Quality press
The quality press or the qualities[1] are those British newspapers in national circulation distinguished by their seriousness. The category used to be called "broadsheet" until several papers adopted a tabloid printing format. Both The Times and The Independent adopted a tabloid format in 2004. The Guardian adopted a Berliner format in 2005, before switching to tabloid in January 2018.
Circulation figures for the quality press have been falling in recent times, and in December 2009 it was reported that readership of The Guardian, The Independent, The Times, and Financial Times had decreased over the previous 12 months.[2]
"Quality press" titles
Title Published Format Est. Owner Orientation The Times Daily Compact 1785 News Corporation Centre-right The Sunday Times Sunday Broadsheet 1822 News Corporation Centre-right The Guardian Daily Compact 1821 Scott Trust Limited Centre-left The Observer Sunday Compact 1791 Scott Trust Limited Centre-left Financial Times Daily Broadsheet 1888 Nikkei Inc. Centre The Daily Telegraph Daily Broadsheet 1855 Barclay brothers' Press Holdings Right-wing The Sunday Telegraph Sunday Broadsheet 1961 Barclay brothers' Press Holdings Right-wing i Daily Compact 2010 Daily Mail and General Trust Centre
References
- Oxford English Dictionary, s.v. 'quality' II.8.e
- Peter Preston (17 December 2009). "Circulation falls for UK quality press". Guardian. What's New in Publishing. Retrieved 12 February 2011.
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