Below is an overview of who owns the various UK newspapers:
Newspaper | Owner |
The Times | News Corp |
The Sun | |
Daily Mail | Daily Mail and General Trust (DMGT) |
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The Metro | |
The Express | Reach |
The Mirror | |
Daily Star | |
The Telegraph | Press Holdings |
The Independent | Sultan M Abuljadayel & Alexander Lebedev |
The Guardian | Scott Trust Limited |
The Observer | |
Evening Standard | Alexander Lebedev (63%), DMGT (24.9%) + 2 more |
Source for the above data – Wikipedia.
Some further notes:
- DGMT were a publicly listed company since 1932. However, Lord Rothermere, who was the largest shareholder with a 36% stake, has succeeded in a bid to take DGMT private at 270p per share, or £871m total. From January 10 2022 the company is expected to be delisted from the London Stock Exchange (source).
- DGMT also own The New Scientist