Chapter 1: How the press works.

The article presents information on the press in Great Britain. The press is still a vital force in Great Britain. Despite expanding radio and television, a deep recession, and the long list of failed ventures, newspapers retain enough social and political importance for new titles to be started. In mid-1992, for instance, there was a sudden expansion of the regional Sunday paper market. Eleven weekday morning papers have national coverage; there are regional morning papers covering Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and parts of England, as well as local evening and morning papers, local weekly paid-for papers and local weekly free papers. "Tabloid" papers fall into two groups: the Daily Mail, the Daily Express and Today are often referred to as "mid-market" papers, serving people with middle incomes. Although livelier typographically than the broadsheets, they contain longer and more complex news and feature items than the Sun, the Daily Mirror/Daily Record and the Daily Star. Broadcasting in Great Britain whether publicly or commercially funded, is required to be "impartial," that is, not to take an overtly political editorial stance.