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• current chairman- jonathan harmsworth, part of the rothermere family who established the newspaper
• been going since 1896
• jonathan harmsworth- the 4th viscount rothermere
• A viscount is a British title which means the family company is associated with the upper classes and wealth
• DMGT operate operate across over 40 countries across the world
• they have horizontally integrated by buying out many other newspapers over the years
• the mail online website attracts a massive 218m unique users each month
• the daily mail also offers syndication of its own stories, photos and other content, offering content for sale like this, allows for more revenue to be earned.
• the mail online- free to access
• famously the daily mail published some suspiciously pro-nazi content in the 30s and 40s
• the daily mail have been involved in a number of controversial stories, including many that have breached regulations and angered audiences
• they wrote a homophobic and insensitive article about the death of stephen gately, suggested that his sexuality was partially responsible for his sudden death
• in 2013 they wrote an anti-semetic article about Ed Milliband's Jewish father who fled to England as a refugee from the Nazis, was plotting against Britain.
• deliberate breaches of regulations are often done to attract readers, knowing that the risk of sanctions is worth the possibility of increased profit
• there is a scottish version of TDM which is tailored for a Scottish audience
• they also have an irish version of the paper and an indian one too
• there used to be a general 'continental' version featuring European and American news
• DMGT have a synergetic partnership with The People's Daily, a Chinese newspaper for the Chinese Communist party
• the partnership does bring into question whether The Daily Mail would therefore report objectively on the Chinese Communist Party or not
• sensationalised headlines with lots of enigma codes are used as clickbait to hook in readers