The I

Owner- DMGT & Johnston press

The billionaire owner of the Daily Mail, the Viscount Rothermere, has bought @theipaper.

The i is known for having a neutral political stance,[29] though it has also been described as having a centre-left political outlook.[30] In 2015, the paper's editor Oliver Duff said it pursued "political impartiality

Duff said the paper would remain neutral and refrain from endorsing a vote for any political party.[31] In the 2017 and 2019 UK general elections, the i chose not to endorse a political party.[34][35]

Since being named National Newspaper of the Year at the 2015 News Awards,[39] the i has also gone on to win and be shortlisted for numerous awards in the UK.

The i was found in a 2018 poll to be the second-most trusted news brand in the UK after The Guardian.[43]

At the 2019 British Media Awards, the i won Gold in the Media Brand of the Year category, Silver for the Digital Product of the Year, and Bronze in the Print Product of the Year category.

DMG media is the media subsidiary of DMGT and publishes the following titles:

  • Daily Mail – DMG media's primary national newspaper.

  • The Mail on Sunday – The sister paper of the Daily Mail, published weekly on Sundays. First published in 1982.[11]

  • Ireland on Sunday – Associated Newspapers took over the publishing of Ireland on Sunday in 2001. The title was re-launched in April 2002 to coincide with the move to its new offices in Ballsbridge, Dublin. It included TV Week and in September 2006 it was merged with the Mail on Sunday and became the Irish Mail on Sunday.[12]

  • i – National newspaper originally launched as a sister paper to The Independent. Bought in November 2019 for £49.6 million.

  • Metro – Metro is a national newspaper. Launched in March 1999 as a free, stapled newspaper, it was distributed initially in London. But since has been published every weekday morning, around Yorkshire, the North West, Newcastle and the North East, the East Midlands, Bristol, Birmingham, Liverpool, Cardiff and Scotland.[13]

  • Metro.co.uk is a UK-based online newspaper. Originally created in 2002 as the digital counterpart to the print Metro, it now operates as an independent publication within the DMG group, attracting a daily audience of over 1.6 million.[14]

  • MailOnline is one of the world's most popular English language newspaper websites [15]

  • New Scientist – a weekly magazine focusing on science and technology. Bought in 2021 for £70 million.[16]

The London Evening Standard was owned by DMGT until it was sold to Alexander Lebedev in January 2009. DMGT still maintains a 5% share.[17]

In August 2023, DMGT confirmed its interest in acquiring the Telegraph Media Group. The TMG hosts a rival to the Daily Mail, the Daily Telegraph. [18]

SCANDALS

Rothermere  (Jonathan Harmsworth, 49) will well know the dangers of proprietorial influence given his great-grandfather’s enthusiastic support for fascism and Hitler in the pages of the Daily Mail in the 1930s.

The court case revealed that Lord Rothermere had been involved in secret negotiations with Adolf Hitler.