Ownership & Distribution of Newspapers.

Here i will be looking at 3 different newspapers and research the following:
1. Who owns the newspaper?
2. Is it a public,private or independent ownership?
3. Is it regional, national or international newspaper?
4. Is the newspaper multinational?
5. Does the reader have pay to read the newspaper online?

The London Evening Standard is a evening freesheet tabloid newspaper distributed throughout Greater London and most of the Home Counties through brand-to-hand and pickup points at transport hubs and retail outlets from Monday to Friday.The newspaper is owned by Alexander Lebedev,In May 2008, he was listed by Forbes magazine as one of the richest Russians and as the 358th richest person in the world with an estimated fortune of 3.1 billion. He owns a third of airline Aeroflot, and is part owner of the Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta and owner of four UK newspapers with son Evgeny Lebedev: the London Evening Standard, The Independent, the Independent on Sunday and the new i newspaper. It is owned by a private company and is a regional newspaper. The London Evening Standard is now available online, which would make it easily assessable, means that readers wont have to go out and buy the newspaper, but can buy it online and read wherever and whenever. The newspaper is founded by adverts and money from sister publications.It covers a mix of local, national and international news, as well as a fairly hefty amount of business and financial reporting. It also has a tradition of extensive arts coverage.

The Times is a British daily national newspaper,The Times and its sister paper The Sunday Times founded in 1821 are published by Times Newspapers, since 1981 a subsidiary of News - International,being wholly owned by the News Corporation group headed by Rupert Murdoch an Australian-American media mogul. He is the founder and Chairman and CEO of News Corporation, the world's second-largest media conglomerate
The Times is owned by a international ownership and is an International and Multinational newspaper ( The Times of India etc) The Times can also be brought online, and readers can pay £2.00 a week. This again makes newspaper more assessable to readers.The Times has had the following eight owners since its foundation in 1908 to 1922 - Lord Northcliffe; 1922 to 1966 - Astor family;1966 to 1981 - Roy Thomson; and 1981 to present - News International(owned subsidiary of News Corporation, run by Rupert Murdoch).

The Daily Mirror (The Mirror) is a British national daily tabloid newspaper which was founded in 1903. Twice in its history, from 1985 to 1987, and from 1997 to 2002, the title on its masthead was changed to simply The Mirror. It had an average daily circulation of 1,092,182 in December 2011. Its Sunday sister paper is the Sunday Mirror. The newspaper is owned by Trinity Mirror,a large British newspaper and magazine publisher. It is Britain's biggest newspaper group, publishing 240 regional papers as well as the national Daily Mirror, Sunday Mirror and People etc. The Daily Mirror is owned by a public limited company, and is an International newspaper as it is available in Australia, which makes it an Multinational newspaper. It can also be read online for free, who are financed by advertisements. The fact that the paper is free online makes it more assessable to readers and would increase the number of readers.