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The
Daily Express is a conservative,
middle-market British tabloid newspaper. It is the flagship title of
Express Newspapers and is currently owned by pornographer
Richard Desmond.
As of February 2007, it has a circulation of 761,637. Its success was partly due to an aggressive marketing campaign and a vigorous circulation war with other populist newspapers. Beaverbrook also discovered and encouraged a gifted editor named
Arthur Christiansen, who showed an uncommon gift for staying in touch with the interests of the reading public. The paper also featured
Alfred Bestall's
Rupert Bear cartoon and satirical cartoons by
Carl Giles. An infamous front page headline of these years was
"Judea Declares War on Germany", published on
March 24 1933.
The arrival of television and the public's changing interests took their toll on circulation, and following Beaverbrook's death in 1964, the paper's circulation declined for several years. Stars of old Fleet Street, like the showbiz interviewer and feature writer
Paul Callan, were brought in to restore some of the journalistic weight enjoyed by the paper in its peak years.
Sunday Express
The
Sunday Express was launched in 1918. It is currently edited by
Martin Townsend.
The Daily Express and the Daily Mail
The
Daily Express has for many years been a rival of the Daily Mail, and each frequently attacks the other's journalistic integrity. In the late 1990s, as Tony Blair's New Labour government was at its most popular, the Express attempted to reinvent itself somewhat: it developed a less stridently right wing political stance than the Mail and, under editor Rosie Boycott, presented an agenda to the left of the Mail's, referring to itself as "the voice of New Britain". Since its acquisition by Richard Desmond, the paper has moved back considerably to the right. It is known for its frequent headlines about immigration. It also focuses frequently on Muslims, in cases such as
Aishah Azmi, a teacher who wore a burka, and the establishment of Shariah courts. In the
2001 general election it supported the
Labour Party, in 2004 switched its support to the
Conservative Party.
The
Daily Express has a banner on its front page saying "The World's Greatest Newspaper". Circulation figures to July 2007 show gross sales of 794,252 for the
Daily Express, compared with 2,400,143 for the
Daily Mail, twenty five years ago the
Daily Express was selling over 2 million copies a day, the
Mail was selling 1.87 million copies a day.
Controversial themes
John Bodkin Adams
Suspected
serial killer Dr John Bodkin Adams was arrested in 1956 on suspicion of
killing up to 400 of his wealthy patients in
Eastbourne,
England. The press, egged on by police leaks, unanimously declared Adams guilty except for
Percy Hoskins, chief crime reporter for the Express. Hoskins was adamant that Adams was merely a naive doctor prosecuted by an overzealous detective,
Herbert Hannam, who Hoskins disliked from previous cases. Even on
July 7 2006, the anniversary of the London bombings (used by most other newspapers to publish commemorations) the front page was given over to Diana. This tendency was also mocked on
Have I Got News for You when on
6 November 2006, the day other papers reported the death sentence given to
Saddam Hussein on their front pages, the Express led with “SPIES COVER UP DIANA 'MURDER'”.
According to
The Independent "The Diana stories appear on Mondays because Sunday is often a quiet day."
"Madeleine Express"
In the second half of 2007 the
Daily Express gave a large amount of coverage to the missing toddler
Madeleine McCann. From
August 3 2007, the
Express dedicated at least part of the next 100 front pages to Madeleine in a run that lasted until
November 10, 2007. Of the 100, 82 of these were the main headline (often stylised by "MADELEINE" in red block capitals, plus with a picture of the child).
Though the family initially said that some journalists may have "overstepped their mark" they acknowledged the benefits in keeping the case in the public eye, but argued that the coverage needed to be toned down as daily headlines are not necessarily helpful. However, in March 2008, the McCanns launched a
libel suit against the
Daily Express and its sister newspaper, the
Daily Star, as well as their Sunday equivalents, following the newspapers' coverage of the case. The action concerned more than 100 stories across the four newspapers, which accused the McCanns of involvement in their daughter's disappearance.
In a settlement reached at the
High Court of Justice, the newspapers agreed to run a front-page apology to the McCanns on
19 March 2008, publish another apology on the front pages of the Sunday editions of
23 March and make a statement of apology at the High Court. These apologies were described by media commentator
Roy Greenslade as "unprecedented". The newspapers also agreed to pay costs and substantial damages, which the McCanns said they'd use to fund the search for their daughter. In its apology, the
Express stated that "a number of articles in the newspaper have suggested that the couple caused the death of their missing daughter Madeleine and then covered it up. We acknowledge that there's no evidence whatsoever to support this theory and that Kate and Gerry are completely innocent of any involvement in their daughter's disappearance."
Editors
Columnists
Present columnists:
Vanessa Feltz
Ann Widdecombe
Frederick Forsyth
Leo McKinstry
Richard and Judy
Past columnists:
Peter Hitchens
Andrew Marr
Carol Sarler
Jenni Murray
William HickeyFurther Information
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