The Daily Telegraph (previously named, and often still referred to as,
The Telegraph) is a British
broadsheet newspaper, founded in 1855. Excepting the
Financial Times and
The Herald (Glasgow), it is the only remaining national daily newspaper printed on traditional
newsprint in the broadsheet format in the
United Kingdom, as most other broadsheet publications have converted to the smaller
tabloid/
compact or
Berliner formats. Its sister paper,
The Sunday Telegraph, was founded in 1961.
In January 2009, the Telegraph was the highest selling British 'quality' paper, with a certified average daily circulation of 842,912. This compared with a circulation of 617,483 for The Times, 358,844 for The Guardian, and 215,504 for The Independent.[3] According to a MORI survey conducted in 2005, 64% of Telegraph readers intended to support the Conservative Party in the coming elections.[4]
In 1908, Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany gave a controversial interview to The Daily Telegraph that severely damaged Anglo-German relations and added to international tensions which eventually culminated in World War I.[6]
In 1928 the son of the 1st Baron Burnham sold it to the 1st Viscount Camrose, in partnership with his brother Viscount Kemsley and the 1st Baron Iliffe. Both the Camrose (Berry) and Burnham (Levy-Lawson) families remained involved in management until Conrad Black took control in 1986.
