Daily Express

For other uses, see Daily Express (disambiguation).

Daily Express
The paper that stands for real values[1]
Front page, 19 November 2011
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatTabloid
Owner(s)Reach plc
EditorTom Hunt
Founded24 April 1900; 124 years ago (1900-04-24)
Political alignmentConservative
Right-wing politics[2][3]
Headquarters1 Canada Square, London, E14 United Kingdom
Circulation133,163 (as of September 2024)[4]
ISSN0307-0174
OCLC number173337077
Websiteexpress.co.uk the-express.com
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The Daily Express is a national daily United Kingdom middle-market newspaper[5] printed in tabloid format. Published in London, it is the flagship of Express Newspapers, owned by publisher Reach plc. It was first published as a broadsheet in 1900 by Sir Arthur Pearson. Its sister paper, the Sunday Express, was launched in 1918. In June 2022, it had an average daily circulation of 201,608.[6]

Under the ownership of Lord Beaverbrook, the Express rose to become the newspaper with the largest circulation in the world, going from 2 million in the 1930s to 4 million in the 1940s.[7] It was acquired by Richard Desmond's company Northern & Shell in 2000. Hugh Whittow was the editor from February 2011 until he retired in March 2018. In February 2018 Trinity Mirror acquired the Daily Express, and other publishing assets of Northern & Shell, in a deal worth £126.7 million. To coincide with the purchase the Trinity Mirror group changed the name of the company to Reach.[8][9] Hugh Whittow resigned as editor and Gary Jones took over as editor-in-chief soon after the purchase.[10]

The paper's editorial stances have often been seen as aligned to Euroscepticism and supportive of the UK Independence Party (UKIP), and other right-wing factions including the European Research Group (ERG) of the Conservative Party.[11][12]

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  9. ^ "Daily Mirror owner changes name to Reach". BBC News. 5 March 2018. Archived from the original on 12 July 2020. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
  10. ^ Sweney, Mark (28 February 2018). "Editors of Daily Express and Daily Star quit in wake of £200m takeover". The Guardian. London. Archived from the original on 16 May 2024. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
  11. ^ Hall, Macer (17 April 2015). "Express Newspapers Chairman Richard Desmond gives £1.3m to Ukip". Daily Express. London. Archived from the original on 20 March 2016. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  12. ^ "Express owner Richard Desmond gives UKIP £1m". BBC News. 16 April 2015. Archived from the original on 4 February 2016. Retrieved 18 May 2015.