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The Times - Introduction: blog tasks

 The Times - Introduction: blog tasks Read the About Us page of the Times website and answer the following questions: 1) What year was The Times founded and when did it start using the Times name? The Times was founded in 1785 2) What content did John Walter suggest the paper would offer in the first edition? “like a well-covered table, it should contain something suited to every palate” including politics, foreign affairs, matters of trade, legal trials, advertisements and “amusements” 3) Who owns The Times today and how is editorial integrity protected? Robert Murdock 4) What did The Times introduce in 2010 and why? papers introduced digital subscriptions in 2010 to help ensure a sustainable future for their journalism. 5) What was The Times named in 2018 by the Reuters Institute for Journalism at Oxford University?The titles are currently the biggest selling quality print newspapers in the UK and in 2018 The Times was named Britain’s most trusted national newspaper by the Reuter...
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Blog tasks: Daily Mirror - Audience and Industries

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