The Times - Introduction: blog tasks

1) What year was The Times founded and when did it start using the Times name?

The Times was founded in 1785 and is 1788 it used the name The Times.

2) What content did John Walter suggest the paper would offer in the first edition?

 John Walter suggested including politics, foreign affairs, matters of trade, legal trials, advertisements and “amusements”.

3) What does the page say about the political views in The Times? 

Walter reserved the right of the newspaper “to censure or applaud either [political party]” and to cover contending issues with respectful “fair argument”.

4) Who owns The Times today and how is editorial integrity protected?

The Sunday Times were first held under common ownership by Lord Thomson in 1966 as Times Newspapers Limited (TNL) and were bought by Rupert Murdoch in 1981

5) What did The Times introduce in 2010 and why?

Both papers introduced digital subscriptions in 2010 to help ensure a sustainable future for their journalism.

6) What was The Times named in 2018 by the Reuters Institute for Journalism at Oxford University?

In 2018 The Times was named Britain’s most trusted national newspaper by the Reuters Institute for Journalism at Oxford University.

7) What does the section on Editorial Standards say about The Times and newspaper regulation?

The Times and The Sunday Times take complaints about editorial content seriously. We are committed to abiding by the Independent Press Standards Organisation (“Ipso”) rules and regulations and the Editors’ Code of Practice that Ipso enforces.

8) What does the section on Ownership say about The Times and who is the current editor?  

Editor of The Sunday Times: Emma Tucker

Editor of The Times: John Witherow