All English newspapers are divided into two main types - entertainment or tabloids (popular) and serious (objective). They clearly defined the structure, direction of the target audience, topics, as well as the way of presenting information. A serious publication will never allow itself to print news with dubious reliability of facts, while a tabloid will never publish an analytical note. Such features of the distribution of the press are characteristic only for Great Britain, as they are not visible in any other foreign newspapers.
English newspapers. Names and their features
Each newspaper has its own name, as this is its integral part. But all the names have their own characteristics. Firstly, they are all used with the article, but this article is not always written. For example, “The Times”, “The Observer”, “The Mirror”, “The Daily Express” and others. Secondly, most newspapers use wordplay, speech enhancers and literary alliteration, which makes the title interesting and even intriguing. Thirdly, the complete absence of official parts of speech. These are the rules that a name can only consist of a noun, an adjective or a verb. Why it is so, is still unknown, but this rule has been observed for several centuries. This can be considered a kind of chip, because in other foreign newspapers there is no such feature.
English sports newspapers
A separate subspecies is the sports press. English sports newspapers are likely to be serious rather than entertaining, but still this is not clearly defined. Some of them allow themselves to publish materials from life and gossip about sports stars, which relates to entertainment topics, that is, is the main topic of the tabloids. Although initially the press with this subject refers to serious publications.
Popularity
English newspapers are some of the most popular newspapers in the world, especially the serious press. Some newspapers (mainly “The Times”, “The Observer”, “The Mirror”, “The Daily Express”) are published in print runs of several millions and are transported to other English-speaking countries of the world, mainly to the USA and Canada. In addition to all this, most newspapers have their own electronic versions, which are available to the whole world. This makes them not only world famous, but also the most readable.
Sales Features
Typically, the entire press is sold at kiosks or specialty stores, but there are some nuances. Popular newspapers can sell right on the street. To do this, they put a box near the pile of publications in which buyers will throw money (the price is two pennies). At the same time, the seller may go away on his own business or not be at all. People are so used to it that no one even tries to steal either newspapers or money.
To summarize
English newspapers are one of the most popular and most widely read types of press in the world. According to their thematic content, they are divided into popular (tabloids) and serious, but there are some newspapers that can be attributed to these two categories.