"and in the face of Labour election wins in 2001 and the third successive Labour election win in 2005. When the Barclay brothers purchased the Telegraph Group for around £665m in late June 2004, Sir David Barclay suggested that ""The Daily Telegraph"" might no longer be the ""house newspaper"" of the Conservatives in the future. In an interview with ""The Guardian"" he said, ""Where the government are right we shall support them"". The editorial board endorsed the Conservative Party in the 2005 general election. During the 2014 Scottish independence referendum the paper supported the Better Together 'No' Campaign. Alex Salmond,"
"Conrad Black took control in 1986. On the death of his father in 1954, Seymour Berry, 2nd Viscount Camrose assumed the chairmanship of the ""Daily Telegraph"" with his brother Michael Berry, Baron Hartwell as his editor-in-chief. During this period, the company saw the launch of sister paper ""The Sunday Telegraph"" in 1960. Canadian businessman Conrad Black, through companies controlled by him, bought the Telegraph Group in 1986. Black, through his holding company Ravelston Corporation, owned 78% of Hollinger Inc. which in turn owned 30% of Hollinger International. Hollinger International in turn owned the Telegraph Group and other publications such as"
"Telegraph Media Group The Telegraph Media Group (TMG, previously the Telegraph Group) is the proprietor of ""The Daily Telegraph"" and ""The Sunday Telegraph"". It is a subsidiary of Press Holdings. David and Frederick Barclay acquired the group in July 2004, after months of intense bidding and lawsuits, from Hollinger Inc. of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, the newspaper group controlled by the Canadian-born British businessman Conrad Black. In 2015, TMG made an operating profit of £51 million. Profits before tax were £47m, and turnover for the 53 weeks up to 3 January 2016 was £319m, according to unaudited accounts leaked to ""The"
"Telegraph"", ""The Sunday Telegraph"", and ""The Spectator"" after months of intense bidding and lawsuits. ""The Telegraph Group"" was owned by Hollinger Inc. of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, the newspaper group controlled by the Canadian-born British businessman Conrad Black. As part of the February 2004 judgment, an American judge, Leo Strine, accused the Barclay brothers of being ""less than fully candid"", adding they had ""remained silent while Lord Black misled the Hollinger Inc. International board"", remarks that incurred the brothers' wrath, with David branding the criticisms ""grossly unfair"". The brothers' period as newspaper proprietors has been more tumultuous than their property interests."
"The Daily Telegraph The Daily Telegraph, commonly referred to simply as The Telegraph, is a national British daily broadsheet newspaper published in London by Telegraph Media Group and distributed across the United Kingdom and internationally. It was founded by Arthur B. Sleigh in 1855 as ""Daily Telegraph & Courier"". ""The Telegraph"" is widely regarded as a national ""newspaper of record"" and it maintains an international reputation for quality, having been described by the BBC as ""one of the world's great titles"". The paper's motto, ""Was, is, and will be"", appears in the editorial pages and has featured in every edition"
"Guardian"". If these figures are accurate, then this was an increase from 2014 levels on both accounts. Telegraph Media Group The Telegraph Media Group (TMG, previously the Telegraph Group) is the proprietor of ""The Daily Telegraph"" and ""The Sunday Telegraph"". It is a subsidiary of Press Holdings. David and Frederick Barclay acquired the group in July 2004, after months of intense bidding and lawsuits, from Hollinger Inc. of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, the newspaper group controlled by the Canadian-born British businessman Conrad Black. In 2015, TMG made an operating profit of £51 million. Profits before tax were £47m, and turnover for"
"through trusts. Their Press Holdings company owns ""Apollo"" and ""The Spectator"" magazine, and through a wholly owned subsidiary (Press Acquisitions Limited) they also own Telegraph Group Limited, parent company of ""The Daily Telegraph"" and ""The Sunday Telegraph"". In 1993 the brothers bought the lease of the island of Brecqhou, off the coast of Sark, Brecqhou being one of the smallest of the British Channel Islands. The Barclay brothers were born within ten minutes of each other in Hammersmith, County of London to Scottish parents Beatrice Cecilia (née Taylor; died 1989) and her husband, Frederick Hugh Barclay, a travelling salesman. The"
"Edward Levy-Lawson, 1st Baron Burnham Edward Levy-Lawson, 1st Baron Burnham (28 December 1833 – 9 January 1916), known as Sir Edward Levy-Lawson, 1st Baronet, from 1892 to 1903, was a British newspaper proprietor. Levy-Lawson was the son of Joseph Moses Levy and his wife Esther (née Cohen). His father had acquired the ""Daily Telegraph"" - known as ""The Daily Telegraph and Courier"" - in 1855 only months after its founding. Levy-Lawson was editor and in control of the paper long before his father's death in 1888. From 1885, he was managing proprietor and sole controller of his renamed ""Daily Telegraph"""
"owned more than one tenement and every member of the Chief Pleas was entitled to only one vote. Since 1993 the tenement of Brecqhou has been owned by the Barclay brothers, the co-owners of ""The Daily Telegraph"" newspaper and former co-owners of ""The Scotsman"". The brothers bought the island for £2.3 million in September 1993. Under the Reform (Sark) Law 1951, the tenant is David Barclay. Since the purchase the Barclays have been in several legal disputes with the government of Sark, and have expressed a desire to make Brecqhou politically independent from Sark. They drive cars on the island,"
"dealings was completed. Black filed a countersuit but, eventually, United States judge Leo Strine sided with the Hollinger International board and blocked Black from selling his Hollinger Inc. shares to the twins. On 7 March 2004, the twins announced that they were launching another bid, this time just for ""The Daily Telegraph"" and its Sunday sister paper rather than all of Hollinger Inc. Current owner of the ""Daily Express"", Richard Desmond, was also interested in purchasing the paper, selling his interest in several pornographic magazines to finance the initiative. Desmond withdrew in March 2004, when the price climbed above £600m,"
"Daily Mail The Daily Mail is a British daily middle-market tabloid newspaper published in London. Founded in 1896, it is the United Kingdom's second-biggest-selling daily newspaper after ""The Sun"". Its sister paper ""The Mail on Sunday"" was launched in 1982, while Scottish and Irish editions of the daily paper were launched in 1947 and 2006 respectively. Content from the paper appears on the MailOnline website, although the website is managed separately and has its own editor. The paper is owned by the Daily Mail and General Trust. Jonathan Harmsworth, 4th Viscount Rothermere, a great-grandson of one of the original co-founders,"
"Telegraph"" that severely damaged Anglo-German relations and added to international tensions in the build-up to World War I. In 1928 the son of Baron Burnham, Harry Lawson Webster Levy-Lawson, 2nd Baron Burnham, sold the paper to William Berry, 1st Viscount Camrose, in partnership with his brother Gomer Berry, 1st Viscount Kemsley and Edward Iliffe, 1st Baron Iliffe. In 1937, the newspaper absorbed ""The Morning Post"", which traditionally espoused a conservative position and sold predominantly amongst the retired officer class. Originally William Ewart Berry, 1st Viscount Camrose, bought ""The Morning Post"" with the intention of publishing it alongside ""The Daily Telegraph"","
"becoming its editor-in-chief. In 1937 they purchased its rival, ""The Morning Post"". Berry bought out his partners in 1937 and amalgamated ""The Morning Post"" with ""The Daily Telegraph"", with himself as chairman and editor-in-chief. His sons Seymour, the 2nd Viscount, and subsequently Michael, continued to run the newspaper until 1986. He provided financial assistance to Sir Winston Churchill after the Second World War. He and ten other wealthy well-wishers each donated £5,000 to the Churchills, allowing them to keep their home, Chartwell, on the condition that it would be presented to the nation upon their deaths. Berry was created a"
"his father. Thornton Leigh Hunt Thornton Leigh Hunt (10 September 1810 – 25 June 1873) was the first editor of the British daily broadsheet newspaper ""The Daily Telegraph"". Hunt was the son of the writer Leigh Hunt and his wife Marianne, ""née"" Kent. As a child he lived in Hampstead until the age of twelve, when his father moved the family to Italy for three years in order to edit ""The Liberal"". Though he aspired to become a painter, an allergy to the pigments he was using thwarted Hunt's ambitions, though he did provide eight woodcuts to illustrate his father's"
"Daily Telegraph Building The Daily Telegraph Building, also known as Peterborough House, is an Art Deco office building with Egyptian decorations and a monumental colonnade façade, located at 135–141 Fleet Street, London. The building was designed by Charles Ernest Elcock, after consulting with Thomas S. Tait, and opened in 1928. It was originally the headquarters of the British newspaper The Daily Telegraph, before the company moved out in the 1980s following the Wapping dispute, and it is now owned by the investment bank Goldman Sachs. The building is six storeys tall and seven windows wide, and made of Portland stone."
"In December 1866, the syndicate bought the now defunct ""The Telegraph"" (by this time renamed ""The Daily Telegraph"" with a morning edition and a weekend ""Weekly Mail"") at auction, and incorporated it with ""The Express"" to form ""The Express and Telegraph"". In 1871, when the shareholders were Barrow, Goode, Robert Stuckey, Thomas Graves, William Parkin, Thomas King, James Counsell, and George Williams Chinner, the partnership was dissolved and the business was carried on by Barrow and King. J. H. Barrow died on 22 August 1874, and Thomas King ran the papers for himself and Mrs. Barrow for about five years."
"succeeding his elder brother. However, he had already been created a life peer as Baron Hartwell, of Peterborough Court in the City of London, in 1968. On his death in 2001 the life peerage became extinct while he was succeeded in the other titles by his eldest son, the fourth Viscount. The first three Viscounts all headed ""The Daily Telegraph"" at one point, the first having purchased it from Harry Levy-Lawson, 1st Viscount Burnham, but in the 1980s they lost control to Conrad Black. The first Viscount was the younger brother of the industrialist Henry Berry, 1st Baron Buckland, and"
"The new name he chose bore close similarity to the name of a well-known newspaperman, Edward Levy-Lawson, owner of the (London) The Daily Telegraph. Lawson's mother was Belle Hart Lawson. Although Lawson's grandparents on her father's side were Russian-Polish Jews and those on her mother's were German Jews, her parents were Christian Scientists and, on that account, did not seek medical treatment when Belle contracted breast cancer. She died of the disease in November 1901 when Lawson was twelve years old. Lawson had two brothers, Wendell Holmes and John Howard. They were named after men whom their mother especially respected:"
"brother was Seymour Berry, 1st Baron Buckland), he purchased ""The Sunday Times"" in 1915 and was its editor-in-chief until 1937. In 1919 the pair also purchased the ""Financial Times"". In 1924 the Berry brothers and Sir Edward Iliffe set up Allied Newspapers and purchased the ""Daily Dispatch"", the ""Manchester Evening Chronicle"", the ""Sunday Chronicle"", the ""Sunday News"", and the ""Sunday Graphic"", as well as a string of other newspapers across the country. In Cardiff they merged four newspapers into the ""Western Mail"". In 1927 they purchased ""The Daily Telegraph"" from the 2nd Harry Levy-Lawson, 1st Viscount Burnham, with William Berry"
"is a private island, but it has recently been opened to some visitors. Since 1993, Brecqhou has been owned by David Barclay, one of the Barclay brothers who are co-owners of ""The Daily Telegraph"". They contest Sark's control over the island. However, the candidates endorsed by their various business interests on the Island failed to win any seats in the elections held in 2008 and 2010. The etymology of Sark is unknown. However, Richard Coates has suggested that in the absence of a Proto-Indo-European etymology it may be worthwhile looking for a Proto-Semitic source for the name. This is because"
"the former leader of the SNP, called ""The Telegraph"" ""extreme"" on ""Question Time"" in September 2015. ""The Daily Telegraph""s sister Sunday paper was founded in 1961. The writer Sir Peregrine Worsthorne is probably the best known journalist associated with the title (1961–97), eventually being editor for three years from 1986. In 1989 the Sunday title was briefly merged into a seven-day operation under Max Hastings's overall control. In 2005 the paper was revamped, with Stella being added to the more traditional television and radio section. It costs £2.00 and includes separate Money, Living, Sport and Business supplements. Circulation of ""The"
"Daily Express The Daily Express is a daily national middle-market tabloid newspaper in the United Kingdom. It is the flagship of Express Newspapers, a subsidiary of Northern & Shell (which is owned by publisher Trinity Mirror). It was first published as a broadsheet in 1900 by Sir Arthur Pearson. Its sister paper, the Sunday Express, was launched in 1918. In December 2016, it had an average daily circulation of 391,626. The paper was acquired by Richard Desmond in 2000. Hugh Whittow was the editor from February 2011 until he retired in March 2018. Gary Jones took over as editor-in-chief in"
"Thornton Leigh Hunt Thornton Leigh Hunt (10 September 1810 – 25 June 1873) was the first editor of the British daily broadsheet newspaper ""The Daily Telegraph"". Hunt was the son of the writer Leigh Hunt and his wife Marianne, ""née"" Kent. As a child he lived in Hampstead until the age of twelve, when his father moved the family to Italy for three years in order to edit ""The Liberal"". Though he aspired to become a painter, an allergy to the pigments he was using thwarted Hunt's ambitions, though he did provide eight woodcuts to illustrate his father's poem 'Captain"
"of the newspaper since 19 April 1858. The paper had a circulation of 458,487 in November 2017, having declined following industry trends from 1.4 million in 1980. Its sister paper, ""The Sunday Telegraph"", which started in 1961, had a circulation of 339,959 as of November 2017. ""The Daily Telegraph"" has the largest circulation for a broadsheet newspaper in the UK and the sixth largest circulation of any UK newspaper as of 2016. The two sister newspapers are run separately, with different editorial staff, but there is cross-usage of stories. Articles published in either may be published on the Telegraph Media"
"The Daily Telegraph (Launceston) The Daily Telegraph was a newspaper published in Launceston, Tasmania between 1883 and 1928. The first issue appeared on 18 June 1883., and the last issue appeared on 28 March 1928 With the imminent demise of the ""Telegraph"", ""The Mercury"" of Hobart, from March 1928 expanded its branch office in the northern city, and increased its penetration by putting on ""fast cars"" to get their paper to Launceston by breakfast, thus putting extra pressure on the ""Examiner"", the ""Telegraph""'s competitor. Murray Amos White, who had been brought from Melbourne to Tasmania to take the position of"
"the next bomb goes off in London, blame the judges"". Con Coughlin Con Coughlin (born 14 January 1955) is a British journalist and author, currently ""The Daily Telegraph"" Defence Editor. He was born in London, England, the son of the ""Telegraph's"" crime correspondent C. A. Coughlin. The eldest of four children (his younger brother is Vincent Coughlin QC), he grew up in Upminster, Essex. Raised as a Catholic, at the age of 11 he won a scholarship to Christ's Hospital, and at 18 gained a scholarship to read Modern History at Brasenose College, Oxford, where he specialised in the Industrial"
"David and Frederick Barclay Sir David Rowat Barclay and Sir Frederick Hugh Barclay (both born 27 October 1934), commonly referred to as the ""Barclay Brothers"" or ""Barclay Twins"", are British businessmen. The identical twin brothers have very substantial business interests primarily in media, retail and property. The ""Sunday Times Rich List"" of 2017 estimated their wealth at £7.2 billion. They have earned a reputation for avoiding publicity, and are often described as reclusive. Sir David's son, Aidan, manages their UK businesses. Their businesses have been accused of tax avoidance, by placing assets under ownership of companies registered abroad and controlled"
"Baron Iliffe Baron Iliffe, of Yattendon in the County of Berkshire, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1933 for the newspaper magnate Sir Edward Iliffe. For many years the family controlled newspapers in Birmingham and Coventry, including the ""Birmingham Post"", the ""Birmingham Mail"" and the ""Coventry Evening Telegraph"" and were also part owners of the ""Daily Telegraph"". The first Baron also represented Tamworth in Parliament as a Conservative. the title is held by his grandson, the third Baron, who succeeded his uncle in 1996. He is the current Commodore of The Royal"
"The Daily Telegraph (Sydney) The Daily Telegraph is an Australian daily tabloid newspaper and website published in Sydney, New South Wales, by Nationwide News Limited, a division of News Corp Australia, formerly News Limited. ""The Daily Telegraph"" is published Monday through Saturday and is available throughout Sydney, across most of regional and remote New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory and South East Queensland. DailyTelegraph.com.au is the website and smartphone site for both ""The Daily Telegraph"" and ""The Sunday Telegraph"" newspapers. It is Australia's leading subscription news website, according to Nielsen's Digital Content Ratings for July 2018, with a unique"
"Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). ""Middle East Eye"" remarked that ""Sunday Telegraph""'s campaign coincided with efforts by the newspaper owners, David and Frederick Barclay, battling for ownership of three five-star Mayfair hotels Claridge's, The Berkeley and The Connaught. Qatari royal Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber al-Thani was the Barclay brothers’ opponent, and he ultimately prevailed when in April 2015 the Qatar Investment Authority adjudicated the purchase of the three London hotels. The British newspaper has denied any allegation of editorial interference by David and Sir Frederick Barclay. Analogously, Qatar has denied the Telegraph's claims. Qatar stated that being a"
"DC Thomson DC Thomson is a Scottish publishing and television production company best known for producing ""The Dundee Courier"", ""The Evening Telegraph"", ""The Sunday Post"", ""Oor Wullie"", ""The Broons"", ""The Beano"", ""The Dandy"", and ""Commando"" comics. It also owns the Aberdeen Journals Group which publishes the ""Press and Journal"". It was a significant shareholder in the former ITV company Southern Television. Through its subsidiary DC Thomson Family History the company owns several websites including Friends Reunited and Findmypast. Based in Dundee, Scotland. The company began as a branch of the Thomson family business when William Thomson became the sole proprietor"
"Con Coughlin Con Coughlin (born 14 January 1955) is a British journalist and author, currently ""The Daily Telegraph"" Defence Editor. He was born in London, England, the son of the ""Telegraph's"" crime correspondent C. A. Coughlin. The eldest of four children (his younger brother is Vincent Coughlin QC), he grew up in Upminster, Essex. Raised as a Catholic, at the age of 11 he won a scholarship to Christ's Hospital, and at 18 gained a scholarship to read Modern History at Brasenose College, Oxford, where he specialised in the Industrial Revolution under the tutelage of the historian Simon Schama. In"
"believe do not accurately and fairly report the news?"", the ""Daily Telegraph"" came third (9%) behind the ""Herald Sun"" (11%) and ""All of them"" (16%). At the Australian federal election, 2007 ""The Daily Telegraph"" for only the second time endorsed the Australian Labor Party. At the Australian federal election, 2010 the Newspaper endorsed the Coalition and Tony Abbott. In the 2013 election, the Daily Telegraph ran 177 stories that were pro Coalition 11 stories that leaned the other way. The ""Telegraph"" is edited by Christopher Dore. Dore's predecessors are Paul Whittaker, Gary Linnell, David Penberthy, Campbell Reid, David Banks and"