United KingdomOwnership & classification
Founded: 1785
Ownership
The Times of London was founded by John Walter in 1785 as The Daily Universal Register, taking its present name in 1788. Since 1981 it has been owned by Rupert Murdoch's group, having been bought from Thomson; it is now published by Times Media, a subsidiary of News UK (formerly News International), which is in turn wholly owned by Murdoch's News Corp.
Funding
It is financed commercially through a digital and print subscription paywall and advertising. As part of the News Corp stable it draws on corporate backing, but the paper itself is a paid-circulation commercial product.
Affiliation & stance
The Times is editorially centre-right and has historically leaned Conservative, but ownership by News Corp is corporate rather than party or state, and editorial independence is formally protected by independent national directors established at the 1981 takeover. Because it is privately and commercially owned with no direct party or government control, it is classified INDEPENDENT, matching the site's CENTER_RIGHT lean.
Editorial lean
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- Lean Right
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Factual
82/100
Objective
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Articles
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