The Times

British daily national newspaper based in London
Organization daily_newspaper Q50008
The Times
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The Times was founded on January 1, 1785[1][2]. Its headquarters are located in London[1]. The newspaper was established by John Walter.

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: London[1]
  • Country: United Kingdom[2]
  • Instance of: online newspaper[3], newspaper[4], periodical[5]
  • Editor: Tony Gallagher[6], Flora Shaw[7]
  • Founder: John Walter[8]
  • Publisher: Times Media[9]
  • Owned by: News UK[10], News Corporation[11]
  • Headquarters location: London[12]
  • Place of publication: London[13]
  • Language of work or name: English[14]
  • Industry: journalism[15]
  • Country of origin: United Kingdom[16]
  • Inception: 1785[17]
  • Has edition or translation: The Times 1911[18]
  • Official website: https://thetimes.co.uk[19], https://www.thetimes.com/[20]
  • Quantity: 440,581[21]
  • Political ideology: liberal conservatism[22]
  • Floruit: December 28, 1928[23], February 10, 1929[24]
  • Described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia[25]
  • Title: Times[26], London times[27], Times of London[28], التايمس[29], التيمس[30], جريدة التيمس[31], The Times[32]
  • Alexa rank: 5594[33]
  • Different from: The New York Times[34]
  • Publication interval: 1 day[35]
  • Newspaper format: compact[36]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[37], Scheepvaartmuseum Wikidataproject[38]

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