Editing Daily Mail (section)

===Post-war history===
[[File:The_Makings_of_a_Modern_Newspaper-_the_Production_of_'The_Daily_Mail'_in_Wartime,_London,_UK,_1944_D20471.jpg|thumb|left|Sub-editor's room at the offices of the ''Daily Mail'' newspaper in 1944]]
On 5 May 1946, the ''Daily Mail'' celebrated its Golden Jubilee. [[Winston Churchill]] was the chief guest at the banquet and toasted it with a speech.<ref name="Griffiths, Dennis-2006">{{cite book |title=Fleet Street|author=Griffiths, Dennis |year=2006 |publisher= British Library |page=311|isbn=0-7123-0697-8 |quote=Churchill's speech included: "I remember lunching at [[Londonderry House]] on the day when the ''Daily Mail'' first came out, and Alfred Harmsworth sat as the guest of honour at a very small party – a very remarkable man, a man of great influence and independence. In a free country where enterprise can make its way, he was able to create this enormous, lasting, persuasive and attractive newspaper which had its influence in our daily lives and with which we have walked along the road for 50 years."}}</ref> [[Wartime paper shortages in England|Newsprint rationing]] in the Second World War had forced the ''Daily Mail'' to cut its size to four pages, but the size gradually increased through the 1950s.<ref name="Griffiths, Dennis-2006"/> In 1947, when the Raj ended, the ''Daily Mail'' featured a banner headline reading "India: 11 words mark the end of an empire".{{sfn|Kaul|2010|p=31}} During the Suez crisis of 1956, the ''Daily Mail'' consistently took a hardline against President [[Gamal Abdel Nasser]] of Egypt, taking the viewpoint that Britain was justified in invading Egypt to retake control of the Suez canal and topple Nasser.{{sfn|Stockwell|2016|p=230}}

The ''Daily Mail'' was transformed by its editor during the 1970s and 1980s, <!-- Not knighted until 1982, mentioned later. -->[[David English (editor)|David English]]. He had been editor of the ''[[Daily Sketch]]'' from 1969 to 1971, when it closed. Part of the same group from 1953, the ''Sketch'' was absorbed by its sister title, and English became editor of the ''Mail'', a post in which he remained for more than 20 years.<ref>{{cite book|last=Griffiths|first=Dennis|title=The Encyclopedia of the British Press, 1422–1992|publisher=Macmillan|location=London & Basingstoke|year=1992|pages=182, 187}}</ref> English transformed it from a struggling newspaper selling half as many copies as its mid-market rival, the ''[[Daily Express]]'', to a formidable publication, whose circulation rose to surpass that of the ''Express'' by the mid-1980s.<ref name="Lancaster-1998">{{cite news|last=Lancaster|first=Terence|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-sir-david-english-1164350.html|title=Obituary: Sir David English|work=The Independent|location=London|date=12 June 1998|access-date=1 August 2015|archive-date=21 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150921074243/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-sir-david-english-1164350.html|url-status=live}}</ref> English was knighted in 1982.<ref>{{cite news|last=Ibrahim|first=Youssef M.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/06/12/business/sir-david-english-a-top-editor-on-fleet-street-is-dead-at-67.html|title=Sir David English, a Top Editor on Fleet Street, Is Dead at 67|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=12 June 1998|access-date=1 August 2015|url-access=limited|archive-date=12 May 2017|archive-url=https://archive.today/20170512073714/http://www.nytimes.com/1998/06/12/business/sir-david-english-a-top-editor-on-fleet-street-is-dead-at-67.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

The paper enjoyed a period of journalistic success in the 1980s, employing [[Fleet Street]] writers such as gossip columnist [[Nigel Dempster]], [[Lynda Lee-Potter]] and sportswriter [[Ian Wooldridge]] (who unlike some of his colleagues – the paper generally did not support [[Sporting boycott of South Africa during the Apartheid era|sporting boycotts of white-minority-ruled South Africa]] – strongly opposed [[apartheid in South Africa|apartheid]]). In 1982 a Sunday title, the [[The Mail on Sunday|''Mail on Sunday'']], was launched (the Scottish ''[[Sunday Mail (Scotland)|Sunday Mail]]'', now owned by the <!-- Trinity Mirror only dates from 1999. -->[[Trinity Mirror|Mirror Group]], was founded in 1919 by the first Lord Rothermere, but later sold).<ref>Griffiths ''Encyclopedia of the British Press'', p. 545</ref>

Knighted in 1982, Sir David English became editor-in-chief and chairman of Associated Newspapers in 1992 after [[Rupert Murdoch]] had attempted to hire <!-- The current title dates from 2009. -->''[[London Evening Standard|Evening Standard]]'' editor [[Paul Dacre]] as editor of ''[[The Times]]''. The ''Evening Standard'' was then part of the Associated Newspapers group, and Dacre was appointed to succeed English at the ''Daily Mail'' as a means of dealing with Murdoch's offer.<ref>{{cite news |last=Bogan |first=Steve |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/media-wind-of-change-in-kensington-will-the-daily-mail-still-be-rallying-the-tory-faithful-steve-boggan-reports-1533357.html |title=Wind of change in Kensington: Will the Daily Mail still be rallying the Tory faithful? |work=The Independent |location=London |date=15 July 1992 |access-date=1 August 2015 |archive-date=25 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925092621/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/media-wind-of-change-in-kensington-will-the-daily-mail-still-be-rallying-the-tory-faithful-steve-boggan-reports-1533357.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Dacre retired as editor of the ''Daily Mail'' but remains editor-in-chief of the group.

In late 2013, the paper moved its London printing operation from the city's Docklands area to a new £50&nbsp;million plant in [[Thurrock]], Essex.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2012/jun/27/dmgt-britishlandcompany?newsfeed=true |newspaper=The Guardian |first=Roy |last=Greenslade |title=Daily Mail print plant sold off |date=27 June 2012 |location=London |access-date=11 December 2016 |archive-date=12 May 2017 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170512073958/https://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2012/jun/27/dmgt-britishlandcompany?newsfeed=true |url-status=live }}</ref> There are Scottish editions of both the ''Daily Mail'' and ''Mail on Sunday'', with different articles and columnists.

In August 2016, the ''Daily Mail'' began a partnership with ''[[People's Daily|The People's Daily]]'', the official newspaper of the [[Chinese Communist Party]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Allen |first1=Kerry |title=Daily Mail deal with Communist mouthpiece raises few eyebrows in China |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-37088736 |access-date=16 August 2016 |work=BBC News |date=15 August 2016 |archive-date=15 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160815180211/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-37088736 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Graham-Harrison |first1=Emma |title=Mail Online teams up with Chinese newspaper the People's Daily |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/aug/12/mail-online-teams-up-chinese-newspaper-peoples-daily |access-date=16 August 2016 |work=The Guardian |location=London |date=12 August 2016 |archive-date=12 May 2017 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170512073312/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/aug/12/mail-online-teams-up-chinese-newspaper-peoples-daily |url-status=live }}</ref> This partnership included publishing articles in the MailOnline produced by The People's Daily. The agreement appeared to observers to give the paper an edge in publishing news stories sourced out of China, but it also led to questions of [[censorship]] regarding politically sensitive topics.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Greenslade |first1=Roy |title=What is Mail Online doing in partnership with the People's Daily of China? |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2016/aug/12/mail-online-goes-into-partnership-with-the-peoples-daily-of-china |access-date=16 August 2016 |work=The Guardian |location=London |date=12 August 2016 |archive-date=12 May 2017 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170512074117/https://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2016/aug/12/mail-online-goes-into-partnership-with-the-peoples-daily-of-china |url-status=live }}</ref>

In November 2016, [[Lego]] ended a series of promotions in the paper which had run for years, following a campaign from the group '[[Stop Funding Hate]]', who were unhappy with the ''Mail'''s coverage of migrant issues and the EU referendum.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-37962425|title=Lego promotions with Daily Mail end for 'foreseeable future' – BBC News|date=12 November 2016|work=[[BBC Online]]|access-date=12 November 2016|archive-date=12 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161112173741/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-37962425|url-status=live}}</ref>

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In September 2017, the ''Daily Mail'' partnered with [[Stage 29 Productions]] to launch DailyMailTV, an international news program produced by Stage 29 Productions in its studios based in New York City with satellite studios in London, Sydney, DC and Los Angeles.<ref>{{cite news|title=ESPN's Jesse Palmer to Host 'DailyMailTV'|url=https://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/espns-jesse-palmer-host-dailymailtv-167874|last=Albiniak|first=Paige|date=14 August 2017|magazine=[[Broadcasting & Cable]]|access-date=2 January 2019|archive-date=3 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190103110226/https://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/espns-jesse-palmer-host-dailymailtv-167874|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=About DailyMailTV|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/dailymailtv/about/article-4875938/About-DailyMailTV.html|website=Mail Online|date=12 September 2017|access-date=2 January 2019|archive-date=1 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401211125/https://www.dailymail.co.uk/dailymailtv/about/article-4875938/About-DailyMailTV.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Dr. [[Phil McGraw]] (Stage 29 Productions) was named as executive producer.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Petroff |first1=Alanna |title=Dr. Phil's newest TV show: DailyMailTV |url=https://money.cnn.com/2017/04/04/media/tv-dailymailtv-dr-phil/index.html |access-date=27 August 2019 |agency=CNNMoney (London) |work=CNN|date=4 April 2017 |archive-date=28 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190828000921/https://money.cnn.com/2017/04/04/media/tv-dailymailtv-dr-phil/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The program was nominated for a [[Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Entertainment News Program]] in 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cdn.emmyonline.org/day_45th_nominations.pdf|title=The 45th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards Nominations|website=Emmy Online|access-date=27 August 2019|year=2018|archive-date=22 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180322081954/http://cdn.emmyonline.org/day_45th_nominations.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>

In May 2020, the ''Daily Mail'' ended ''[[The Sun (United Kingdom)|The Sun's]]'' 42-year reign as the United Kingdom's highest-circulation newspaper. The ''Daily Mail'' recorded average daily sales of 980,000 copies, with the ''Mail on Sunday'' recording weekly sales of 878,000.<ref name="Sweney-2020"/>

In August 2022, the ''Daily Mail'' wrote in support of [[Liz Truss]] in the [[July–September 2022 Conservative Party leadership election]].<ref>{{cite news |date= 2 August 2022 |title= Daily Mail Comment: Liz has the boldness, vision and strength of conviction to build on what Boris began... |url= https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11074717/COMMENT-Liz-boldness-vision-strength-conviction-build-Boris-began.html |work= Daily Mail |access-date= 11 October 2022 |archive-date= 10 October 2022 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20221010232946/https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11074717/COMMENT-Liz-boldness-vision-strength-conviction-build-Boris-began.html |url-status= live }}</ref>{{primary source inline|date=May 2025}}