1) The Times newspaper was founded in 1785. It was renamed The Times on January 1st, 1788 - three years later.
2) John Walter suggested that the paper "should contain something suited to every palate". This includes politics, foreign affairs, matters of trade, legal trials, advertisements and “amusements”. Walter reserved the right of the newspaper “to censure or applaud either [political party]” and to cover contending issues with respectful “fair argument”.
3) Today, The Times is owned by Rupert Murdoch following 1981. It is a part of News UK.
4) In 2010, The Times introduced digital subscriptions to help ensure a sustainable future for their journalism.
5) In 2018, The Times was named Britain’s most trusted national newspaper by the Reuters Institute for Journalism at the University of Oxford.
6) In terms of newspaper regulation, The Times is committed to abiding by the Independent Press Standards Organisation (Ipso) regulations and the Editors’ Code of Practice that Ipso enforces.
7) The Times is published by Times Media Limited, wholly owned by News UK & Ireland Ltd. The current editor is Tony Gallagher.
8) The average daily readership of The Times is 1.04 million. The Times readers have a mean family income of £55,885 and 62% of readers are social grade AB.
9) The different range of sections of the newspaper outlined on the page (e.g. entertainment, travel, education) indicates that The Times audience are perhaps wealthy and interested in many aspects of lifestyle.
10) Entertainment - 280,000 Times readers visit the cinema more often than once a month.
Travel - 342,000 Times readers went on 4 or more holidays in the past year.
Education - Times readers are twice as likely to have a university degree of doctorate.
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