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[[Rupert Murdoch]] moved production of the newspaper away from its traditional home in Fleet Street to new premises in Wapping East London in 1986. The move was designed to modernise production practices, reduce costs and perhaps more importantly remove the influence of the powerful Fleet Street print unions. The move away from Fleet Street and the trade unions led to the Sacking by [[The Observer]] of all sub-editors who also worked on [[The Times]]. The paper was banned from conferences by [[The Labour Party]] and boycotted by the BBC for 5 years.
 
[[Rupert Murdoch]] moved production of the newspaper away from its traditional home in Fleet Street to new premises in Wapping East London in 1986. The move was designed to modernise production practices, reduce costs and perhaps more importantly remove the influence of the powerful Fleet Street print unions. The move away from Fleet Street and the trade unions led to the Sacking by [[The Observer]] of all sub-editors who also worked on [[The Times]]. The paper was banned from conferences by [[The Labour Party]] and boycotted by the BBC for 5 years.
  
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In the early 1990s Rupert Murdoch imposed a 10% cut in staff costs, a 50% price rise and a ban on promotion. <ref> Simon Jenkins, [http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/non-fiction/article784725.ece Journalism:The History of The Times by Graham Stewart] 08-January-2006, Accessed 19-January-2009 </ref>
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At the time of the take over [[Rupert Murdoch]] was threatened by MP's who wanted to refer the sale to the [[Monopolies and Mergers Commision]]. Murdoch claimed he would not go through with the sale if this was to happen <BBC News, [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/22/newsid_4312000/4312698.stm 1981: Murdoch bids to take over The Times], Accessed 19-January-2009 </ref>. Murdoch managed to avoid the sale being referred to the commision by agreeing to increased powers for the Independent National Directors of the newspaper. 
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In the early 1990s Rupert Murdoch imposed a 10% cut in staff costs, a 50% price rise and a ban on promotion. <ref> Simon Jenkins, [http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/non-fiction/article784725.ece Journalism:The History of The Times by Graham Stewart] 08-January-2006, Accessed 19-January-2009 </ref>.
  
 
==Controversies==
 
==Controversies==

Revision as of 14:32, 19 January 2009

The Times is a UK based national newspaper published by News International. The Newspaper has a cover price of 90 pence since an increase in January 2009, and has traditionally been classified as a broadsheet. To boost sales after a successful trial the paper moved to tabloid format in 2004 [1]. The current editor is James Harding.

History

(1981-Present)

The Times along with its Sunday version The Sunday Times was purchased by Rupert Murdoch’s organisation News International in 1981. The move was controversial because press baron Murdoch already owned tabloid newspapers The Sun and its sister paper The News of The World.

Rupert Murdoch moved production of the newspaper away from its traditional home in Fleet Street to new premises in Wapping East London in 1986. The move was designed to modernise production practices, reduce costs and perhaps more importantly remove the influence of the powerful Fleet Street print unions. The move away from Fleet Street and the trade unions led to the Sacking by The Observer of all sub-editors who also worked on The Times. The paper was banned from conferences by The Labour Party and boycotted by the BBC for 5 years.

At the time of the take over Rupert Murdoch was threatened by MP's who wanted to refer the sale to the Monopolies and Mergers Commision. Murdoch claimed he would not go through with the sale if this was to happen <BBC News, 1981: Murdoch bids to take over The Times, Accessed 19-January-2009 </ref>. Murdoch managed to avoid the sale being referred to the commision by agreeing to increased powers for the Independent National Directors of the newspaper.

In the early 1990s Rupert Murdoch imposed a 10% cut in staff costs, a 50% price rise and a ban on promotion. [2].

Controversies

Rupert Murdoch's ownership of The Times is controversial because of the large and increasing media holdings of his company News International. The media interests of News International in the United Kingdom include:

In the United States Rupert Murdoch's Newscorp owns:

[3]

Journalists


ABC and Readership Figures

The Times has an average daily net circulation of 600,962 according to the latest figures from ABC, these figures cover the period from the end of November 2008 to the end of December 2008. [4]

According to The National Readership Survey 88% of Times readers belong to socio-economic group ABC1, with the other 12% belonging to socio-economic group C2DE. 60% of Times readers are over 44 and 40% are aged between 15-44. The male-female divide amongst Times readers is 58% male and 42% female. This data was captured over one year from October 2007 to September 2008. [5]


References

  1. ↑ BBC NEWS, Times in Tabloid Transformation, 29-October-2004, Accessed 19-January-2009
  2. ↑ Simon Jenkins, Journalism:The History of The Times by Graham Stewart 08-January-2006, Accessed 19-January-2009
  3. ↑ Richard Wray, Murdoch faces scrutiny over media influence, 25-May-2007, Accessed 19-January-2009
  4. ↑ Audit Bureau of Circulation, ABC Figures for The Times Nov-Dec 2008 Accessed 19-January-2009
  5. ↑ National Readership Survey Figures, NRS Figures October 2008-September 2009, Accessed 19-January-2009
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