| Notes |
It is now eight years since the Royal Commission on the Press 1974-1977 provided a detailed account of the structure of the newspaper industry and of its ownership and control. Chapter2 of our 1981 report on The Observer and George Outram and Company Limited reviewed briefly the principal changes that had taken place in theintervening four years. This chapter reviews the principal changes that have taken place since 1981 and provides the latest information available about the circulation of national daily and Sunday newspapers. As in our earlier report, we have followed the same convention as the Royal Commission in distinguishing between quality and popular newspapers. Since 1981 Pergamon Press Ltd has acquired from Reed International PLC the ownership of the Daily Mirror, Sunday Mirror and the Sunday People, together with two Glasgow newspapers, the Daily Record and the Sunday Mail. Associated Newspapers Holdings PLC has launced a new Sunday popular newspaper, the Mail on Sunday. |