News History



1960's

  • Newspapers fearing competition from other media, for example, television
  • The peak of newspaper circulation was in the early 1950s, declining ever since 
  • By 1965 circulation of Sunday newspapers had fallen to 25 million
  • Labour supporting working class read the Mirror
  • Conservative supporting working class bought the Daily Express
  • The social elite read the Times
  • The Conservative middle class bought the Daily Telegraph
  • Labour or Liberal supporting middle class read the Guardian
2010's
  • Total circulation of Sunday newspapers down to about 10 million
  • online media is better supported

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