manhunter

''Fantastic Four'' – debuted in ''Marvel Comics'' in 1961. The four individuals gained superpowers after exposure to cosmic rays during a scientific mission to outer space, are: Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards), the Invisible Woman (Sue Storm), the Human Torch (Johnny Storm), and the monstrous Thing (Ben Grimm)

The Hulk appears in comic books published by ''Marvel Comics''. Created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, the character first appeared in 1962. The Hulk is cast as alter ego of the physicist Dr. Bruce Banner. The Hulk appears shortly after Banner is accidentally exposed to the blast of a test detonation of a gamma bomb he invented

Spider-Man first appeared in ''Amazing Fantasy'' in 1962. Spider-Man’s alter ego, Peter Parker, works for the ''Daily Bugle''

The Green Goblin is a ''Marvel Comics'' supervillain and an arch-enemy of Spider-Man. Created by writer Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko, he first appeared in ''Amazing Spider-Man #14'' (July 1964). The first, current, and best-known Green Goblin is the alter ego of industrialist Norman Osborn

The Avengers are a team of superheroes, appearing in magazines published by Marvel Comics. The team made its debut in ''The Avengers'' #1 (1963), and was created by writer-editor Stan Lee and artist / co-plotter Jack Kirby. Labeled ‘Earth's Mightiest Heroes’, the Avengers originally consisted of Ant-Man (Dr. Hank Pym), Wasp (Janet Van Dyne), Thor, Iron Man (Tony Stark), and the Hulk

''Daredevil'' is a Marvel Comics character created by Stan Lee in 1964. Lives in the Hell's Kitchen neighbourhood of New York City. Real name Matt Murdock

One of Robert Crumb’s recognized works is the Keep on Truckin' drawing, which became a widely distributed fixture of pop culture in the 1970s. Others are the characters Devil Girl, Fritz the Cat and Mr. Natural

''Doonesbury'' is a comic strip by Garry Trudeau. It chronicles the adventures and lives of a vast array of different characters, of different ages, professions, and backgrounds – from the President of the United States to the title character, Michael Doonesbury, a struggling middle aged remarried father. First published in 1970

''Blade'' is a superhero and vampire hunter in the Marvel Comics Universe. Created inb 1973. Real name Eric Brooks

''Hagar the Horrible'' – wife Helga, son Hamlet, daughter Honi, Helga's pet duck Kvack, and Hagar's dog Snert. Created in 1973. Currently drawn by Chris Browne

Calvin and Hobbes is a daily comic strip that was written and illustrated by American cartoonist Bill Watterson, and syndicated from 1985 to 1995. It follows the humorous antics of Calvin, a precocious and adventurous six-year-old boy, and Hobbes, his sardonic stuffed tiger. The pair are named after John Calvin and Thomas Hobbes

''Batman: The Dark Knight Returns'' is a Batman graphic novel mini-series written and drawn by Frank Miller and published by ''DC Comics'' in 1986. A sequel, ''Batman: The Dark Knight Strikes Again'', was published in 2001

Frank King was an American cartoonist most famous for the comic strip ''Gasoline Alley''

''Sin City'' is a series of neo-noir comics by Frank Miller

Catwoman is the alter-ego of Selina Kyle

The ''X-Men'' are a fictional team of superheroes appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Stan Lee and artist/co-writer Jack Kirby, the characters first appeared in ''The X-Men'' #1 (September 1963). Wolverine was born James Howlett and is commonly known as Logan

''The Transformers'' is published by Marvel Comics. Autobots vs Decepticons. Features Megatron and Shockwave

''From Hell'' is a comic book series by writer Alan Moore and artist Eddie Campbell speculating upon the identity and motives of Jack the Ripper

''Dennis the Menace'' takes place in a middle-class suburban neighborhood in Wichita, Kansas. The Mitchells live in a two story house on Elm Street. The Wilsons live next door at 2253 Pine Street

Comics Code Authority (CCA) is part of the Comics Magazine Association of America (CMAA), and was created to regulate the content of comic books in the United States. The CCA was created in 1954

The Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, commonly shortened to the Eisner Awards, are prizes given for creative achievement in American comic books, sometimes referred to as the Comics Industry's equivalent of the Oscar Awards

San Diego Comic-Con International is a multigenre entertainment and comic convention held annually in San Diego

Europe

''Pravda'' was first published in St Petersburg in 1912. Lenin was on the staff

''Asterix the Gaul'' was written by Rene Goscinny and illustrated by Albert Uderzo. First published in 1961. Set in 50 BC. Getafix (village druid), Anticlimax (cousin of Asterix), Obelix (delivery man and warrior), Vitalstatistix (village chief), Cacofonix (bard)

''International Herald Tribune'' is published in Paris

''The Adventures of Tintin'' is a series of comic albums created by Belgian cartoonist Georges Remi, who wrote under the pen name Herge, and was first published in 1929. Snowy is a fox terrier, in ''Tintin''. Captain Archibald Haddock is in ''Tintin''

''Der Spiegel'' (‘The Mirror’) is a German weekly magazine, published in Hamburg. It is Europe's largest weekly magazine with a circulation of more than one million per week

''Die Zeit'' (‘The Time’) is the most widely read German weekly newspaper. Published in Hamburg

Axel Springer is Europe’s largest publisher. Publishes ''Bild'' (‘Picture’), Europe’s largest circulation daily newspaper, and ''Die Welt'' (‘The World’)

The Golden Boy is given out to the top under-21-year-old football player active in Europe. Awarded by the Italian newspaper ''Tuttosport''

''Corriere della Sera'' is an Italian daily newspaper, published in Milan. Its main rivals are Rome's ''la Repubblica'' and Turin's ''La Stampa''

''La Gazetta Della Sport'' is published in Milan

''Grazia'' (Italian for ‘Grace’) is an Italian and a British weekly women's glossy magazine. In Italy, it is owned by the Mondadori (one of Berlusconi's companies), and it owned in the UK under licence by Emap. Motto – ‘A lot can happen in a week’

''Le Figaro'' was founded in 1826 and is published in Paris

''Le Monde'' is a French daily evening newspaper continuously published in Paris since its first edition in 1944

''La Stampa'' was founded in 1867 and is published in Turin

''El País'' is the highest-circulation daily newspaper in Spain and one of three Madrid dailies considered to be national newspapers of record for Spain (along with ''El Mundo'' and ''ABC'')

World

''The Sydney Morning Herald'' was founded in 1831 as the ''Sydney Herald''. It is the oldest continuously published newspaper in Australia

''The Age'' was founded in Melbourne in 1854

''The Australian'' is a conservative broadsheet newspaper published in Australia from Monday to Saturday each week since 1964. ''The Australian'' is the biggest-selling national newspaper in the country

''Granma'' is the official newspaper of the Central Committee of the Cuban Communist Party. Its name comes from the yacht Granma that carried Fidel Castro and 81 other rebels to Cuba's shores in 1956 launching the Cuban Revolution

''Penguin News'' is a Falkland Islands newspaper

''Maclean's'' is a Canadian weekly news magazine, reporting on Canadian issues such as politics, pop culture, and current events

''South China Morning Post'' is a Hong Kong English-language newspaper

''The Times of India'' is an Indian English-language daily newspaper. It is the third-largest newspaper in India by circulation and largest selling English-language daily in the world

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 ''Daily Courant'' was the first successful daily newspaper, 1702

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 UK Sunday newspapers by circulation – 1<sup>st</sup> ''The Sun on Sunday'', 2<sup>nd</sup> ''The Mail on Sunday'', 3<sup>rd</sup> ''Sunday Mirror''
-=== Newspaper editors (May 2021) ===
+=== Newspaper editors ===
-''The Times'' – John Witherow
+Correct as of April 2023
+{| class="wikitable"
-''The Sunday Times'' – Emma Tucker
+|''The Times''
+|Tony Gallagher
-''The Daily Telegraph'' – Chris Evans
+|-
+|''The Sunday Times''
-''The Sunday Telegraph'' – Allister Heath
+|Ben Taylor
+|-
-''Financial Times'' – Roula Khalaf
+|''The Daily  Telegraph''
+|Chris Evans
-''The Guardian'' – Katharine Viner
+|-
+|''The Sunday  Telegraph''
-''The Observer'' – Paul Webster
+|Allister Heath
+|-
-''The Independent'' – Christian Broughton
+|''Financial Times''
+|Roula Khalaf
-''Daily Mail'' – Geordie Greig
+|-
+|''The Guardian''
-''The Mail on Sunday'' – Ted Verity
+|Katharine Viner
+|-
-''Daily Express'' – Gary Jones
+|''The Observer''
+|Paul Webster
-''Sunday Express'' – Michael Booker
+|-
+|''The Independent''
-''The Sun'' – Victoria Newton
+|Georgie Greig
+|-
-''The Sun on Sunday'' – Victoria Newton
+|''Daily Mail''
+|Ted Verity
-''Daily Mirror'' - Alison Phillips
+|-
+|''The Mail on Sunday''
-''Sunday Mirror'' – Lloyd Embley
+|David Dillon
+|-
-''Daily Star'' – Jon Clark
+|''Daily Express''
+|Gary Jones
-''Daily Star'' Sunday – Denis Mann
+|-
+|''Sunday Express''
-''i'' – Oliver Duff
+|David Wooding
+|-
-''Evening Standard'' – Emily Sheffield
+|''The Sun''
+|Victoria Newton
-''Metro'' – Ted Young
+|-
+|''The Sun on Sunday''
 ''Daily Courant'' was the first successful daily newspaper, 1702

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 UK Sunday newspapers by circulation – 1<sup>st</sup> ''The Sun on Sunday'', 2<sup>nd</sup> ''The Mail on Sunday'', 3<sup>rd</sup> ''Sunday Mirror''
-Newspaper editors (May 2021)
+=== Newspaper editors (May 2021) ===
 ''The Times'' – John Witherow
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 ''The Observer'' – Paul Webster
-''The Independent'' – Chris Broughton
+''The Independent'' – Christian Broughton
 ''Daily Mail'' – Geordie Greig
-''The Mail on Sunday'' – Geordie Greig
+''The Mail on Sunday'' – Ted Verity
 ''Daily Express'' – Gary Jones
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 ''Sunday Express'' – Michael Booker
-''The Sun'' – Tony Gallagher
+''The Sun'' – Victoria Newton
-''The Sun on Sunday'' – Tony Gallagher
+''The Sun on Sunday'' – Victoria Newton
-''Daily Mirror'' - Lloyd Embley
+''Daily Mirror'' - Alison Phillips
 ''Sunday Mirror'' – Lloyd Embley
-''Daily Star'' – John Clark
+''Daily Star'' – Jon Clark
 ''Daily Star'' Sunday – Denis Mann
 ''Evening Standard'' – Emily Sheffield

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-== UK Newspapers ==
+== UK newspapers ==
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 UK Sunday newspapers by circulation – 1<sup>st</sup> ''The Sun on Sunday'', 2<sup>nd</sup> ''The Mail on Sunday'', 3<sup>rd</sup> ''Sunday Mirror''
+Newspaper editors (May 2021)
 ''The Times'' – John Witherow
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 ''Metro'' – Ted Young
 ''Daily Courant'' was the first successful daily newspaper, 1702
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 ==  UK magazines ==
 ''The London Gazette'' is one of the official journals of record of the British government, and the most important among such official journals in the United Kingdom, in which certain statutory notices are required to be published. First published in 1665. ''The London Gazette'' claims to be the oldest surviving English newspaper and the oldest continuously published newspaper in the UK
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 ==  UK comics ==
 Corky the Cat first appeared in ''The Dandy'', first published in 1937. Dreadlock Holmes is the new amateur detective in ''The Dandy''
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 ''Charley's War'' is a British comic strip written by Pat Mills and drawn by Joe Colquhoun. It was originally published in ''Battle Picture Weekly'' from 1979 to 1985. ''Charley's War'' tells the story of an underage British soldier called Charley Bourne
-==  US Newspapers ==
+== US newspapers ==
 In 1913, Arthur Wynne, a journalist from Liverpool, published a ‘word-cross’ puzzle in the ''New York World.'' This puzzle is frequently cited as the first crossword puzzle
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 ''USA Today'' was founded in 1982. The newspaper vies with ''The Wall Street Journal'' and ''The New York Times'' for the position of having the widest circulation of any newspaper in the United States
-==  US Magazines ==
+== US magazines ==
 ''Time'' was founded in 1923. It has the world's largest circulation for a weekly news magazine, and has a readership of 25 million, 20 million of which are based in the United States. The tradition of selecting a "Man of the Year" began in 1927. In 1999, the title was changed to Person of the Year. The 31 December 1999 issue of ''Time'' named Albert Einstein the "Person of the Century"
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 ''The Onion'' is a United States-based parody newspaper published weekly in print and daily online. It features satirical articles reporting on international, national, and local news as well as an entertainment newspaper and website known as ‘The A.V. Club’
-==  US Comics ==
+== US comics ==
 First comic strip was Yellow Kid in ''New York World'', 1896
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 ==  Europe ==
 ''Pravda'' was first published in St Petersburg in 1912. Lenin was on the staff
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 ==  World ==
 ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' was founded in 1831 as the ''Sydney Herald''. It is the oldest continuously published newspaper in Australia

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