| Code | DS/UK/4874 |
| Name | The Daily Telegraph; 1855-; British broadsheet newspaper |
| Alias | The Daily Telegraph and Courier |
| Dates | 1855- |
| Place of Birth/Origin | London, England (HQ) |
| Relationships | Founder:
Arthur B. Sleigh
Editors:
Thornton Leigh Hunt (1855 to 1873),
Edwin Arnold (1873 to 1888),
John le Sage (1888 to 1923),
Fred Miller (1923 to 1924),
Arthur Watson (1924 to 1950),
Colin Coote (1950 to 1964),
Maurice Green (1964 to 1974),
Bill Deedes (1974 to 1986),
Max Hastings (1986 to 1995),
Charles Moore (1995 to 2003),
Martin Newland (2003 to 2005),
John A. Bryant (2005 to 2007),
William Lewis (2007 to 2009),
Tony Gallagher (2009 to 2013),
Jason Seiken (2013 to 2014),
Chris Evans (2014) |
| Biography | The Daily Telegraph, commonly referred to simply as The Telegraph, is a national British daily broadsheet newspaper published in London by Telegraph Media Group and distributed across the United Kingdom and internationally. It was founded by Arthur B. Sleigh in 1855 as Daily Telegraph & Courier.
The Telegraph is widely regarded as a national "newspaper of record" and it maintains an international reputation for quality, having been described by the BBC as "one of the world's great titles". The paper's motto, "Was, is, and will be", appears in the editorial pages and has featured in every edition of the newspaper since 19 April 1858.
The paper had a circulation of 458,487 in November 2017, having declined following industry trends from 1.4 million in 1980. Its sister paper, The Sunday Telegraph, which started in 1961, had a circulation of 339,959 as of November 2017. The Daily Telegraph has the largest circulation for a broadsheet newspaper in the UK and the sixth largest circulation of any UK newspaper as of 2016.
The Telegraph has been the first newspaper to report on a number of notable news scoops, including the 2009 MP expenses scandal, which led to a number of high-profile political resignations and for which it was named 2009 British Newspaper of the Year, and its 2016 undercover investigation on the England football manager Sam Allardyce. However, critics, including the paper's former chief political commentator Peter Oborne, accuse it of being unduly influenced by advertisers. |