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The Times
and
The Daily Telegraph
,
which support the political right,
The Guardian
, which is on the po-
litical left,
The Independent
, and
the
Financial Times
. Sunday papers
include the
Sunday Times, The Observer
and
The Independent on Sun-
day
. They have more pages than the dailies, (14) … on, for example,
motoring and the arts, and a colour magazine.
The tabloids have a smaller page size and report news in less depth.
They concentrate on (15) … stories, and often discuss the personal
lives of famous people. They are often disapproved of and referred to
as the (16) … . The most popular are
The Sun, The Mirror, The Express
and the
Daily Mail
.
There are about 1 500 local newspapers, many of which are (17)
… . They contain news of local events and sport, carry advertisements
for local businesses, and give details of houses, cars and other items
for sale. Some are paid for by advertisements they contain and are
delivered free to people’s homes. A few people do not like them and
put up a notice on their door saying, ‘No free papers, thank you.’
A daily newspaper from a medium-sized US city has between 50
and 75 pages, divided into different sections. The most important
stories, whether international, national or local, are printed on the
(18) …, which usually has the beginnings of four or five articles, and
colour photographs. The articles continue inside. The rest of the first
section contains news stories, an (19) … with editorials, and letters
to the editor, written by people who read the paper. Other sections
include: local news, sports and features. The latter contains comics
and also (20) …, the most famous being
Dear Abby.
There are adver-
tisements throughout the paper.
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America has many papers in languages other than English for
people from various ethnic backgrounds.
In Britain, the newspaper industry, often called Fleet Street, has a
major influence on public opinion and is a strong force in political life.
The (21) … to publish whatever it wants, without the government
interfering, is considered important. The tabloids often rely on (22) …
in order to be the first to publish a human-interest story. Recently there
has been concern about people’s (23) … and now a voluntary press code
gives guidelines on, amongst other things, photographing celebrities.
In the US journalists try to be impartial and (24) … by reporting
bare facts. However, financial pressures can work against this. Most
of a paper’s profit comes from advertising, and if a company is of-
fended by something the paper writes, it may decide not to advertise
there again.
(C)
press agencies
consumer
gossip
foreign correspondents
staff reporters
journals
publisher
agony aunt
special-interest
in-depth
academic
press barons
Newspapers get material from several sources: (25) … write about
national or local news. Major newspapers also have their own (26) …
throughout the world. Others get foreign news from (27) … or wire
services, such as Associated Press or Reuters. The editor decides what
stories to include each day but the (28) … or owner has control over
general policy. Newspaper owners are very powerful and are sometimes
called (29) …; the most famous in recent years have been Robert
Maxwell and Rupert Murdoch.
A lot of British and American magazines are of general interest
and are often called (30) … magazines. They concentrate on subjects
of interest to many people and in Britain include:
Ideal Home, Garden
News, BBC Good Food Magazine, Mother and Baby.
Music, film and
sports magazines cater for a wide range of tastes: British magazines
comprise
Rolling Stones, New Musical Express, Mixmag
, while in
America there are
Empire, Neon, Sight and Sound, Total Sport, Top Gear
and Regatta
. (31) … magazines run stories about the rich and famous
and range from the British upmarket
Hello!
to the US supermarket
tabloid
National Enquirer.
Some magazines are mainly bought for their
listings (such as
Time Out
) or for their advertisements of items for
sale or wanted (such as
Exchange&Mart
). A substantial share of the
market is taken up by women’s expensive high-quality fashion maga-
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zines —
Vogue, Harper’s and Queens, Cosmopolitan
. They may run
numerous photos illustrating fashion trends, articles of make-up, food
and fitness, film and book reviews, as well as (32) … column, which
people consult about personal matters. Teen mags (such as
Mizz,
Seventeen, J17
) have information and advice on wearing the right
clothes, making friends and teen-targeted entertainment. Recently,
more magazines have been produced specifically for men: for example,
highly illustrative British mags
Esquire, Arena
and
GQ
similarly to
American editions of
Gentleman’s Quarterly, Loaded
and
Sky
contain
articles on cars, clothes, drinks, music and sport.
A few magazines have a more intellectual content: the current af-
fairs magazines
Time, The Economist, Private Eye, The Spectator.
One
also finds (33) … or technical information on almost any subject in-
cluding body-building, photography, fishing, electronics, computing
and the paranormal in (34) … magazines aimed at enthusiasts who do
the activity. Professional (35) … are for people working in a particu-
lar profession or (36) … field and contain articles about research or
professional practice.
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