Research on Media Institutions

"Who are the major players in terms of news providers in the UK and what exactly do they own?"

Three Media Platforms:

Print:

One of the major players in the print platform are tabloids. The Sun is one of the biggest selling newspapers in the UK daily. It has the tenth- largest circulation of any newspaper in the world and the largest circulation of any daily newspaper in the UK. The Sun had an average daily circulation of 2,821,618 copies in July 2011. Between July and Decemeber 2010 it had an average daily readership of approximately 7.6 million, of whom approximately 2.65 million were in ABC1 demographic and 4.9 million in the C2DE demographic. The Sun newspaper is owned by News International (Rupert Murdoch) who has a great influence over today's media. Up until late summer 2011 The News of the World had been reffered to be the sister paper of The Sun which was also owned by News International.

News International owned by Rupert Murdoch has many collegements within News International such as The Sunday Times. Rupert Murdoch also ownes BSKYB which overlinks onto the broadcast platform as BSKYB presentes the news on Sky News.

Broadcast:

Rupert Murdoch's share in BSKYB allows him to have a influence on the news that is presented. Sky News has a 24 hour channel which reports breaking news to the public. Vaules which are presented in News International's papers are also presented in Sky News.  TV Channels one to five all show the news are regular intervals and times. On BBC Three every hour there is usually an 60 second update for viewers about the news. However, although there are many channels on BSKYB one of the biggers major players in terms of news providers are the BBC. As the BBC is government funded and ran it provides a 24 hour news coverage channel and a daily news show called 'The Breakfast Show' on BBC 1 every morning.

E-media:

Alongside tabloid newspaper's websites online there is a variety of sources that provide news. MSN and BBC are one of the insitutions that provide online news to users. News online has a high readership as it can be accessed from anywhere on the go. Also many users subscribe to RSS feeds of the news sites which provide news readers with the news on their phones about breaking headlines about the world around us.