10. China Daily (China):
Established on June 1, 1981, it is an
English-language daily newspaper in China. Staff reporters,
correspondents and editors with the newspaper group are known for their
professionalism, ethics, enthusiasm and creativity. Also known as
“Window to China”, it is headquartered in Beijing. Dedicated to help the
world by providing information on politics, economy, society and
culture it contains more than 20 experts, mainly from the United States,
Britain, Canada, Australia and India, ensuring linguistic and
journalistic standards.
9. The Times of India (India):
One of the highest circulated English
language daily broadsheet in the world, The Times of India (TOI) was
started on November 3, 1838 with the name of “The Bombay Times and
Journal of Commerce”. Initially, it was published every Wednesday and
Saturday but later became a daily edition in 1850 and got its present
name in 1861. After India’s Independence in 1947, the ownership of the
paper was passed on to the industrial family of Dalmiyas and later it
was over by Sahu Shanti Prasad Jain of the Sahu Jain group from Bijnore
of Uttar Pradesh.
8. The Daily Mail (U.K.):
Started on May 4, 1896, this first
tabloid newspaper of Britain was formulated by Lord Rothermere and Lord
Northcliffe. By 1902, at the end of the Boer War, the circulation of
this news paper was over a million, making it the largest in the world.
The paper is generally critical of the BBC, which it says is biased to
the left. In the late 1960s, the paper went through a phase of being
liberal on social issues like corporal punishment but returned to its
traditional conservative line.
7. Wall Street Journal (U.S.A.):
The Past. In 1882, with 2 associates,
newspaperman Charles Henry Dow founded Dow Jones and Company, a news
agency for the financial world. Seven years later, the company published
the 1st issue of The Wall Street Journal. The Journal took its modern
shape and prominence in the 1940s, a time of industrial expansion for
the United States and its financial institutions in New York. The
Present. The Wall Street Journal is a special paper for people in the
business and economic communities, yet it goes far beyond that
designation in its treatment of the news.
6. Sydney Morning Herald (Australia):
Founded in 1831 as Sydney Herald, this
newspaper was founded by Englishmen Alfred Ward Stephens, Frederick
Stokes and William McGarvie, who all worked for the Sydney Gazette. In
1995, the company launched smh.com.au, the newspaper’s web edition. The
site has since grown to include interactive and multimedia features
beyond the content in the print edition. Historically, the SMH has been a
conservative newspaper as evidenced by the fact that it did not endorse
the Australian Labor Party at any election until 1984 or at a state
election until 2003.
5. Yomiuri Shimbun (Japan):
First published on November 2, 1874, it
is credited with having the largest newspaper circulation in the world
with a combined morning and evening circulation of copies. Throughout
the 1880s and 1890s the paper came to be known as a literary arts
publication with its regular inclusion of work by writers such as Ozaki
Koyo. Yomiuri also publishes The Daily Yomiuri, Japan’s largest
English-language newspaper. As a supplement to the daily edition, a
weekly news magazine – The Yomiuri Weekly – is circulated.
4. The Washington Post (U.S.A.):
The largest and the oldest newspaper of
Washington D.C. was founded in 1877 by Stilson Hutchins. In 1975, The
Washington Post launched three new weekly zoned sections, the Maryland,
District and Virginia Weeklies. These three sections were later
transformed into 10 local news sections to provide greater coverage of
community news, activities and features of special interest to readers
living in the regions served.
3. The Guardian (U.K.):
Formerly known as The Manchester
Guardian, this newspaper was founded in 1821 by a group of
non-conformist businessmen headed by John Edward Taylor. The much-quoted
article “comment is free but facts are sacred” is still used to explain
the values of the present-day newspaper. This ‘extraordinary act of
philanthropy’ resulted in a unique form of media ownership in the UK,
which has now lasted more than 70 years.
2. The New York Times (U.S.A.):
Launched in 1851 with motto printed in
the upper left-hand corner of the front page, “All the News That’s Fit
to Print.” The principal founders of the New York Times were Henry
Jarvis Raymond, a sometime politician, reporter, and editor and George
Jones, an Albany, New York, banker. The journalistic endeavor of this
newspaper is committed to quality news, information and entertainment in
the U.S. as well as around the world.
1. The Sun (U.K.):
Are you a football fan? Do you
support Human Rights? Are you gay lesbian or bisexual? Are you ‘anti
war’? Are you ‘weird’? Have you been or are you unemployed? Are you or
is anyone you know suffered or suffering from mental illness? Are you
black? Asian, Indian or French or German or Irish? Are you a Christian?,
Muslim?, Hindu? or Sikh? If you are interested in these topics
then perhaps, you ought to buy it. First published as a broadsheet on
September 15, 1964, The Sun relies heavily on stories and occasionally
scandals involving celebrities and the entertainment industry, contained
in its general news pages as well as in sections such as Bizarre and TV
Biz.
