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Almost every adult in Britain reads or sees a daily newspaper, and many people remain loyal to a particular paper for life. There are daily papers published from Monday to Saturday, and Sunday papers. In some cities, evening papers are also published. Newspapers are broadly divided into the quality press and the popular press. The ‘qualities’ are sometimes known as the ‘heavies’, are the serious and more expensive papers, with detailed and extensive coverage of home and overseas news, and with a range of additional features such as sports sections, financial reports, book reviews, women’s pages, arts summaries, travel news and usually a daily topical feature, such as a profile of someone in the news. All ‘qualities’ are broadsheet in format, that is with a large page size.
The ‘populars’, also known as the ‘tabloids’ (because of their smaller page size) or, disparaging as the ‘gutter press’, carter to the less demanding reader, who is not interested in detailed news reports. They are cheaper in price, and are easily distinguishable by their large, bold headlines, colloquial use of English and abundant photographs, often in colour. Their many short items and features usually concentrate on the personal aspects of the news, with reports of the latest scandals and sensations, especially of celebrities, not excluding the royal family. However, some of the ‘populars’ also offer their readers news coverage of a more conventional kind, and some of their scoops are newsworthy and important.
The oldest of the daily ‘qualities’ is The Times, founded in 1785. It has a long-standing reputation as one of the most influential papers in the country, and has become well-known for its extensive news coverage, its sober and generally unbiased editorials, its letters to the editor, its financial and sporting pages, its personal column and its daily crossword.
The best-selling Sunday ‘popular’ is The News of the World, with a circulation of around 4 million. The paper, founded in 1843, has a reputation for its detailed reports of crime and sex stories but also for its sports reports and political comment.
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