Newspapers: The Times - Introduction

Blog Tasks


Read the About Us page of the Times website and answer the following questions:

1) What year was The Times founded and when did it start using the Times name?

1785

2) What content did John Walter suggest the paper would offer in the first edition?

it would have informations of all different types of news.

3) What does the page say about the political views in The Times? 

"post of+fice chief to give up her

4) Who owns The Times today and how is editorial integrity protected?

news corp

5) What did The Times introduce in 2010 and why?

hard paywall

6) What was The Times named in 2018 by the Reuters Institute for Journalism at Oxford University?

britains most trustable national newspaper

7) What does the section on Editorial Standards say about The Times and newspaper regulation?

regulatory body

8) What does the section on Ownership say about The Times and who is the current editor? 

parent company


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