Editing Daily Mail (section)

{{Short description|British tabloid newspaper}}
{{About|the British national daily newspaper}}
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{{Use British English|date=August 2011}}
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{{Infobox newspaper
| name = Daily Mail
| logo = [[File:Daily Mail masthead.svg|frameless|class=skin-invert]]
| image = Daily Mail 10 July 2021.png
| caption = ''Daily Mail'' front page on 11 July 2021
| type = [[Daily newspaper]]
| format = [[Tabloid (newspaper format)|Tabloid]]
| owners = [[Daily Mail and General Trust]]
| founder = [[Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe|Alfred Harmsworth]] and [[Harold Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Rothermere|Harold Harmsworth]]
| publisher = [[DMG Media]]
| editor = [[Ted Verity]]
| foundation = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1896|05|04}}
| political = [[Right-wing politics|Right-wing]]<ref name="Gaber-2014" /><ref name="Stoegner-2016" /><ref name="Meyer-2010" /> 
| language = English
| headquarters = Northcliffe House<br>2 Derry Street<br>[[Kensington|London W8]] 5TT
| circulation = 648,709
| circulation_date = March 2025
| circulation_ref = <ref>{{cite web |title=Daily Mail |url=https://www.abc.org.uk/product/2115 |publisher=[[Audit Bureau of Circulations (UK)|Audit Bureau of Circulations]] |date=11 March 2025 |access-date=8 April 2025 |archive-date=23 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200923135549/https://www.abc.org.uk/product/2115 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| ISSN = 0307-7578
| oclc = 16310567
| website = {{URL|dailymail.co.uk}}
}}
{{Conservatism UK|Media}}

The '''''Daily Mail''''' is a British daily [[Middle-market newspaper|middle-market]] [[Tabloid journalism|tabloid]] newspaper founded in 1896 and published in London. {{As of|2020}}, it has the [[List of newspapers in the United Kingdom by circulation|highest circulation of paid newspapers]] in the UK.<ref name="Sweney-2020">{{Cite web|date=19 June 2020|title=Daily Mail eclipses the Sun to become UK's top-selling paper|url=http://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/jun/19/daily-mail-eclipses-the-sun-to-become-uks-top-selling-paper|access-date=20 June 2020|first=Mark|last=Sweney|work=The Guardian|language=en|archive-date=19 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200619235000/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/jun/19/daily-mail-eclipses-the-sun-to-become-uks-top-selling-paper|url-status=live}}</ref> Its sister paper ''[[The Mail on Sunday]]'' was launched in 1982, a [[Scotland|Scottish]] edition was launched in 1947, and an [[Ireland|Irish]] edition in 2006. Content from the paper appears on the [[MailOnline]] [[online newspaper|news website]], although the website is managed separately and has its own editor.<ref>John Pilger [https://books.google.com/books?id=8v1TmtI6m5YC&pg=PA440 ''Hidden Agendas''] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160430073856/https://books.google.com/books?id=8v1TmtI6m5YC&pg=PA440 |date=30 April 2016 }}, London: Vintage, 1998, p. 440</ref><ref>Peter Wilby [http://www.newstatesman.com/media/2013/12/man-who-hates-liberal-britain "Paul Dacre of the Daily Mail: The man who hates liberal Britain"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160402114556/http://www.newstatesman.com/media/2013/12/man-who-hates-liberal-britain |date=2 April 2016 }}, ''New Statesman'', 19 December 2013 (online version: 2 January 2014)</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Lowe |first1=Josh |title=Print vs. Online: Even Britain's Daily Mail Has Issues with Its Website |url=https://www.newsweek.com/daily-mail-editorial-front-page-mail-online-628231 |website=Newsweek |date=22 June 2017 |access-date=13 August 2018 |archive-date=14 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180814001908/https://www.newsweek.com/daily-mail-editorial-front-page-mail-online-628231 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The paper is owned by the [[Daily Mail and General Trust]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Daily Mail and General Trust PLC |url=https://ireland.mom-gmr.org/en/owner/companies/detail/company//daily-mail-and-general-trust-plc-1/ |access-date=2025-01-14 |website=ireland.mom-gmr.org |language=en}}</ref> [[Jonathan Harmsworth, 4th Viscount Rothermere]], a great-grandson of one of the original co-founders, is the chairman and controlling shareholder of the Daily Mail and General Trust, while day-to-day editorial decisions for the newspaper are usually made by a team led by the editor.  [[Ted Verity]] succeeded [[Geordie Greig]] as editor on 17 November 2021.

A survey in 2014 found the average age of its readers was 58, and it had the lowest demographic for 15- to 44-year-olds among the [[List of newspapers in the United Kingdom#Tabloid newspapers|major British dailies]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.themediabriefing.com/article/youth-audiences-newspaper-old-demographics-advertising |title=How old are you again? UK newspaper age demographics in 4 charts |first=Henry |last=Taylor |work=The Media Briefing |date=14 August 2014 |access-date=5 March 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20161227160455/https://www.themediabriefing.com/article/youth-audiences-newspaper-old-demographics-advertising |archive-date=27 December 2016 }}</ref> Uniquely for a British daily newspaper, women make up the majority (52–55%) of its readership.<ref>{{cite news |author=Hannah Fearn |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/daily-mail-brexit-legs-it-theresa-may-nicola-sturgeon-female-readershop-women-feminism-a7654326.html |title=The Daily Mail has a mainly female readership – so why do women enjoy those 'who won Legs-it' headlines? |work=The Independent |date=28 March 2017 |access-date=12 November 2017 |archive-date=7 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507070459/https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/daily-mail-brexit-legs-it-theresa-may-nicola-sturgeon-female-readershop-women-feminism-a7654326.html |url-status=live }}</ref> It had an average daily circulation of 1.13 million copies in February 2020.<ref name="Mayhew-2020">{{Cite web|last=Mayhew|first=Freddy|date=19 March 2020|title=National newspaper ABCs: Daily Mail closes circulation gap on Sun to 5,500 copies|url=https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/national-newspaper-abcs-daily-mail-closes-circulation-gap-on-sun-to-5500-copies/|access-date=2 August 2020|website=Press Gazette|language=en-US|archive-date=25 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200825045919/https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/national-newspaper-abcs-daily-mail-closes-circulation-gap-on-sun-to-5500-copies/|url-status=live}}</ref> Between  April 2019 and March 2020 it had an average daily readership of approximately 2.18 million, of whom approximately 1.41 million were in the [[NRS social grade|ABC1]] demographic and 0.77 million in the [[NRS social grade|C2DE]] demographic.<ref>{{Cite web|last=PAMCo|title=Data Archive – Newsbrand Reach Tables|url=https://pamco.co.uk/pamco-data/data-archive/|access-date=18 August 2020|website=pamco.co.uk|archive-date=7 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210407122153/https://pamco.co.uk/pamco-data/data-archive/|url-status=live}}</ref> Its website had more than 218 million unique visitors per month in 2020.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Alpert|first=Lukas I.|date=5 December 2019|title=Daily Mail's Online Reinvention Relieves Pressure Amid Newspaper-Industry Woes|language=en-US|work=The Wall Street Journal|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/daily-mails-online-reinvention-relieves-pressure-amid-newspaper-industry-woes-11575530597|access-date=2 August 2020|issn=0099-9660|archive-date=29 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200129174744/https://www.wsj.com/articles/daily-mails-online-reinvention-relieves-pressure-amid-newspaper-industry-woes-11575530597|url-status=live}}</ref>

The ''Daily Mail'' has won several awards, including receiving the [[The Press Awards#National Newspaper of the Year|''National Newspaper of the Year'' award]] from [[The Press Awards]] nine times since 1994 ({{As of|2020|lc=y}}).<ref>{{Cite web|last=Brown|first=Mariella|date=3 April 2020|title=Winners of the National Press Awards for 2019 revealed – Society of Editors|url=https://www.societyofeditors.org/soe_news/winners-of-the-national-press-awards-for-2019-revealed/|access-date=20 June 2020|language=en-GB|archive-date=26 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200426211212/https://www.societyofeditors.org/soe_news/winners-of-the-national-press-awards-for-2019-revealed/|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Society of Editors]] selected it as the 'Daily Newspaper of the Year' for 2020.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://uk.news.yahoo.com/journalists-recognised-society-editors-press-115013932.html| title=Journalists recognised at Society Of Editors' Press Awards| publisher=Yahoo News| date=15 July 2021| access-date=17 October 2021| archive-date=17 October 2021| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211017053541/https://uk.news.yahoo.com/journalists-recognised-society-editors-press-115013932.html| url-status=live}}</ref> The ''Daily Mail'' has been criticised for its unreliability, its printing of [[Sensationalism|sensationalist]] and inaccurate scare stories about science and medical research,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jackson |first1=Jasper |date=9 February 2017 |title=Wikipedia bans Daily Mail as 'unreliable' source |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/feb/08/wikipedia-bans-daily-mail-as-unreliable-source-for-website |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170208211856/https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/feb/08/wikipedia-bans-daily-mail-as-unreliable-source-for-website |archive-date=8 February 2017 |access-date=11 February 2017 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref><ref name="Collins-2012" /><ref name="Goldacre-2010" /><ref name="Goldacre-2008" /> and for instances of [[plagiarism]] and [[copyright infringement]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/media/2016/04/what-it-s-fall-victim-mail-online-s-aggregation-machine |title= What it's like to fall victim to the Mail Online's aggregation machine |first= Martin |last= Fletcher |work= New Statesman |date= 29 April 2016 |access-date= 2 July 2017 |archive-date= 7 May 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190507070514/https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/media/2016/04/what-it-s-fall-victim-mail-online-s-aggregation-machine |url-status= live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2017/jun/23/daily-mail-refuses-to-pay-journalist-for-republishing-her-work|title=Daily Mail refuses to pay journalist for republishing parts of her work|date=23 June 2017|access-date=17 October 2020|work=[[The Guardian]]|first=Amanda|last=Meade|archive-date=20 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020175320/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2017/jun/23/daily-mail-refuses-to-pay-journalist-for-republishing-her-work|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/episodes/daily-mail/10465244|title=Fury at the Mail|date=5 November 2018|access-date=17 October 2020|publisher=[[ABC Online]]|archive-date=8 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108115210/https://www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/episodes/daily-mail/10465244|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thecitizen.org.au/articles/exclusive-scoop-first-with-the-news-journalism-has-a-plagiarism-problem|title=Exclusive! Scoop! First with the news! Journalism has a plagiarism problem|date=12 August 2020|access-date=17 October 2020|work=The Citizen|publisher=[[Centre for Advancing Journalism]]|first=Benjamin|last=Silvester|archive-date=18 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201018040634/https://www.thecitizen.org.au/articles/exclusive-scoop-first-with-the-news-journalism-has-a-plagiarism-problem|url-status=live}}</ref> In February 2017, the [[English Wikipedia]] banned the use of the ''Daily Mail'' as a reliable source.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Anthony |first=Sebastian |date=10 February 2017 |title=Wikipedia bans Daily Mail for "poor fact checking, sensationalism, flat-out fabrication" |url=https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/02/wikipedia-bans-daily-mail/ |access-date=26 August 2022 |website=[[Ars Technica]] |language=en-us |archive-date=26 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220826123404/https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/02/wikipedia-bans-daily-mail/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Cole|first=Samantha|date=3 October 2018|title=Wikipedia Bans Right Wing Site Breitbart as a Source for Facts|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/wikipedia-banned-breitbart-infowars/|access-date=28 January 2022|website=[[Motherboard (website)|Motherboard]]|language=en|quote=In February 2017, Wikipedians made a similar call for Daily Mail citations{{snd}}that the publication would no longer be cited in articles as fact, due to its "reputation for poor fact checking, sensationalism and flat-out fabrication."|archive-date=28 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220128043024/https://www.vice.com/en/article/pa9qvv/wikipedia-banned-breitbart-infowars|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last1=Benjakob |first1=Omer |date=9 January 2020 |title=Why Wikipedia is Much More Effective Than Facebook at Fighting Fake News |newspaper=[[Haaretz]] |url=https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium-why-wikipedia-is-much-more-effective-than-facebook-at-fighting-fake-news-1.8378622 |url-status=live |access-date=26 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200620203412/https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium-why-wikipedia-is-much-more-effective-than-facebook-at-fighting-fake-news-1.8378622 |archive-date=20 June 2020}}</ref>