1. British press:

• 2 out of 3 people over 15 read a national morning paper,

• 3 out of 4 - read a Sunday paper,

• 3 out of 4 – read a local, regional paper,

• there are about:

• 130 daily and Sunday newspapers,

• 170 weekly papers,

• 7 500 periodicals.

2. There is no censorship of press but it’s subject to general laws on publications:

• printer’s name,

• place of publication,

• responsibility for what is printed – the author can be sued.

3. The Press Council:

• it was founded in 1953 on the recommendation of the Royal Comission:

• to safeguard the freedom of press,

• to ensure the press conducts itself responsibility,

• members: press and non-press members, independent chairman.

4. Papers:

• financially independent of political parties but show political preferences in editorial comments,

• don’t get subsidies from the government,

• print advertisements.

5. Papers are owned by:

• companies,

• trusts,

• Cooperatives,

• journalists who write for it,

• private family,

• individuals.

6. National daily papers:

• popular papers:

• tabloids:

• Daily Mirror,

• The Sun,

• Daily Star,

• middlebrow papers:

• Daily Mail,

• Daily Express,

• quality papers:

• The Times,

• Financial Times,

• The Daily Telegraph,

• The Guardian,

• The Independent.

7. Sunday papers:

• popular papers:

• News of the World,

• Sunday Express,

• Sunday Mirror,

• The Mail on Sunday,

• The People,

• quality papers:

• Sunday Telegraph,

• The Sunday Times,

• The Observer.

8. Regional newspapers:

• read by the majority,

• usually evening papers,

• generally non-political,

• provide local and regional news.

9. Regional papers in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland:

ENGLAND outside London: about 90 dailies, 750 appearing once or twice a week.	SCOTLAND The Scotsman, Glasgow Herald, more than 100 weeklies.
WALES about 70 weekly papers, English, Welsh or bilingual, Welsh community papers get grants as part of Government’s support for the Welsh language.	NORTHERN IRELAND about 50 weekly papers, papers from the Irish Republic.

10. Ethnic minority papers:

• about 100 newspapers,

• about 60 papers of the Asian community,

• most published weekly or monthly.

11. Periodicals:

• general,

• specialized,

• trade,

• technical,

• professional,

• number of magazines of literary and political nature has declined.