Overview

History

Scottish, Irish, Continental and Indian editions

Scottish Daily Mail Scottish Daily Mail header Theheader The Scottish Daily Mail was published as a separate title from Edinburgh[63] starting in December 1946. The circulation was poor though, falling to below 100,000 and the operation was rebased to Manchester in December 1968.[64] In 1995 the Scottish Daily Mail was relaunched, and is printed in Glasgow. With a circulation in December 2009 of 113,771, it has the third-highest daily newspaper sales in Scotland.[65] Irish Daily Mail Main article: Irish Daily Mail The Daily Mail officially entered the Irish market with the launch of a local version of the paper on 6 February 2006; free copies of the paper were distributed on that day in some locations to publicise the launch. Its masthead differed from that of UK versions by having a green rectangle with the word "IRISH", instead of the Royal Arms, but this was later changed, with "Irish Daily Mail" displayed instead. The Irish version includes stories of Irish interest alongside content from the UK version. According to the Audit Bureau of Circulations, the Irish edition had a circulation of 63,511 for July 2007,[66] falling to an average of 49,090 for the second half of 2009.[67] Since 24 September 2006 Ireland on Sunday, the Irish Sunday newspaper acquired by Associated in 2001, was replaced by an Irish edition of the Mail on Sunday (the Irish Mail on Sunday), to tie in with the weekday newspaper. Continental and Overseas Daily Mail Two foreign editions were begun in 1904 and 1905; the former titled the Overseas Daily Mail, covering the world, and the latter titled the Continental Daily Mail, covering Europe and North Africa.[68] Mail Today Main article: Mail Today The newspaper entered India on 16 November 2007 with the launch of Mail Today,[69] a 48-page compact size newspaper printed in Delhi, Gurgaon and Noida with a print run of 110,000 copies. Based around a subscription model, the newspaper has the same fonts and feel as the Daily Mail and was set up with investment from Associated Newspapers and editorial assistance from the Daily Mail newsroom.[70]

Editorial stance

Awards

Notable stories

Libel lawsuits

Criticism

Supplements and features

City & Finance : The business part of the Daily Mail , featuring City news and the results from the London Stock Exchange. It also has its own website called This is Money. [173]

: The business part of the , featuring City news and the results from the London Stock Exchange. It also has its own website called This is Money. Travelmail : Contains travel articles, advertisements etc.

: Contains travel articles, advertisements etc. Femail : Femail is an extensive part of the Daily Mail' s newspaper and website, being one of four main features on Mail Online others being News, TV & Showbiz and Sport. It is designed for women.

: Femail is an extensive part of the s newspaper and website, being one of four main features on Mail Online others being News, TV & Showbiz and Sport. It is designed for women. Weekend: The Daily Mail Weekend is a TV guide published by the Daily Mail, included free with the Mail every Saturday. Weekend magazine, launched in October 1993, is issued free with the Saturday Daily Mail. The guide does not use a magazine-type layout but chooses a newspaper style similar to the Daily Mail itself. In April 2007, the Weekend had a major revamp. A feature changed during the revamp was a dedicated Freeview channel page. Regular cartoon strips Garfield

I Don't Believe It (discontinued)

(discontinued) Odd Streak

The Strip Show

Chloe and Co. (by Knight Features)

(by Knight Features) Up and Running (by Knight Features)

(by Knight Features) Fred Basset Up and Running is a strip distributed by Knight Features and Fred Basset has followed the life of the dog of the same name in a two-part strip in the Daily Mail since 8 July 1963.[174] The long-running Teddy Tail cartoon strip, was first published on 5 April 1915 and was the first cartoon strip in a British newspaper.[175] It ran for over 40 years to 1960, spawning the Teddy Tail League Children's Club and many annuals from 1934 to 1942 and again from 1949 to 1962. Teddy Tail was a mouse, with friends Kitty Puss (a cat), Douglas Duck and Dr. Beetle. Teddy Tail is always shown with a knot in his tail.[176][177] Year Book The Daily Mail Year Book first appeared in 1901, summarizing the news of the past year in one volume of 200 to 400 pages. Among its editors were Percy L. Parker (1901–1905), David Williamson (1914–1951), G. B. Newman (1955–1977), Mary Jenkins (1978–1986), P.J. Failes (1987), and Michael and Caroline Fluskey (1991). Online media Main article: MailOnline The majority of content appearing in the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday printed newspapers also forms part of that included in the MailOnline website. MailOnline is free to read and funded by advertising. In 2011 MailOnline was the second most visited English-language newspaper website worldwide.[178][179] It has since then become the most visited newspaper website in the world,[180] with over 189.5 million visitors per month, and 11.7 million visitors daily, as of January 2014.[181] Thailand's military junta blocked the MailOnline in May 2014 after the site revealed a video of Thailand's Crown Prince and his wife, Princess Srirasmi, partying. The video appears to show the allegedly topless princess, a former waitress, in a tiny G-string as she feeds her pet dog cake to celebrate its birthday.[182]

Contributors

The Daily Mail in literature

The Daily Mail has appeared in a number of novels. These include Evelyn Waugh's 1938 novel Scoop which was based on Waugh's experiences as a writer for the Daily Mail. In the book the newspaper is renamed The Daily Beast.[185] The newspaper appeared in Nicci French's 2008 novel The Memory Game, a psychological thriller.[186] In 2015, it featured in Laurence Simpson's comic novel about the tabloid media, According to The Daily Mail.[187] And in 2017, a thinly-disguised version of the Daily Mail, called simply The Mail appears in Michael Paraskos's dark satire based on the Donald Trump presidency, Rabbitman, in which the newspaper's fictional editor is subjected to a lobotomy in a dystopian post-Brexit Britain to try and cure him of "nasty little paranoid thoughts about scroungers, traitors and foreigners."[188]

Editors

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