The Times : Audience and Industries

 Audience

1) What is the main readership demographic for The Times newspaper? Add as much detail as you can.
         the 37% of it readers is 65+ and the 83% is 35+

2) What aspects of the front page of the Times CSP edition suggest that their readers are likely to be more educated and interested in hard news rather than entertainment?
      there is the image of two leader  facing away from each others, this interested the readers as it something must be going on as they face around from each others.

3) Times readers are mostly over 55 years old. Why is this and how is this reflected or challenged by the new stories in the CSP pages we have studied?  
       Most know the hard news
4) What are the main audience pleasures offered by the Times? Use Blumler & Katz Uses and Gratifications theory.
     
5) Why might a reader enjoy this CSP edition of the Times? Use Blumler & Katz Uses and Gratifications theory categories and write as detailed an analysis as you can.

Industries

1) Who owns the Times? Write the name of the company AND the billionaire who owns the company.
     The Times is own by News UK-  News Corporation is a conglomerate mostly owned by Rupert Murdoch, an Australian media mogul with many business .
  
2) What was the The Times's circulation in 2019? How many papers did the Times used to sell back in the 1990s?
       The Times circulation in 2019 was 376,000, down 12% in a year and much lower than the high point of over 800,000 in the 1990s.

3) How has the Times reacted to the decline in print sales and the growth of the internet?
           The Times moved to multi-platform and 

4) What does IPSO stand for and what is IPSO's job?
      Independent Press Standards Organisation and there jobs 
5) Why do some people want stronger regulation of British newspapers?

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