Editing Daily Mail (section)

==Overview==
The ''Mail'' was originally a [[broadsheet]] but switched to a compact format on 3 May 1971, the 75th anniversary of its founding.<ref>{{cite news |title=London Daily Mail goes compact |first=Robert |last=Nelson |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/csmonitor_historic/access/263913472.html?dids=263913472:263913472&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&date=May+05%2C+1971&author=By+Robert+Nelson+Staff+correspondent+of+The+Christian+Science+Monitor&pub=Christian+Science+Monitor&desc=London+Daily+Mail+goes+compact |newspaper=The Christian Science Monitor |location=Boston, Massachusetts |date=5 May 1971 |access-date=24 January 2011 |archive-date=18 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120618234319/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/csmonitor_historic/access/263913472.html?dids=263913472:263913472&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&date=May+05%2C+1971&author=By+Robert+Nelson+Staff+correspondent+of+The+Christian+Science+Monitor&pub=Christian+Science+Monitor&desc=London+Daily+Mail+goes+compact |url-status=dead }}</ref> On this date it also absorbed the ''[[Daily Sketch]]'', which had been published as a [[Tabloid journalism|tabloid]]  by the same company. The publisher of the ''Mail'', the [[Daily Mail and General Trust]] (DMGT), is listed on the [[London Stock Exchange]].

Circulation figures according to the [[Audit Bureau of Circulations (UK)|Audit Bureau of Circulations]] in February 2020 show gross daily sales of 1,134,184 for the ''Daily Mail''.<ref name="Mayhew-2020" /> According to a December 2004 survey, 53% of ''Daily Mail'' readers voted for the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]], compared to 21% for [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] and 17% for the [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrats]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ipsos-mori.com/polls/2004/voting-by-readership.shtml|title=MORI survey of newspaper readers|access-date=21 December 2007 |archive-url = https://archive.today/20071213203908/http://www.ipsos-mori.com/polls/2004/voting-by-readership.shtml <!-- Bot inserted parameter. Either remove it; or change its value to "." for the cite to end in a ".", as necessary. --> |archive-date = 13 December 2007}}</ref> The main concern of [[Jonathan Harmsworth, 4th Viscount Rothermere|Viscount Rothermere]], the current chairman and main shareholder, is that the circulation be maintained. He testified before a [[House of Lords]] [[Select committee (United Kingdom)|select committee]] that "we need to allow editors the freedom to edit", and therefore the newspaper's editor was free to decide editorial policy, including its political allegiance.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/media/article3971966.ece |newspaper=[[The Times]] |location=London |author=Sabbagh, Dan |title=Paul Dacre can set Daily Mail agenda, says Viscount Rothermere |date=21 May 2008 |access-date=30 April 2010 |url-access=limited |archive-date=31 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110831101106/http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/media/article3971966.ece |url-status=dead }}</ref> On 17 November 2021, Ted Verity began a new seven-day role as editor of ''Mail'' newspapers, with responsibility for the ''Daily Mail'', ''The Mail on Sunday'' and ''You'' magazine.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Tobitt |first1=Charlotte |title=Daily Mail editor Geordie Greig steps down as Ted Verity takes charge of seven-day operation |url=https://pressgazette.co.uk/daily-mail-editor-geordie-greig-steps-down-as-ted-verity-takes-charge-of-seven-day-operation/ |access-date=17 November 2021 |work=Press Gazette |date=17 November 2021 |archive-date=17 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211117185229/https://pressgazette.co.uk/daily-mail-editor-geordie-greig-steps-down-as-ted-verity-takes-charge-of-seven-day-operation/ |url-status=live }}</ref>