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The work is to be 9 pages with three to five sources, with in-text citations and a reference page

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The work is to be 9 pages with three to five sources, with in-text citations and a reference page. The print media in the UK is large. There is quality newspaper such as The Times (Britain’s oldest national newspaper) usually printed in broadsheet format, and tabloid newspapers. Tabloids are classed as either mass market such as The Sun or middle-market such as The Daily Mail. Many local titles are available for free usually weekly and sponsored by advertising. Although the vast majority of overall titles are of regional and local papers, the press is dominated by London and owned by a few. “The entire national newspaper press is owned by eight companies… the top four owners control 85% of the market” (Bromley, 2009). In terms of popularity, sales are on the whole declining now for two main reasons: the greater popularity of television and the availability of written content online. “In June 2004, newspaper sales were declining year-by-year by 4.7%” (Cridland, 2005). To counter this, some quality titles have changed to a different size and format and making more content available online. Magazines however are gaining in popularity and there are around 9 to 10,000 titles in print, of which a third are consumer titles.

Radio in the UK is “characterized by a multi-faceted commercial presence alongside that of the BBC” (Bromley, 2009). Radio stations are no longer available only through the radio set but now also accessible by various other means and devices. It is broadcast by AM (includes MW), FM, or digital platforms. The BBC World Service funded by the Foreign Office is broadcast on SW and listened to around the world.

Apart from the dominance of the BBC in television offering 8 free to air channels paid for by licensee fees, most people have access to three commercial analog networks (ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5), and numerous cable and digital channels. About 400 different channels are available in the UK with BSkyB being the major satellite operator. There are also cable television services and Freeview.&nbsp. &nbsp.