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| − | name = [[Image:The_Daily_Telegraph.jpg|200px]] |
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| − | type = Daily [[newspaper]] |
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| − | format = [[Broadsheet]] |
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| − | foundation = 1855 |
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| − | owners = [[David and Frederick Barclay|Sir David and Sir Frederick Barclay]] |
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| − | political = [[Conservatism|Conservative]]|
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| − | headquarters = 111 Buckingham Palace Road, [[London]], SW1W 0DT |
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| − | editor = [[Will Lewis]] Telegraph Journalist appointed Editor as of Monday [[9 October]] [[2006]] |
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| − | website = [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/ www.telegraph.co.uk] |
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| − | :''This article concerns the [[United Kingdom|British]] newspaper. See ''[[The Daily Telegraph (Australia)]]'' for the [[Australia]]n publication and ''[[The Telegraph]]'' for the [[India]]n publication.''
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| − | '''''The Daily Telegraph''''' is a British broadsheet newspaper, founded in 1855. It is one of the few remaining daily [[newspapers]] printed in the Broadsheet format in the [[United Kingdom]], as most other broadsheet publications have converted to the smaller [[Compact (newspaper)|compact]]/tabloid or [[Berliner (format)|Berliner]] formats. Its sister paper, '''''The Sunday Telegraph''''', was founded in 1961. In November 2006, the ''Telegraph'' was the highest selling British broadsheet, with a certified average [[newspaper circulation|daily circulation]] of 901,238. This compared with a circulation of 653,780 for ''[[The Times]]'', 253,737 for ''[[The Independent]]'', and 382,393 for ''[[The Guardian]]''.<ref>[http://www.abc.org.uk/cgi-bin/gen5?runprog=nav/abc&noc=y Audit Bureau of Circulations Ltd] These figures do not take into account the varying numbers of free copies of each paper given away at hotels, railway stations, and in airplanes.</ref> According to a [[MORI]] survey conducted in 2004, 61% of ''Telegraph'' readers support the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]].<ref>MORI poll of 21,727 British adults, July-December 2004 - http://www.mori.com/polls/2004/voting-by-readership.shtml </ref>
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| − | ==List of editors==
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| − | Editors in recent years have been
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| − | * [[Kingsley Wright]]
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| − | *1974: [[Bill Deedes|W. F. Deedes]]
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| − | *1986: [[Max Hastings|Sir Max Hastings]]
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| − | *1995: [[Charles Moore (journalist)|Charles Moore]]
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| − | *2003: [[Martin Newland]]
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| − | *2005: [[John Bryant (journalist)|John Bryant]] (Editor-in-chief)
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| − | *2006: [[Will Lewis]]
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| − | ==Political stance==
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| − | The ''Telegraph'' is traditionally politically [[Conservatism|Conservative]]. The combination of personal links between the paper's editorial team and the leadership of the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]], along with the paper's influence over Conservative activists, results in the paper often being jokingly referred to, especially in [[Private Eye]], as the ''Torygraph''. However, in its early years it was associated with Gladstone and the Liberal party, coining the nickname 'the people's William'.
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| − | ==Founding history==
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| − | [[Image:New Daily Telegraph Offices Fleet Street ILN 1882.jpg|thumb|275px|In 1882 the Daily Telegraph moved to new [[Fleet Street]] premises, which were pictured in the ''[[Illustrated London News]]''.]]
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| − | The ''Daily Telegraph'' was established on [[June 29]], [[1855]] by [[Colonel Arthur B. Sleigh]]. He controlled it only briefly before selling it to his printer, [[Joseph Moses Levy]], father of the 1st [[Baron Burnham]]. Levy appointed his sons as editors and relaunched the paper on [[September 17]]. His most significant and successful move was reducing the price of the paper to a penny, the first of the [[penny press]]. Within twelve months the new paper was outselling ''[[The Times]]''.
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| − | In 1908, [[Kaiser]] [[Wilhelm II of Germany]] gave a controversial [http://www.lib.byu.edu/~rdh/wwi/1914m/dailytel.html interview] to ''The Daily Telegraph'' which severely damaged Anglo-German relations and added to international tension leading to [[World War I]].
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| − | In 1928 the son of the 1st [[Baron Burnham]] sold it to the 1st [[Viscount Camrose]], in partnership with his brother [[Viscount Kemsley]] and the 1st [[Baron Iliffe]]. Both the Camrose (Berry) and Burnham (Levy-Lawson) families remained involved in management until [[Conrad Black]] took control in 1986.
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| − | In 1937 the newspaper absorbed ''[[The Morning Post]]'' which traditionally espoused a [[conservatism|conservative]] position and sold predominantly amongst the retired officer class. Originally [[William Berry, 1st Viscount Camrose|William Ewart Berry]], 1st [[Viscount Camrose]] bought ''[[The Morning Post]]'' with the intention of publishing it alongside the ''[[Daily Telegraph]]'', but poor sales of the former led him to merge the two. For some years the paper was retitled ''The Daily Telegraph and Morning Post'' before it reverted to just ''The Daily Telegraph''.
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| − | ==''The Sunday Telegraph''==
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| − | The Telegraph's sister Sunday paper was founded in 1961. The conservative writer Sir [[Peregrine Worsthorne]] is probably the best known journalist associated with the title (1961-97), eventually being editor for three years from 1986. In 1989 the Sunday title was briefly merged in to a seven-day operation under [[Max Hastings|Max Hastings']] overall control.
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| − | ===Editors===
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| − | Its editors have included:
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| − | * [[Roger Fowler Wright]]
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| − | * [[John William MacWean (J.W.M.) Thompson|J.W.M. Thompson]] (1976-1986)
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| − | * [[Peregrine Worsthorne|Sir Peregrine Worsthorne]] (1986-1989)
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| − | * [[Trevor Grove]] (1989-1992),
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| − | * [[Sarah Sands]] (2005-2006)
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| − | * [[Patience Wheatcroft]] (2006-present)
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| − | ==Recent history==
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| − | ''The Daily Telegraph'' is owned by the [[Barclay brothers]]. Until January 2004 the newspaper group was controlled by [[Canada|Canadian]] businessman, [[Conrad Black|Conrad, Lord Black]]. Black, through his holding company [[Ravelston Corporation]], owned [[Hollinger Inc.]] which in turn owns 30% of [[Hollinger International]] and, under a deal struck by [[Andrew Stephen Bower Knight|Andrew Knight]] through which Black bought the newspaper group in 1986, owns 78% of the voting rights. Hollinger Inc. also owns the liberal ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'', the ''[[Jerusalem Post]]'', and conservative publications such as ''[[The Spectator]]''.
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| − | On [[January 18]] [[2004]], Black was sacked as [[chairman of the board|chairman]] of the Hollinger International [[board of directors|board]] over allegations of financial wrongdoing. Black was also sued by the company. Later that day it was reported that the [[Barclay brothers]] had agreed to purchase Hollinger Inc. from Black, giving them the controlling interest in the newspaper group. They then launched a [[takeover]] bid for the rest of the group, [[valuation|valuing]] the company at [[Pound sterling|£]]200m. However, a suit has been filed by the Hollinger International board with the [[U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission]] to try to block Black selling [[stock|shares]] in the company until an investigation into his dealings have been completed. Black filed a counter-suit but eventually United States judge Leo Strine sided with the Hollinger International board and blocked Black from selling his Hollinger Inc. shares and interests to the twins. On Sunday [[March 7]], the twins announced they were launching another takeover bid, this time just for the ''Daily Telegraph'' and its Sunday sister paper rather than the whole stable. Current owner of the ''[[Daily Express]],'' [[Richard Desmond]], was also interested in purchasing the paper, selling his interest in several pornographic magazines to finance the initiative. Desmond withdrew in March 2004 when the price climbed above £600m, as did [[Daily Mail and General Trust plc]] on [[June 17]].
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| − | Eventually, the Barclay brothers purchased Hollinger, and with it the ''Telegraph'', for around £665m in late June 2004.
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| − | Amidst the unraveling of the takeover Sir David Barclay suggested that ''The Daily Telegraph'' might in future no longer be the "house newspaper" of the Conservative Party. In an interview with ''The Guardian'' he said, "Where the government are right we will support them." The editorial board endorsed the Conservatives in the 2005 general election.<!--source:DT leader of 5/5/2005. subscription required for online access-->
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| − | [[November 15]] [[2004]] saw the tenth anniversary of the launch of the ''Telegraph's'' website [[Electronic Telegraph]]. Now re-launched as [http://www.telegraph.co.uk telegraph.co.uk], the website was the UK's first national newspaper online. Monday 8th May 2006 saw the first stage of a major redesign of ''the Telegraph'''s website, based on a wider page layout and greater prominence for audio, video and journalist blogs.
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| − | There has been speculation about the launch of a [[compact (newspaper)|compact]] edition of ''The Daily Telegraph'' to counter the change in size of ''The Times'' to a [[tabloid]].{{Fact|date=February 2007}} However, the ''Telegraph'' has denied these claims and indeed has tried to attract disgruntled ''Times'' readers who want to read a more upmarket [[broadsheet]]. One of its latest advertising slogans was ''Impact, Not Compact''.
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| − | On [[10 October]] 2005, the ''Daily Telegraph'' relaunched to incorporate a tabloid sports section and a new standalone business section. The ''[[Daily Mail|Daily Mail's]]'' star columnist and political analyst [[Simon Heffer]] left that paper in October 2005 to rejoin the ''Daily Telegraph'', where he has become associate editor. Heffer, known for his combative style and wit, has written two columns a week for the ''Telegraph'' since late October 2005.
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| − | Just before Christmas 2005, it was announced that the ''Telegraph'' titles will be moving from Canada Place in Canary Wharf, to Victoria Plaza, near Victoria Station in central London. [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2005/12/22/cntel22.xml] The new office features a 'hub and spoke' layout for the newsroom, which will produce content for print and online editions.
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| − | In addition to the 'Daily Torygraph' (see above), [[Private Eye]] has also dubbed the Daily Telegraph 'The Daily Hurleygraph' and 'The Daily Tottygraph' for their perceived obssesion with printing pictures of [[Liz Hurley]] and other notable attractive women, or as the 'Maily Telegraph' and 'Daily Mailograph' for the Eye's opinion that the newspaper sometimes focuses on issues traditionally seen as the preserve of the less respected tabloids such as the [[Daily Mail]].{{Fact|date=February 2007}}
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| − | ''The Daily Telegraph'' has erroneously published at least four [[List of premature obituaries|premature obituaries]]:
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| − | *Cockie Hoogterp, the second wife of [[Bror von Blixen-Finecke|Baron Blixen]], in 1938 after the Baron's third wife died in an auto accident. Mrs. Hoogterp sent all her bills back marked "Deceased" and survived her premature obituary by over 50 years.[http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1282/is_v39/ai_5091234]
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| − | *[[Dave Swarbrick]] in 1999, prompting much embarrassing publicity for the newspaper, and Swarbrick's remark "It's not the first time I have died in Coventry."
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| − | *[[Dorothy Fay|Dorothy Southworth Ritter]], the widow of [[Tex Ritter]] and mother of [[John Ritter]], in [[August]] [[2001]]. She eventually died in 2003, two months after her son's death.[http://www.usatoday.com/life/2006-06-21-obit_x.htm]
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| − | *Ballet dancer [[Katharine Sergava]] in 2003, which also caused ''[[The New York Times]]'' to print an erroneous obituary based on ''The Telegraph'''s.
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| − | The Telegraph is nonetheless noted for the humour and quality of writing of many of its obituaries.{{Fact|date=February 2007}}
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| − | On Wednesday [[24 February]], [[1988]], ''the Daily Telegraph'' was printed with the wrong date: Thursday [[25 February]] was printed by mistake. This caused complaints from confused readers, but also inspired the first [[front page]] [[cartoon]] by [[Matt Pritchett|Matt]], who now has a cartoon on the front page of the Telegraph almost every day. The cartoon had the caption: "I hope I have a better Thursday than I did yesterday".
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