Leader of the pack: How the hacking scandal has let Lord Rothermere take Murdoch’s crown

The full effects of the hacking scandal and News Corp‘s decision to close the News of the World are only now becoming clear.

News International has been supplanted from its position as the UK’s biggest publisher of national newsappers for the first time in a generation. Daily Mail publisher Associated Newspapers now has the biggest market share.

In the Sunday market, the Mail on Sunday is now the UK’s biggest selling title and all the other Sunday tabloids have made massive gains following the closure of the News of the World on 10 July.

Arguably, Daily Mail proprietor Lord Rothermere has now taken Rupert Murdoch’s crown as Britain’s most powerful media magnate.

Related

Archive content

News diary 14 – 20 November: World Cup, another fiscal event, Biden turns 80

Archive content

‘I hope we we will feel liberated from the flat world of print’, says Independent website editor

Archive content

BBC Trust should be axed and Ofcom handed oversight, says independent review

Click on the links below for all Press Gazette’s coverage of the impact of the closure of the News of the World on the UK newspaper market.

Content from our partners

Free journalism awards for journalists under 30: Deadline today

Press Gazette

MHP Group’s 30 To Watch awards for young journalists open for entries

Press Gazette

How PA Media is helping newspapers make the digital transition

Freddy Mayhew

Email pged@pressgazette.co.uk to point out mistakes, provide story tips or send in a letter for publication on our "Letters Page" blog