The Daily Telegraph#Website

The Daily Telegraph and Courier was founded by Colonel Arthur B. Sleigh in June 1855 to air a personal grievance against the future commander-in-chief of the British Army, Prince George, Duke of Cambridge.{{Cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3409185.stm |title=The UK's 'other paper of record' |access-date=20 December 2007 |publisher=BBC News |date=19 January 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081002064335/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3409185.stm |archive-date=2 October 2008 |url-status=live }}Burnham, 1955. p. 1 Joseph Moses Levy, the owner of The Sunday Times, agreed to print the newspaper, and the first edition was published on 29 June 1855. The paper cost 2d and was four pages long. Nevertheless, the first edition stressed the quality and independence of its articles and journalists: "We shall be guided by a high tone of independent action." As the paper was not a success, Sleigh was unable to pay Levy the printing bill.

Levy took over the newspaper, his aim being to produce a cheaper newspaper than his main competitors in London, the Daily News and The Morning Post, to expand the size of the overall market.{{Citation needed|date=May 2009}} Levy appointed his son, Edward Levy-Lawson, Lord Burnham, and Thornton Leigh Hunt to edit the newspaper. Lord Burnham relaunched the paper as The Daily Telegraph, with the slogan "the largest, best, and cheapest newspaper in the world".Burnham, 1955. p. 5 Hunt laid out the newspaper's principles in a memorandum sent to Levy: "We should report all striking events in science, so told that the intelligent public can understand what has happened and can see its bearing on our daily life and our future. The same principle should apply to all other events—to fashion, to new inventions, to new methods of conducting business".Burnham, 1955. p. 6

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In 1876, Jules Verne published his novel Michael Strogoff, whose plot takes place during a fictional uprising and war in Siberia. Verne included among the book's characters a war correspondent of The Daily Telegraph, named Harry Blount—who is depicted as an exceptionally dedicated, resourceful and brave journalist, taking great personal risks to follow closely the ongoing war and bring accurate news of it to The Telegraph{{'}}s readership, ahead of competing papers.Verne, Jules. [http://www.classicauthors.net/verne/Strogoff/Strogoff17.html "Michael Strogoff Book 1"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101122035446/http://classicauthors.net/Verne/Strogoff/Strogoff17.html |date=22 November 2010 }}, 1997–2010, Great Literature Online. Retrieved 28 April 2010.

In 1908, The Daily Telegraph printed an article in the form of an interview with Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany that damaged Anglo-German relations and added to international tensions in the build-up to World War I.{{Cite book |last=MacMillan |first=Margaret |author-link=Margaret McMillan |title=The War That Ended Peace: The Road to 1914 |publisher=Random House Publishing Group |isbn=978-0-812-98066-0 |edition=Kindle |location=New York |publication-date=2014 |page=216}}{{cite web |url= http://wwi.lib.byu.edu/index.php/The_Daily_Telegraph_Affair |title= The Daily Telegraph Affair: The interview of the Emperor Wilhelm II on October 28, 1908 |author= |date= 2 June 2009 |website= wwi.lib.byu.edu The World War I Document Archive |publisher= Brigham Young University Library |access-date= 21 November 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141011181444/http://wwi.lib.byu.edu/index.php/The_Daily_Telegraph_Affair |archive-date= 11 October 2014 |url-status= live }} In 1928, the son of Baron Burnham, Harry Lawson Webster Levy-Lawson, 2nd Baron Burnham, sold the paper to William Berry, 1st Viscount Camrose, in partnership with his brother Gomer Berry, 1st Viscount Kemsley and Edward Iliffe, 1st Baron Iliffe.

In 1937, the newspaper absorbed The Morning Post, which traditionally espoused a conservative position and sold predominantly amongst the retired officer class. Originally William Ewart Berry, 1st Viscount Camrose, bought The Morning Post with the intention of publishing it alongside The Daily Telegraph, but poor sales of the former led him to merge the two. For some years, the paper was retitled The Daily Telegraph and Morning Post before it reverted to just The Daily Telegraph.

In the late 1930s, Victor Gordon Lennox, The Telegraph{{'}}s diplomatic editor, published an anti-appeasement private newspaper The Whitehall Letter that received much of its information from leaks from Sir Robert Vansittart, the Permanent Under-Secretary of the Foreign Office, and Rex Leeper, the Foreign Office's Press Secretary.Watt, Donald Cameron "Rumors as Evidence" pages 276–286 from Russia War, Peace and Diplomacy edited by Ljubica & Mark Erickson, London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2004 page 278. As a result, Gordon Lennox was monitored by MI5. In 1939, The Telegraph published Clare Hollingworth's scoop that Germany was to invade Poland.{{cite news|title=Clare Hollingworth, the foreign correspondent who broke news of Second World War, turns 104|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/world-war-two/11922645/Clare-Hollingworth-the-foreign-correspondent-who-broke-news-of-Second-World-War-turns-104.html|access-date=11 January 2017|work=Telegraph.co.uk|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170123225715/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/world-war-two/11922645/Clare-Hollingworth-the-foreign-correspondent-who-broke-news-of-Second-World-War-turns-104.html|archive-date=23 January 2017|url-status=dead}}

In November 1940, Fleet Street, with its close proximity to the river and docklands, was subjected to almost daily bombing raids by the Luftwaffe and The Telegraph started printing in Manchester at Kemsley House (now The Printworks entertainment venue), which was run by Camrose's brother Kemsley. Manchester quite often printed the entire run of The Telegraph when its Fleet Street offices were under threat. The name Kemsley House was changed to Thomson House in 1959. In 1986, printing of Northern editions of the Daily and Sunday Telegraph moved to Trafford Park and in 2008 to Newsprinters at Knowsley, Liverpool.

During the Second World War, The Daily Telegraph covertly helped in the recruitment of code-breakers for Bletchley Park. The ability to solve The Telegraph{{'}}s crossword in under 12 minutes was considered to be a recruitment test. The newspaper was asked to organise a crossword competition, after which each of the successful participants was contacted and asked if they would be prepared to undertake "a particular type of work as a contribution to the war effort". The competition itself was won by F. H. W. Hawes of Dagenham who finished the crossword in less than eight minutes.The Daily Telegraph, [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/3652606/25000-tomorrow.html "25000 tomorrow"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091028055732/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/3652606/25000-tomorrow.html |date=28 October 2009 }} 23 May 2006

Both the Camrose (Berry) and Burnham (Levy-Lawson) families remained involved in management until Conrad Black took control in 1986. On the death of his father in 1954, Seymour Berry, 2nd Viscount Camrose assumed the chairmanship of the Daily Telegraph with his brother Michael Berry, Baron Hartwell as his editor-in-chief. During this period, the company saw the launch of sister paper The Sunday Telegraph in 1960.The Daily Telegraph, [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1315093/Lord-Hartwell.html "Obituary: Lord Hartwell"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171013232438/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1315093/Lord-Hartwell.html |date=13 October 2017 }} 4 April 2001

Canadian businessman Conrad Black, through companies controlled by him, bought the Telegraph Group in 1986. Black, through his holding company Ravelston Corporation, owned 78% of Hollinger Inc. which in turn owned 30% of Hollinger International. Hollinger International in turn owned the Telegraph Group and other publications such as the Chicago Sun-Times, the Jerusalem Post and The Spectator.

On 18 January 2004, Black was dismissed as chairman of the Hollinger International board over allegations of financial wrongdoing. Black was also sued by the company. Later that day, it was reported that the Barclay brothers had agreed to purchase Black's 78% interest in Hollinger Inc. for £245m, giving them a controlling interest in the company, and to buy out the minority shareholders later. However, a lawsuit was filed by the Hollinger International board to try to block Black from selling his shares in Hollinger Inc. until an investigation into his dealings was completed. Black filed a countersuit but, eventually, United States judge Leo Strine sided with the Hollinger International board and blocked Black from selling his Hollinger Inc. shares to the twins.

On 7 March 2004, the twins announced that they were launching another bid, this time just for The Daily Telegraph and its Sunday sister paper rather than all of Hollinger Inc. The then owner of the Daily Express, Richard Desmond, was also interested in purchasing the paper, selling his interest in several pornographic magazines to finance the initiative. Desmond withdrew in March 2004, when the price climbed above £600m,{{cite news |last=Shah |first=Saeed |title=Desmond withdraws bid for 'overpriced' Telegraph |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/desmond-withdraws-bid-for-overpriced-telegraph-66296.html |access-date=23 November 2014 |newspaper=The Independent |location=London |date=27 March 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141213010345/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/desmond-withdraws-bid-for-overpriced-telegraph-66296.html |archive-date=13 December 2014 |url-status=live }} as did Daily Mail and General Trust plc a few months later on 17 June.{{cite news |last= Gibson |first= Owen |title= Barclays favourites to land Telegraph |url= https://www.theguardian.com/media/2004/jun/17/pressandpublishing.business |access-date= 23 November 2014 |newspaper= The Guardian |location= London |date= 17 June 2004 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141129084754/http://www.theguardian.com/media/2004/jun/17/pressandpublishing.business |archive-date= 29 November 2014 |url-status= live }}

In November 2004, The Telegraph celebrated the tenth anniversary of its website, Electronic Telegraph, now renamed www.telegraph.co.uk. The Electronic Telegraph launched in 1995 with The Daily Telegraph Guide to the Internet{{cn|date=August 2024}} by writer Sue Schofield for an annual charge of £180.00. On 8 May 2006, the first stage of a major redesign of the website took place, with a wider page layout and greater prominence for audio, video and journalist blogs.

On 10 October 2005, The Daily Telegraph relaunched to incorporate a tabloid sports section and a new standalone business section. The Daily Mail{{'}}s star columnist and political analyst Simon Heffer left that paper in October 2005 to rejoin The Daily Telegraph, where he has become associate editor. Heffer has written two columns a week for the paper since late October 2005 and is a regular contributor to the news podcast. In November 2005, the first regular podcast service by a newspaper in the UK was launched.{{cite news |newspaper=Press Gazette |date=18 November 2005 |url=http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?storyCode=32570§ioncode=1 |title='Hear all about it' as the Telegraph launches podcast |access-date=15 March 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080605202721/http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?storyCode=32570§ioncode=1 |archive-date=5 June 2008 |url-status=live }} Just before Christmas 2005, it was announced that The Telegraph titles would be moving from Canada Place in Canary Wharf, to new offices at Victoria Plaza at 111 Buckingham Palace Road near Victoria Station in central London.{{Cite news |last=White |first=Dominic |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/2928887/Telegraph-moves-to-Victoria.html |title=Telegraph moves to Victoria |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |date=22 December 2005 |access-date=18 September 2009 |location=London |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090816195042/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/2928887/Telegraph-moves-to-Victoria.html |archive-date=16 August 2009 |url-status=live }} The new office features a "hub and spoke" layout for the newsroom to produce content for print and online editions.

In October 2006, with its relocation to Victoria, the company was renamed the Telegraph Media Group, repositioning itself as a multimedia company. On 2 September 2008, the Daily Telegraph was printed with colour on each page for the first time when it left Westferry for Newsprinters at Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, another arm of the Murdoch company.{{cite news |url=http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=42016&c=1 |title=Daily Telegraph unveils full-colour redesign |newspaper=Press Gazette |date=2 September 2008 |access-date=18 September 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090825075601/http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=42016&c=1 |archive-date=25 August 2009 |url-status=live }} The paper is also printed in Liverpool and Glasgow by Newsprinters. In May 2009, the daily and Sunday editions published details of MPs' expenses. This led to a number of high-profile resignations from both the ruling Labour administration and the Conservative opposition.

In June 2014, The Telegraph was criticised by Private Eye for its policy of replacing experienced journalists and news managers with less-experienced staff and search engine optimisers.Private Eye, Issue 1369, 27 June – 10 July 2014, pg. 7.

On 26 October 2019, the Financial Times reported that the Barclay Brothers were about to put the Telegraph Media Group up for sale. The Financial Times also reported that the Daily Mail and General Trust (owner of the Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday, Metro and Ireland on Sunday) would be interested in buying.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-50192912 |title=Telegraph owners to put newspapers up for sale |publisher=BBC News |date=26 October 2019 |access-date=26 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191026143412/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-50192912 |archive-date=26 October 2019 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.ft.com/content/4cb55b8a-f70d-11e9-9ef3-eca8fc8f2d65|title=Barclay brothers in £500 million cash call for ailing empire|website=Financial Times|date=27 October 2019|language=en-GB|url-access=subscription|access-date=16 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191028074620/https://www.ft.com/content/4cb55b8a-f70d-11e9-9ef3-eca8fc8f2d65|archive-date=28 October 2019|url-status=live}}

The Daily Telegraph supported Liz Truss in the July–September 2022 Conservative Party leadership election.{{cite news |date= 1 August 2022 |title= Liz Truss is the right choice for the Tories |url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/2022/08/01/liz-truss-right-choice-tories/ |work= The Daily Telegraph |access-date= 11 October 2022 |archive-date= 10 October 2022 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20221010233442/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/2022/08/01/liz-truss-right-choice-tories/ |url-status= live }}

In July 2023, it was announced that Lloyds Banking Group had appointed Mike McTighe as chairman of Press Acquisitions Limited and May Corporation Limited in order to spearhead the sale of The Telegraph and The Spectator.{{Cite news |last=Williams |first=Christopher |date=2023-07-17 |title=Chairman appointed to spearhead sale of The Telegraph |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2023/07/17/mike-mctighe-appointed-telegraph-chairman-sale-lloyds/ |access-date=2023-07-17 |issn=0307-1235 |archive-date=17 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230717155127/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2023/07/17/mike-mctighe-appointed-telegraph-chairman-sale-lloyds/ |url-status=live }}

In July 2014, the Daily Telegraph was criticised for carrying links on its website to pro-Kremlin articles supplied by a Russian state-funded publication that downplayed any Russian involvement in the downing of the passenger jet Malaysia Airlines Flight 17.Spence, Alex (22 July 2014). [https://www.thetimes.com/comment/register/article/telegraph-and-tv-channel-criticised-over-crash-reports-kpw0hqdks8s "Telegraph and TV channel criticised over crash reports"], The Times. [https://www.thetimes.com/comment/register/article/telegraph-and-tv-channel-criticised-over-crash-reports-kpw0hqdks8s]. Retrieved 7 October 2014 These had featured on its website as part of a commercial deal, but were later removed.Spence, Alex (20 July 2014). [https://www.thetimes.com/comment/register/article/telegraph-spikes-russian-propaganda-kbsxd7kcz6t "Telegraph spikes 'Russian propaganda{{'"}}], The Times. [https://www.thetimes.com/comment/register/article/telegraph-spikes-russian-propaganda-kbsxd7kcz6t?region=global]. Retrieved 7 October 2014.

As of 2014,{{update inline|date=November 2023}} the paper was paid £900,000 a year to include the supplement Russia Beyond the Headlines, a publication sponsored by the {{lang|ru-latn|Rossiyskaya Gazeta}}, the Russian government's official newspaper.Private Eye No. 1374, "Street of Shame", 5–18 September 2014, pg. 6.

In February 2015, the chief political commentator of the Daily Telegraph, Peter Oborne, resigned. Oborne accused the paper of a "form of fraud on its readers"{{cite web | title= Why I have resigned from the Telegraph | url= https://www.opendemocracy.net/ourkingdom/peter-oborne/why-i-have-resigned-from-telegraph | author= Peter Oborne | date= 17 February 2015 | website= Open Democracy | access-date= 16 April 2020 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160210130853/https://www.opendemocracy.net/ourkingdom/peter-oborne/why-i-have-resigned-from-telegraph | archive-date= 10 February 2016 | url-status= live }} for its coverage of the bank HSBC in relation to a Swiss tax-dodging scandal that was widely covered by other news media. He alleged that editorial decisions about news content had been heavily influenced by the advertising arm of the newspaper because of commercial interests.{{cite web | title= Daily Telegraph's Peter Oborne resigns over HSBC coverage | url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-31510152 | author= | date= 17 February 2015 | publisher= BBC News | access-date= 18 February 2015 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150218051845/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-31510152 | archive-date= 18 February 2015 | url-status= live }} Jay Rosen at New York University stated that Oborne's resignation statement was "one of the most important things a journalist has written about journalism lately".

Oborne cited other instances of advertising strategy influencing the content of articles, linking the refusal to take an editorial stance on the repression of democratic demonstrations in Hong Kong to the Telegraph{{'s}} support from China. Additionally, he said that favourable reviews of the Cunard cruise liner Queen Mary II appeared in the Telegraph, noting: "On 10 May last year The Telegraph ran a long feature on Cunard's Queen Mary II liner on the news review page. This episode looked to many like a plug for an advertiser on a page normally dedicated to serious news analysis. I again checked and certainly Telegraph competitors did not view Cunard's liner as a major news story. Cunard is an important Telegraph advertiser."

In response, the Telegraph called Oborne's statement an "astonishing and unfounded attack, full of inaccuracy and innuendo". Later that month, Telegraph editor Chris Evans invited journalists at the newspaper to contribute their thoughts on the issue.{{Cite news|last=Ponsford|first=Dominic|date=28 February 2015|title=Telegraph editor Chris Evans invites staff to contribute ideas on new editorial/commercial guidelines|url=https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/telegraph-editor-chris-evans-invites-staff-contribute-ideas-new-editorialcommercial-guidelines/|access-date=18 March 2021|website=Press Gazette|language=en-US|archive-date=9 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210509221621/https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/telegraph-editor-chris-evans-invites-staff-contribute-ideas-new-editorialcommercial-guidelines/|url-status=live}} Press Gazette reported later in 2015 that Oborne had joined the Daily Mail tabloid newspaper and The Telegraph had "issued new guidelines over the way editorial and commercial staff work together".{{Cite web|last=Turvill|first=William|date=30 June 2015|title=Four months on from Telegraph resignation, Peter Oborne moves back to Daily Mail|url=https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/four-months-telegraph-resignation-peter-oborne-announces-daily-mail-move/|access-date=18 March 2021|website=Press Gazette|language=en-US|archive-date=9 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210509154451/https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/four-months-telegraph-resignation-peter-oborne-announces-daily-mail-move/|url-status=live}}

In January 2017, the Telegraph Media Group had a higher number of upheld complaints than any other UK newspaper by its regulator IPSO.{{cite web|url=https://www.ipso.co.uk/rulings-and-resolution-statements/|title=Rulings and regulation statements|publisher=IPSO|access-date=19 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170201094545/https://www.ipso.co.uk/rulings-and-resolution-statements/|archive-date=1 February 2017|url-status=live}} Most of these findings pertained to inaccuracy, as with other UK newspapers.{{cite web|url=http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/telegraph-tops-ipso-naughty-list-with-nine-upheld-complaints-followed-by-the-times-and-daily-express/|title=Daily Telegraph tops IPSO naughty list with nine upheld complaints followed by The Times and Daily Express|last=Mayhew|first=Freddy|date=19 September 2016|work=Press Gazette|access-date=19 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170220091952/http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/telegraph-tops-ipso-naughty-list-with-nine-upheld-complaints-followed-by-the-times-and-daily-express/|archive-date=20 February 2017|url-status=live}}

In October 2017, a number of major western news organisations whose coverage had irked Beijing were excluded from Xi Jinping's speech event launching a new politburo. However, the Daily Telegraph had been granted an invitation to the event.{{cite news|last1=Phillips|first1=Tom|title=Protest after Western media 'troublemakers' barred from Xi Jinping speech|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/oct/25/protest-after-western-media-troublemakers-barred-from-xi-jinping-speech|access-date=9 April 2018|work=The Guardian|date=25 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180408224745/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/oct/25/protest-after-western-media-troublemakers-barred-from-xi-jinping-speech|archive-date=8 April 2018|url-status=live}}

In April 2019, Business Insider reported The Telegraph had partnered with Facebook to publish articles "downplaying 'technofears' and praising the company".{{cite news|date=3 April 2019|title=Facebook is partnering with a big UK newspaper to publish sponsored articles downplaying 'technofears' and praising the company|work=Business Insider|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-daily-telegraph-positive-sponsored-news-stories-2019-4|url-status=live|access-date=3 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403221601/https://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-daily-telegraph-positive-sponsored-news-stories-2019-4|archive-date=3 April 2019}}

The paper published premature obituaries for Cockie Hoogterp,{{when|date=November 2023}} the second wife of Baron Blixen,McKie, Andrew (30 August 2001). [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1338899/The-day-I-managed-to-kill-off-Tex-Ritters-wife.html "The day I managed to 'kill off' Tex Ritter's wife"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180705123717/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1338899/The-day-I-managed-to-kill-off-Tex-Ritters-wife.html |date=5 July 2018 }}. The Daily Telegraph (London). Dave Swarbrick in 1999, and Dorothy Southworth Ritter, the widow of Tex Ritter and mother of John Ritter, in August 2001.

Editors for both the Daily Telegraph and the Sunday Telegraph have been criticised by Guardian columnist Owen Jones for publishing and authoring articles which espouse Cultural Marxism, an antisemitic conspiracy theory.{{cite news|last=Jones|first=Owen|date=28 March 2019|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/mar/28/media-far-right-radicalisation-politics-hatred|title=Why we need to talk about the media's role in far-right radicalisation|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=7 November 2020|archive-date=5 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200505105338/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/mar/28/media-far-right-radicalisation-politics-hatred|url-status=live}} In 2018, Allister Heath, the editor of the Sunday Telegraph wrote that "Cultural Marxism is running rampant."{{cite news |first=Allister |last=Heath |authorlink=Allister Heath |title=Liberal democracy is dying as the world converges on authoritarian beigeness |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2018/06/13/liberal-democracy-dying-world-converges-authoritarian-beigeness/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2018/06/13/liberal-democracy-dying-world-converges-authoritarian-beigeness/ |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |work=Sunday Telegraph |date=13 June 2018 |accessdate=14 June 2021 }}{{cbignore}} Assistant comment editor of the Daily Telegraph Sherelle Jacobs also used the term in 2019.{{cite news |first=Sherelle |last=Jacobs |authorlink=Sherelle Jacobs |title=There's only one way to win a culture war against the metropolitan elite|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/02/27/one-way-win-culture-war-against-metropolitan-snobs/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/02/27/one-way-win-culture-war-against-metropolitan-snobs/ |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |work=Daily Telegraph |date=27 February 2019 |accessdate=14 June 2021 }}{{cbignore}} The Daily Telegraph also published an anonymous civil servant who stated: "There is a strong presence of Anglophobia, combined with cultural Marxism that runs through the civil service."{{cite news |title=Believe me, the Civil Service is trying to sink Brexit. I have seen it from the inside |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2019/03/18/believe-civil-service-trying-sink-brexit-have-seen-inside/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2019/03/18/believe-civil-service-trying-sink-brexit-have-seen-inside/ |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |work=Daily Telegraph |date=18 March 2019 |accessdate=14 June 2021 }}{{cbignore}}

In January 2019, the paper published an article written by Camilla Tominey titled "Police called in after Scout group run from mosque is linked to Islamic extremist and Holocaust denier"{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/01/18/police-called-scout-group-run-mosque-linked-islamic-extremist/|title=Police called in after Scout group run from mosque is linked to Islamic extremist and Holocaust denier|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=19 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190119100131/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/01/18/police-called-scout-group-run-mosque-linked-islamic-extremist/|access-date=8 April 2020|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 January 2019}} in which it was reported that the police were investigating Ahammed Hussain, the Leader of the Scout Group at the Lewisham Islamic Centre, because he had links to extremist Muslim groups that promoted terrorism and antisemitism.

In January 2020, the paper issued an official apology and accepted that the article contained many falsehoods, and that Hussain had never supported or promoted terrorism, or been antisemitic. The paper paid Hussain damages and costs.{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/01/28/apology-mr-ahammed-hussain/|title=An apology – Mr Ahammed Hussain|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=28 January 2020|access-date=8 April 2020|via=www.telegraph.co.uk|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200301095145/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/01/28/apology-mr-ahammed-hussain/|archive-date=1 March 2020|url-status=live}} In a letter sent to Hussain's lawyers accompanying the text of their published apology, the newspaper's lawyers wrote: "The article was published by our client following receipt of information in good faith from the Scout Association and the Henry Jackson Society; nevertheless our client now accepts that the article (using that expression to refer to both print and online versions) is defamatory of your client and will apologise to him for publishing it."{{Cite web|url=http://www.rllaw.co.uk/apologies-as-published/|title=Apologies as Published – Rahman Lowe|date=29 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200329101227/http://www.rllaw.co.uk/apologies-as-published/|archive-date=29 March 2020}}

In 2016, the Hong Kong Free Press reported that The Daily Telegraph was receiving £750,000 annually to carry a supplement called 'China Watch' as part of a commercial deal with Chinese state-run newspaper China Daily.{{Cite web|url=https://hongkongfp.com/2016/04/03/china-spends-big-on-propaganda-in-britain-but-returns-are-low/|title=China spends big on propaganda in Britain... but returns are low|date=3 April 2016|website=Hong Kong Free Press HKFP|language=en-GB|access-date=9 April 2020}} The Guardian reported in 2018 that the China Watch supplement was being carried by The Telegraph along with other newspapers of record such as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and Le Figaro.{{Cite web |date=7 December 2018 |title=Inside China's audacious global propaganda campaign |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/dec/07/china-plan-for-global-media-dominance-propaganda-xi-jinping |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200310193251/https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/dec/07/china-plan-for-global-media-dominance-propaganda-xi-jinping |archive-date=10 March 2020 |access-date=14 April 2020 |website=The Guardian |language=en-GB}} The Telegraph published the supplement once a month in print, and published it online at least until March 2020.{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/peoples-daily-online/opinion/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200329145908/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/peoples-daily-online/opinion/|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 March 2020|title=People's Daily Online: Opinion|date=29 March 2020|website=archive.vn|access-date=9 April 2020}}

In April 2020, The Telegraph removed China Watch from its website, along with another advertisement feature section by Chinese state-run media outlet People's Daily Online. The paper had run many pieces critical of China since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.{{Cite news |last1=Waterson |first1=Jim |last2=Jones |first2=Dean Sterling |date=2020-04-14 |title=Daily Telegraph stops publishing section paid for by China |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/apr/14/daily-telegraph-stops-publishing-section-paid-for-by-china |access-date=2024-05-24 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077 |quote=However, in recent days the dedicated content has been wiped from the Telegraph's website along with another section that reproduced material from China's People's Daily Online...The Telegraph has run many pieces critical of China since the start of the pandemic. [...] Another comment piece entitled "The Left have become China's useful covidiots" suggested the "Chinese Communist party's cover ups and lies" helped play a role in spreading the virus around the world.}}{{Cite web |date=8 April 2020 |title=A British Newspaper Has Given Chinese Coronavirus Propaganda A Direct Line To The UK |url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/deansterlingjones/coronavirus-british-newspaper-chinese-propaganda |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210103211853/https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/deansterlingjones/coronavirus-british-newspaper-chinese-propaganda |archive-date=3 January 2021 |access-date=9 April 2020 |website=BuzzFeed News |language=en}}

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In January 2021, the British press regulator, the Independent Press Standards Organisation, ordered The Daily Telegraph to publish a correction to two "significantly misleading" claims in a comment article published by Toby Young. The July 2020 article "When we have herd immunity Boris will face a reckoning on this pointless and damaging lockdown," which spread COVID-19 misinformation that the common cold provided "natural immunity" to COVID-19 and that London was "probably approaching herd immunity".{{Cite news|date=15 January 2021|title=Toby Young: Telegraph coronavirus column 'significantly misleading'|language=en-GB|publisher=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-55676037|access-date=15 January 2021|archive-date=15 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115164617/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-55676037|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|last=Bland|first=Archie|date=15 January 2021|title=Daily Telegraph rebuked over Toby Young's Covid column|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2021/jan/14/daily-telegraph-rebuked-over-toby-youngs-herd-immunity-covid-column|access-date=15 January 2021|issn=0261-3077|archive-date=14 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114205610/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2021/jan/14/daily-telegraph-rebuked-over-toby-youngs-herd-immunity-covid-column|url-status=live}} The regulator said that a correction was appropriate rather than a more serious response due to the level of scientific uncertainty at the time the comment was published. At the time of the ruling, The Telegraph had removed the comment article but had not issued a correction.

The Telegraph has published multiple columns and news articles which promote pseudoscientific views on climate change, and misleadingly cast the subject of climate change as a subject of active scientific debate when there is a scientific consensus on climate change.{{refn|{{Cite web|url=https://climatefeedback.org/evaluation/telegraph-article-misleads-with-false-balance-mixing-in-unsupported-and-inaccurate-claims-sarah-knapton/|title=Telegraph article on climate change mixes accurate and unsupported, inaccurate claims, misleads with false balance|date=18 October 2019|website=Climate Feedback|language=en-US|access-date=30 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191030042554/https://climatefeedback.org/evaluation/telegraph-article-misleads-with-false-balance-mixing-in-unsupported-and-inaccurate-claims-sarah-knapton/|archive-date=30 October 2019|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://climatefeedback.org/evaluation/another-arctic-ice-panic-world-temperatures-plummet-the-telegraph-christopher-booker/|title=The Telegraph publishes false information about Arctic climate|date=9 May 2017|website=Climate Feedback|language=en-US|access-date=30 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190812105055/https://climatefeedback.org/evaluation/another-arctic-ice-panic-world-temperatures-plummet-the-telegraph-christopher-booker/|archive-date=12 August 2019|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://climatefeedback.org/evaluation/the-telegraph-christopher-booker-arctic-ice-has-made-fools-of-warmists/|title=Analysis of "How Arctic ice has made fools of all those poor warmists"|date=31 July 2015|website=Climate Feedback|language=en-US|access-date=30 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191030042556/https://climatefeedback.org/evaluation/the-telegraph-christopher-booker-arctic-ice-has-made-fools-of-warmists/|archive-date=30 October 2019|url-status=live}}{{Cite book|url=http://cup.columbia.edu/book/the-inquisition-of-climate-science/9780231157186|title=The Inquisition of Climate Science|last=Powell|first=James Lawrence|date=2011|publisher=Columbia University Press|isbn=9780231527842|pages=1, 159–160|access-date=30 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191030042554/http://cup.columbia.edu/book/the-inquisition-of-climate-science/9780231157186|archive-date=30 October 2019|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://climatefeedback.org/evaluation/the-telegraph-dan-hyde-earth-heading-for-mini-ice-age-within-15-years/|title=Analysis of "Earth heading for 'mini ice age' within 15 years"|date=30 July 2015|website=Climate Feedback|language=en-US|access-date=30 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200101154330/https://climatefeedback.org/evaluation/the-telegraph-dan-hyde-earth-heading-for-mini-ice-age-within-15-years/|archive-date=1 January 2020|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://climatefeedback.org/evaluation/the-telegraph-bjorn-lomborg-in-many-ways-global-warming-will-be-good-thing/|title=Analysis of "…in many ways global warming will be a good thing"|date=9 May 2016|website=Climate Feedback|language=en-US|access-date=30 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191001222841/https://climatefeedback.org/evaluation/the-telegraph-bjorn-lomborg-in-many-ways-global-warming-will-be-good-thing/|archive-date=1 October 2019|url-status=live}}}} It has published columns about the "conspiracy behind the Anthropogenic Global Warming myth", described climate scientists as "white-coated prima donnas and narcissists," and claimed that "global warming causes about as much damage as benefits." In 2015, a Telegraph news article incorrectly claimed that scientists predicted a mini-ice age by 2030. Climate change denying journalist James Delingpole was first to use "Climategate" on his Telegraph blog for a manufactured controversy where emails were leaked from climate scientists ahead of the Copenhagen climate summit and misleadingly presented to give the appearance that the climate scientists were engaged in fraud.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/politics-international-relations/comparative-politics/who-speaks-climate-making-sense-media-reporting-climate-change|title=Who speaks climate making sense media reporting climate change {{!}} Comparative politics|website=Cambridge University Press|language=en|access-date=30 October 2019|archive-date=4 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220404133201/http://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/politics-international-relations/comparative-politics/who-speaks-climate-making-sense-media-reporting-climate-change|url-status=dead}}

In 2014, The Telegraph was one of several media titles to give evidence to the House of Commons Select Committee 'Communicating climate science'. The paper told MPs they believe climate change is happening and humans play a role in it. Editors told the committee, "we believe that the climate is changing, that the reason for that change includes human activity, but that human ingenuity and adaptability should not be ignored in favour of economically damaging prescriptions."{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/apr/01/telegraph-and-mail-concede-on-climate-change|title=Telegraph and Mail concede on climate change|last=Vaughan|first=Adam|date=1 April 2014|work=The Guardian|access-date=12 November 2019|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191117165326/https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/apr/01/telegraph-and-mail-concede-on-climate-change|archive-date=17 November 2019|url-status=live}}

In November 2023, the journalist and climate activist group DeSmog published its judgments for coverage of environmental topics in 171 of The Telegraph's opinion pieces from April to October 2023. DeSmog stated that of these 171 pieces, 85 per cent were categorized as "anti-green", defined as "attacking climate policy, questioning climate science and ridiculing environmental groups."{{Cite news |last=Limb |first=Lottie |date=November 29, 2023 |title=From oil ads to Russian interference: These are the climate lies to look out for at COP28 |url=https://www.euronews.com/green/2023/11/29/from-russian-pr-to-online-grifters-who-is-peddling-climate-disinformation-in-2023 |access-date=June 7, 2024 |work=Euronews}}{{Cite news |last1=Grostern |first1=Joey |last2=Herrmann |first2=Michaela |last3=Cooke |first3=Phoebe |date=November 23, 2023 |title=Revealed: Scale of The Telegraph's Climate Change 'Propaganda' |url=https://www.desmog.com/2023/11/23/revealed-scale-of-the-telegraphs-climate-change-propaganda/ |access-date=June 7, 2024 |work=DeSmog}}

The Daily Telegraph, in particular its columnist and former editor Charles Moore, were staunch supporters of Owen Paterson, a former MP and minister who resigned after it was found that he had breached advocacy rules to lobby ministers for fees. A plan to overhaul the Commons standard and spare Paterson from being suspended and a possible recall petition that follows was leaked to the newspaper and it was "approvingly" splashed across the paper's front page.{{according to whom|date=January 2022}} Boris Johnson flew back from the COP 26 summit in Glasgow to attend a Telegraph journalists' reunion at the Garrick and left the club with Moore the same evening.{{cite news |last1=Parker |first1=George |last2=Hughes |first2=Laura |last3=Payne |first3=Sebastian |title=Boris Johnson's bruising defeat over standards reform angers Tory MPs |url=https://www.ft.com/content/51c93ba3-4a59-4e88-92ed-3e152a896493 |access-date=7 November 2021 |work=Financial Times |date=4 November 2021 |archive-date=7 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211107073744/https://www.ft.com/content/51c93ba3-4a59-4e88-92ed-3e152a896493 |url-status=live }}{{additional citation needed|date=January 2022}}

In June 2023, The Guardian and other newspapers reported that, following a breakdown in discussions relating to a financial dispute, Lloyds Bank was planning to take control of the companies owning the Telegraph titles and the Spectator and sell them off.{{Cite news |last=Sweney |first=Mark |date=2023-06-06 |title=Telegraph parent company faces being put into administration |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/jun/06/telegraph-parent-company-faces-being-put-into-administration |access-date=2023-06-07 |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=7 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230607105419/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/jun/06/telegraph-parent-company-faces-being-put-into-administration |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Kleinman |first=Mark |date=7 June 2023 |title=Lloyds to launch £600m Telegraph auction after seizing control |url=https://news.sky.com/story/lloyds-to-launch-600m-telegraph-auction-after-seizing-control-12897863 |access-date=2023-06-07 |website=Sky News |language=en |archive-date=7 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230607105131/https://news.sky.com/story/lloyds-to-launch-600m-telegraph-auction-after-seizing-control-12897863 |url-status=live }} Representatives of the Barclay family have described the reports as "irresponsible".{{Cite web |last=Ponsford |first=Dominic |date=2023-06-07 |title=Barclay family says reports Telegraph will enter administration are 'unfounded' |url=https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/telegraph-administration-barclays/ |access-date=2023-06-07 |website=Press Gazette |language=en-US |archive-date=7 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230607111027/https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/telegraph-administration-barclays/ |url-status=live }} By 20 October, a sale of the publications had been initiated after bankers seized control. Lloyds appointed receivers and started shopping the brands to bidders.{{Cite web |last=Seal |first=Thomas |date=2023-10-20 |title=Telegraph and Spectator Boards Kick Off Sale Process |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-10-20/telegraph-and-spectator-auction-starts-to-recoup-lloyds-debt |access-date=2023-10-20 |website=Bloomberg |language=en-US |archive-date=20 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231020082109/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-10-20/telegraph-and-spectator-auction-starts-to-recoup-lloyds-debt |url-status=live }}

By November, it was revealed that the bid had been agreed upon by RedBird IMI, a joint venture between RedBird Capital Partners and International Media Investments, a firm based in the United Arab Emirates and owned by Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan. The bid would see the firm take over The Telegraph, while allowing the Barclay family to repay a debt of £1.2 billion to Lloyds Bank. Conservative MPs raised national security concerns, and pushed the government to investigate the bid, as the United Arab Emirates had a poor reputation for freedom of speech.{{Cite news |last=Williams |first=Christopher |date=2023-11-19 |title=Fund backed by Abu Dhabi in line to own The Telegraph within weeks |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2023/11/19/telegraph-new-owner-abu-dhabi-backed-fund-redbird/ |access-date=2024-08-30 |work=The Telegraph |language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235}}{{Cite news |last1=Wickham |first1=Alex | date=2023-11-19 |title=MPs Raise National Security Concerns Over UAE-Backed Telegraph Offer |language=en |work=Bloomberg |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-11-19/uk-lawmakers-raise-national-security-concerns-over-uae-backed-telegraph-offer?leadSource=uverify%20wall |access-date=2023-11-26}}{{cite web |last1=Thorpe |first1=Vanessa |last2=Savage |first2=Michael |title=Tory concern grows over potential sale of Telegraph titles to Abu Dhabi |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/nov/26/tory-concern-grows-over-potential-sale-of-telegraph-titles-to-abu-dhabi |website=The Observer |access-date=11 December 2023 |date=26 November 2023 |archive-date=11 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231211003557/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/nov/26/tory-concern-grows-over-potential-sale-of-telegraph-titles-to-abu-dhabi |url-status=live }} Culture secretary Lucy Frazer issued a public interest intervention notice on 30 November,{{cite web |title=Intervention Notice Given Pursuant To Section 42 Of The Enterprise Act 2002 Anticipated Acquisition Of The Telegraph Media Group Limited By RedBird IMI |url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6568a8e82ee693000d60cb8f/Public_Interest_Intervention_Notice.pdf |website=Gov.uk |access-date=3 December 2023 |archive-date=1 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231201100822/https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6568a8e82ee693000d60cb8f/Public_Interest_Intervention_Notice.pdf |url-status=live }} preventing the group from taking over without further scrutiny from the media regulator Ofcom over potential breaches of media standards.{{cite news |title=UK Government Halts Jeff Zucker Telegraph Deal To Perform Investigation |url=https://www.mediaite.com/uk/government-halts-jeff-zucker-telegraph-deal-to-perform-investigation/ |access-date=3 December 2023 |work=Mediaite |date=1 December 2023 |archive-date=3 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231203065117/https://www.mediaite.com/uk/government-halts-jeff-zucker-telegraph-deal-to-perform-investigation/ |url-status=live }}{{cite news |title=UK bars Abu Dhabi-backed group from acquiring Telegraph, pending review |url=https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/uk-bars-abu-dhabi-backed-group-acquiring-telegraph-pending-review-2023-12-01/ |access-date=3 December 2023 |work=Reuters |date=1 December 2023 |archive-date=2 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231202092210/https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/uk-bars-abu-dhabi-backed-group-acquiring-telegraph-pending-review-2023-12-01/ |url-status=live }} Conservative MPs also called on Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden to use the National Security and Investment Act 2021 to investigate the Emirati-backed bid.{{Cite news |last=Cahill |first=Helen |date=2023-12-19 |title=MPs step up pressure on Dowden to intervene in UAE Telegraph bid |language=en |work=The Times |url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/mps-step-up-pressure-on-dowden-to-intervene-in-uae-telegraph-bid-lnxlbgr8l |access-date=2023-12-31 |archive-date=31 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231231113900/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/mps-step-up-pressure-on-dowden-to-intervene-in-uae-telegraph-bid-lnxlbgr8l |url-status=live }}

Chairman Andrew Neil threatened to quit if the sale was approved, saying: "You cannot have a major mainstream newspaper group owned by an undemocratic government or dictatorship where no one has a vote."{{cite news | url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/media/article/telegraph-bid-should-be-blocked-says-andrew-neil-5t7lt3zcd | title=Telegraph bid should be blocked, says Andrew Neil | last1=Cahill | first1=Helen | access-date=29 January 2024 | archive-date=29 January 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240129151731/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/telegraph-bid-should-be-blocked-says-andrew-neil-5t7lt3zcd | url-status=live }} Fraser Nelson, editor of The Spectator, which would be included in the sale, also opposed the move, saying, "the very reason why a foreign government would want to buy a sensitive asset is the very reason why a national government should be wary of selling them."{{cite web |last1=Nelson |first1=Fraser |title=Fraser Nelson: governments should never own our press |url=https://www.spectator.co.uk/podcast/fraser-nelson-governments-should-never-own-our-press/ |website=The Spectator |date=26 January 2024 |access-date=31 January 2024 |location=13:38–13:47 |archive-date=31 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240131084116/https://www.spectator.co.uk/podcast/fraser-nelson-governments-should-never-own-our-press/ |url-status=live }}

In March 2024, the Lords voted in a new law, under which restrictions were imposed on foreign governments regarding the ownership of British newspapers and magazines, including only being allowed up to a 0.1 per cent stake.{{cite news|title=Lords approve law that would block UAE Telegraph takeover |date=26 March 2024 |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/03/26/lords-approve-law-block-uae-telegraph-takeover/ |access-date=27 March 2024}}{{cite news |date=26 March 2024 |title=The UAE bid for The Spectator is over |url=https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/uae-bid-spectator-unsuccessful-parliament/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240327120534/https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/uae-bid-spectator-unsuccessful-parliament/ |archive-date=27 March 2024 |access-date=27 March 2024 |work=The Spectator}} In April 2024, the UK government effectively banned RedBird IMI from taking over The Telegraph and The Spectator by introducing new laws which prevented foreign governments from owning British newspapers. RedBird also confirmed it would withdraw its takeover plans, saying they were "no longer feasible".{{Cite web |last=Cahill |first=Helen |date=April 30, 2024 |title=Telegraph back up for sale after government blocks UAE takeover |url=https://www.thetimes.com/business-money/companies/article/telegraph-back-up-for-sale-after-government-blocks-uae-takeover-38c7fcstj |website=The Times |access-date=May 1, 2024 |archive-date=May 1, 2024 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240501002617/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/telegraph-back-up-for-sale-after-government-blocks-uae-takeover-38c7fcstj |url-status=live }}

In April 2024, RedBird IMI confirmed to put up The Telegraph for sale again and to begin open auction. However, the Abu Dhabi fund suggested that it seek to recoup the £600 million it spent acquiring the newspaper, or will otherwise retain some involvement.{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/04/30/redbird-imi-formally-abandons-telegraph-takeover/ |title=Telegraph up for sale again as RedBird IMI formally abandons takeover}} The Telegraph was left in limbo, as the staff remained blocked from taking strategic decisions.{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/11/22/telegraph-marks-year-limbo-starmer-diplomatic-pressure/ |title=Telegraph marks a year in limbo as Starmer faces diplomatic pressure over sale}} The owner of The New York Sun, Dovid Efune came up as a leading bidder, but struggled to take over the paper. The Columbia Journalism Review dubbed it as “the newspaper auction from hell”.{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/11/28/telegraph-deal-in-limbo-bidder-given-open-ended-extension/ |title=Telegraph deal in limbo as bidder given open-ended extension}}{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/12/19/telegraph-trapped-newspaper-auction-hell-bidder-struggles/ |title=Telegraph trapped in ‘auction from hell’ as bidder struggles to raise cash}}

On 17 January 2025, David Castelblanco, a partner at the Abu Dhabi fund RedBird, urged The Telegraph to make significant job cuts, including over 100 non-editorial roles. He also advised the executives to halt planned editorial investments, which included expansions of the U.S. newsroom. The intervention was likely to raise concerns about foreign interference and fuels fears of foreign influence in the decision-making process of The Telegraph.{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/01/17/telegraph-urged-slash-jobs-forget-sale-abu-dhabi-pressure/ |title=Telegraph urged to slash jobs and ‘forget’ sale as Abu Dhabi fund applies pressure}} On 19 January, Sir Iain Duncan Smith stated that the UAE shouldn’t be allowed to acquire the British newspaper. He also accused the UK government of “foot-dragging” the process due to fear of upsetting the Emirates, and asked for an explanation about the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024.{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/01/19/ministers-foot-dragging-telegraph-sale-upset-uae/ |title=Ministers ‘foot-dragging’ over Telegraph sale because ‘they don’t want to upset the UAE’}} Sir Ed Davey also called for the Cultural Secretary Lisa Nandy to set a deadline for The Telegraph’s sale, and urged the ministers to ensure that the Abu Dhabi fund is “not improperly meddling in the meantime”.{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/01/23/deadline-demanded-in-telegraph-sale-after-abu-dhabi-fund/ |title=Deadline demanded in Telegraph sale after Abu Dhabi fund urges cuts}}

It had a circulation of 270,000 in 1856, and 240,000 in 1863. It had a circulation of 1,393,094 in 1968, and 1,358,875 in 1978.Steve Peak and Paul Fisher (eds). The Media Guide 2001. (The Guardian Media Guide 2001). Ninth Annual Edition. Mathew Clayton. 2000. ISBN 1841154237. p 58. It had a circulation of 1,439,000 in 1980, and 1,235,000 in 1984.[https://web.archive.org/web/20070928073311/http://www.mmc.gov.uk/rep_pub/reports/1985/fulltext/190c02.pdf United Newspapers PLC and Fleet Holdings PLC], Monopolies and Mergers Commission (1985), pp. 5–16. It had a circulation of 1,133,173 in 1988. The paper had a circulation of 363,183 in December 2018, not including bulk sales.{{cite web |last1=Mayhew |first1=Freddy |title=National newspaper ABCs: Telegraph y-o-y circulation decline slows as bulk sales distortion ends |url=https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/national-newspaper-abcs-telegraph-y-o-y-circulation-decline-slows-as-bulk-sales-distortion-ends/ |website=Press Gazette |date=17 January 2019 |access-date=7 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190209180107/https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/national-newspaper-abcs-telegraph-y-o-y-circulation-decline-slows-as-bulk-sales-distortion-ends/ |archive-date=9 February 2019 |url-status=live }} It descended further until it withdrew from newspaper circulation audits in 2020.{{cite web |url=https://pressgazette.co.uk/media-audience-and-business-data/media_metrics/most-popular-newspapers-uk-abc-monthly-circulation-figures-2/ |title=Latest ABC UK newspaper circulations: Updated monthly|work=Press Gazette|date=18 April 2024 }} The bulk of its readership has moved online; the Telegraph Media Group reported a subscription number of 1,035,710 for December 2023, composed of 117,586 for its print edition, 688,012 for its digital version and 230,112 for other subscriptions.{{cite web |url= https://telegraphmediagroup.com/2024-01-18/ |title=TMG Subscription Numbers – January 18, 2024 |work=The Telegraph Media Group }}

The Daily Telegraph supported Whig,This may refer to Whiggism, the Whigs until 1859, and the Liberal Party from 1859. and moderate liberal ideas, before the late 1870s. The Daily Telegraph is politically conservative and has endorsed the Conservative Party at every UK general election since 1945.{{cite news |last=Curtis |first=Bryan |url=http://www.slate.com/id/2152196/ |title=Strange days at the Daily Telegraph |work=Slate |date=25 October 2006 |access-date=2 May 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100125141303/http://www.slate.com/id/2152196/ |archive-date=25 January 2010 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |date= 4 May 2010 |title= Newspaper support in UK general elections |url= https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2010/may/04/general-election-newspaper-support |work= The Guardian |access-date= 22 November 2021 |archive-date= 1 August 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130801141949/http://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2010/may/04/general-election-newspaper-support |url-status= live }} The personal links between the paper's editors and the leadership of the Conservative Party, along with the paper's generally right-wing stance and influence over Conservative activists, have led the paper commonly to be referred to, especially in Private Eye, as the Torygraph.

When the Barclay brothers purchased the Telegraph Group for around £665 million in late June 2004, Sir David Barclay suggested that The Daily Telegraph might no longer be the "house newspaper" of the Conservatives in the future. In an interview with The Guardian, he said: "Where the government are right we shall support them." The editorial board endorsed the Conservative Party in the 2005 general election.{{citation needed|date=October 2020}} During the 2014 Scottish independence referendum, the paper supported the Better Together 'No' Campaign.{{cite news |last=Booker |first=Christopher |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/11314342/The-insecure-Scots-have-turned-in-on-themselves-and-against-us.html |title=The insecure Scots have turned in on themselves and against us |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=27 December 2014 |access-date=31 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141229214800/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/11314342/The-insecure-Scots-have-turned-in-on-themselves-and-against-us.html |archive-date=29 December 2014 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last=Anderson |first=Bruce |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/scotland/11314336/England-must-be-resolute-and-save-the-Scots-from-self-destruction.html |title=England must be resolute and save the Scots from self-destruction |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=27 December 2014 |access-date=31 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141231052536/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/scotland/11314336/England-must-be-resolute-and-save-the-Scots-from-self-destruction.html |archive-date=31 December 2014 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last=Hodges |first=Dan |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/scottish-independence/11296689/England-wont-put-up-with-Scotlands-behaviour-for-long.html |title=England won't put up with Scotlands behaviour for long |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=16 December 2014 |access-date=31 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141227024731/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/scottish-independence/11296689/England-wont-put-up-with-Scotlands-behaviour-for-long.html |archive-date=27 December 2014 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last=McTernan |first=John |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/scotland/8730902/Tell-the-truth-Scotland-has-been-indulged-for-too-long.html |title=Tell the Truth Scotland has been indulged for too long |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=30 August 2011 |access-date=10 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150208124611/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/scotland/8730902/Tell-the-truth-Scotland-has-been-indulged-for-too-long.html |archive-date=8 February 2015 |url-status=live }} Alex Salmond, the former leader of the SNP, called The Telegraph "extreme" on Question Time in September 2015.{{cite news|last1=Sparrow|first1=Andrew|title=John McDonnell apologises profusely on Question Time for comments praising IRA – as it happened|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/blog/live/2015/sep/17/john-mcdonnell-and-alex-salmond-on-bbc-question-time|newspaper=The Guardian|date=17 September 2015|access-date=18 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150918015044/http://www.theguardian.com/politics/blog/live/2015/sep/17/john-mcdonnell-and-alex-salmond-on-bbc-question-time|archive-date=18 September 2015|url-status=live}} In the 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum, it endorsed voting to leave the EU.{{cite news |date= 20 June 2016 |title= Vote leave to benefit from a world of opportunity |url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/2016/06/20/vote-leave-to-benefit-from-a-world-of-opportunity/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/2016/06/20/vote-leave-to-benefit-from-a-world-of-opportunity/ |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |work= The Daily Telegraph |access-date= 22 November 2021}}{{cbignore}}

In December 2015, The Daily Telegraph was fined £30,000 for "sending an unsolicited email to hundreds of thousands of its subscribers, urging them to vote for the Conservatives."{{Cite news|url=https://www.politics.co.uk/news/2015/12/21/telegraph-fined-30-000-for-vote-tory-email|title=Telegraph fined £30,000 for 'vote Tory' email|last=Bienkov|first=Adam|date=21 December 2015|newspaper=Politics UK|language=en-GB|access-date=13 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191113121337/https://www.politics.co.uk/news/2015/12/21/telegraph-fined-30-000-for-vote-tory-email|archive-date=13 November 2019|url-status=live}} During the 2019 Conservative Party leadership election, The Daily Telegraph endorsed their former columnist Boris Johnson.{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/2019/07/04/boris-johnson-mr-brexit-elect-pm-give-chance-deliver/|title=Boris Johnson is Mr Brexit. Elect him PM and give him a chance to deliver it|date=4 July 2019|work=The Telegraph|access-date=29 September 2019|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190815172440/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/2019/07/04/boris-johnson-mr-brexit-elect-pm-give-chance-deliver/|archive-date=15 August 2019|url-status=live}} In 2019, former columnist Graham Norton, who had left the paper in late 2018, said "about a year before I left, it took a turn" and criticised it for "toxic" political stances, namely for a piece defending US Supreme Court then-nominee Brett Kavanaugh and for being "a mouthpiece for Boris Johnson" whose columns were allegedly published with "no fact-checking at all".{{cite web |last1=Waterson |first1=Jim |title='Toxic' Telegraph made me feel nauseous, says Graham Norton |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/oct/07/toxic-telegraph-made-me-feel-nauseous-says-graham-norton |website=The Guardian |access-date=10 November 2019 |date=7 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191026122439/https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/oct/07/toxic-telegraph-made-me-feel-nauseous-says-graham-norton |archive-date=26 October 2019 |url-status=live }}

In 2012, prior to the legalisation of same-sex marriage in the United Kingdom, Telegraph View published an editorial stating that it was a "pointless distraction" as "many [gay couples] already avail themselves of the civil partnerships introduced by Labour".{{Cite web|title=Gay marriage: A pointless distraction|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/telegraph-view/9429173/Gay-marriage-A-pointless-distraction.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/telegraph-view/9429173/Gay-marriage-A-pointless-distraction.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=6 March 2021|website=The Telegraph|date=26 July 2012 |language=en-GB}}{{cbignore}} The Telegraph wrote in another editorial that same year that it feared that changing "the law on gay marriage risks inflaming anti-homosexual bigotry".{{Cite web|title=A marriage proposal fraught with pitfalls|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/telegraph-view/9145917/A-marriage-proposal-fraught-with-pitfalls.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/telegraph-view/9145917/A-marriage-proposal-fraught-with-pitfalls.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=6 March 2021|website=The Telegraph|date=15 March 2012 |language=en-GB}}{{cbignore}}

In 2015, the newspaper published an article by former editor Charles Moore claiming a "gay rights sharia" was dictating what the LGBT+ community should believe, following Dolce & Gabbana's openly gay founders criticising gay adoptions. Moore wrote: "If you are gay, Mr Strudwick seemed to assert, there are certain things you must believe. Nothing else is permitted under the gay rights sharia."{{Cite web|title=In the headlong rush for 'rights', children are an afterthought|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/conservative/11485526/In-the-headlong-rush-for-rights-children-are-an-afterthought.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/conservative/11485526/In-the-headlong-rush-for-rights-children-are-an-afterthought.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=30 September 2020|website=The Telegraph|date=21 March 2015 |language=en-GB}}{{cbignore}} Moore has previously expressed his views that civil partnerships achieved a "balance" for heterosexual and homosexual couples.{{Cite web|title=Ukip's Rochester win shows voters no longer trust the main parties|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/ukip/11246048/Ukips-Rochester-win-shows-voters-no-longer-trust-the-main-parties.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/ukip/11246048/Ukips-Rochester-win-shows-voters-no-longer-trust-the-main-parties.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=6 March 2021|website=The Telegraph|date=22 November 2014 |language=en-GB}}{{cbignore}} In 2013, he wrote: "Respectable people are truly terrified of being thought anti-homosexual. In a way, they are right to be, because attacking people for their personal preferences can be a nasty thing."{{Cite web|title=David Cameron would like to forget gay marriage, but it will haunt him|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/10049451/David-Cameron-would-like-to-forget-gay-marriage-but-it-will-haunt-him.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/10049451/David-Cameron-would-like-to-forget-gay-marriage-but-it-will-haunt-him.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=6 March 2021|website=The Telegraph|date=10 May 2013 |language=en-GB}}{{cbignore}}

Also in 2015, The Telegraph published its "Out at Work" list, naming "the top 50 list of LGBT executives".{{Cite web|title=Out at Work: The top 50 list of LGBT executives|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/11349808/Out-at-Work-The-top-50-list-of-LGBT-executives.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/11349808/Out-at-Work-The-top-50-list-of-LGBT-executives.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=6 March 2021|website=The Telegraph|date=16 January 2015 |language=en-GB}}{{cbignore}}{{importance inline|date=August 2023}} Since then, The Telegraph appeared to shift towards a more liberal attitude on LGBT+ issues, publishing articles that then-Prime Minister Theresa May needed to be "serious about LGBT equality"{{Cite news|last=Segalov|first=Michael|date=21 October 2016|title=If Theresa May is serious about LGBT equality, she needs to offer more than pardons|language=en-GB|work=The Telegraph|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/10/21/if-theresa-may-is-serious-about-lgbt-equality-she-needs-to-offer/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/10/21/if-theresa-may-is-serious-about-lgbt-equality-she-needs-to-offer/ |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=6 March 2021|issn=0307-1235}}{{cbignore}} and that "bathroom bills" in Texas – which were criticised as being transphobic – were "a Kafkaesque state intrusion".{{Cite news|last=Cunliffe|first=Rachel|date=11 January 2017|title=Transgender 'bathroom bills' are a Kafkaesque state intrusion – and Republicans should oppose them|language=en-GB|work=The Telegraph|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/01/11/transgender-bathroom-bills-kafkaesque-state-intrusion-republicans/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/01/11/transgender-bathroom-bills-kafkaesque-state-intrusion-republicans/ |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=6 March 2021|issn=0307-1235}}{{cbignore}} The newspaper also featured an article written by Maria Munir about their experience coming out to President Barack Obama as non-binary.{{Cite news|last=Munir|first=Maria|date=27 April 2016|title=Why I came out as non-binary to Barack Obama|language=en-GB|work=The Telegraph|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/04/27/why-i-came-out-as-non-binary-to-barack-obama/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/04/27/why-i-came-out-as-non-binary-to-barack-obama/ |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=6 March 2021|issn=0307-1235}}{{cbignore}} Stonewall CEO Ruth Hunt penned an article in The Telegraph after the Orlando nightclub shooting in June 2016 that the attack on a gay nightclub "grew out of everyday homophobia".{{Cite news|last=Hunt|first=Ruth|date=13 June 2016|title=The Orlando shooting grew out of everyday homophobia – we cannot be complacent|language=en-GB|work=The Telegraph|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/06/13/the-orlando-shooting-grew-out-of-everyday-homophobia--we-cannot/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/06/13/the-orlando-shooting-grew-out-of-everyday-homophobia--we-cannot/ |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=6 March 2021|issn=0307-1235}}{{cbignore}}

Also in 2016, Telegraph Executive Director Lord Black was awarded Peer of the Year at the 2016 PinkNews Awards for his campaigning on LGBT rights.{{Cite web|title=Lord Black: PinkNews -|url=https://www.guyblack.org.uk/news/lord-black-pinknews-peer-year|access-date=6 March 2021|website=Guy Black|date=26 October 2016|language=en|archive-date=16 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210516051329/https://www.guyblack.org.uk/news/lord-black-pinknews-peer-year|url-status=live}} The Telegraph has published articles which have been criticised by PinkNews as transphobic.{{Cite web|date=11 January 2019|title=Daily Telegraph criticised for anti-trans NHS women's wards article|url=https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/01/11/daily-telegraph-transphobic-headline/|access-date=4 January 2021|website=PinkNews|language=en-GB|archive-date=29 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129234120/https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/01/11/daily-telegraph-transphobic-headline/|url-status=live}} In 2017, the newspaper published an article by Allison Pearson titled: "Will our spineless politicians' love affair with LGBT ever end?", arguing that NHS patients' being asked their sexual orientation was unnecessary and another in 2018 with the headline: "The tyranny of the transgender minority has got to be stopped."{{Cite news|last=Pearson|first=Allison|date=16 October 2018|title=The tyranny of the transgender minority has got to be stopped|language=en-GB|work=The Telegraph|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/life/tyranny-transgender-minority-has-got-stopped/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/life/tyranny-transgender-minority-has-got-stopped/ |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=4 January 2021|issn=0307-1235}}{{cbignore}}{{Cite news|last=Pearson|first=Allison|date=17 October 2017|title=Will our spineless politicians' love affair with LGBT ever end?|language=en-GB|work=The Telegraph|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/life/will-spineless-politicians-love-affair-lgbt-ever-end/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/life/will-spineless-politicians-love-affair-lgbt-ever-end/ |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=4 January 2021|issn=0307-1235}}{{cbignore}}

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The Daily Telegraph{{'}}s sister Sunday paper was founded in 1961. The writer Sir Peregrine Worsthorne is probably the best known journalist associated with the title (1961–1997),{{according to whom|date=March 2016}} eventually being editor for three years from 1986. In 1989, the Sunday title was briefly merged into a seven-day operation under Max Hastings's overall control. In 2005, the paper was revamped, with Stella being added to the more traditional television and radio section. It costs £2.20 and includes separate Money, Living, Sport and Business supplements.

Circulation of The Sunday Telegraph in July 2010 was 505,214 (ABC).

Young Telegraph was a weekly section of The Daily Telegraph published as a 14-page supplement in the weekend edition of the newspaper. Young Telegraph featured a mixture of news, features, cartoon strips and product reviews aimed at 8–12-year-olds. It was edited by Damien Kelleher (1993–1997) and Kitty Melrose (1997–1999). Launched in 1990, the award-winning supplement also ran original serialised stories featuring popular brands such as Young Indiana Jones and the British children's sitcom Maid Marian and Her Merry Men. It featured the cartoon "Mad Gadget" by Chris Winn, and a computer game Mad Gadget: Lost In Time (1993) and a book Mad Gadget: Gadget Mad (1995) were produced.

In 1995, an interactive spin-off called Electronic Young Telegraph (EYT) was launched on floppy disk. Described as an interactive computer magazine for children, Electronic Young Telegraph was edited by Adam Tanswell, who led the relaunch of the product on CD-Rom in 1998.{{cite web |last=Barrett |first=Patrick |url=http://www.brandrepublic.com/news/59868/NEW-MEDIA-Telegraph-CD-ROM-move/?DCMP=ILC-SEARCH |title=New Media: Telegraph CD-Rom move. – By Patrick Barrett – Marketing Magazine |work=Brand Republic |date=19 February 1998 |access-date=24 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120924135521/http://www.brandrepublic.com/news/59868/NEW-MEDIA-Telegraph-CD-ROM-move/?DCMP=ILC-SEARCH |archive-date=24 September 2012 |url-status=live }} Electronic Young Telegraph featured original content including interactive quizzes, informative features and computer games, as well as entertainment news and reviews. It was later re-branded as T:Drive in 1999.

Telegraph.co.uk is the online version of the newspaper. It uses the banner title The Telegraph and includes articles from the print editions of The Daily Telegraph and The Sunday Telegraph, as well as web-only content such as breaking news, features, picture galleries and blogs. It was named UK Consumer Website of the Year in 2007{{cite web |url=http://www.ukaop.org.uk/aopawards2007.obyx |title=AOP Award Winners 2007 |publisher=Ukaop.org.uk |date=3 October 2007 |access-date=8 December 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140813001257/http://www.ukaop.org.uk/aopawards2007.obyx |archive-date=13 August 2014 }} and Digital Publisher of the year in 2009{{cite web |url=http://www.ukaop.org.uk/news/aopawardwinnersfulllist20091261.html |title=AOP Award Winners 2009 in full |publisher=Ukaop.org.uk |date=2 June 2009 |access-date=8 December 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140723204947/http://www.ukaop.org.uk/news/aopawardwinnersfulllist20091261.html |archive-date=23 July 2014 }} by the Association of Online Publishers.{{Cite web|url=http://www.ukaop.org.uk/cgi-bin/go.pl/news/article.html?uid=1632|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011064905/http://www.ukaop.org.uk/cgi-bin/go.pl/news/article.html?uid=1632|url-status=dead|title=UK Association of Online Publishers (AOP) | Newspaper brands shine at AOP Awards|archivedate=11 October 2007}} The site is overseen by Kate Day,{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2014/feb/21/telegraphmediagroup-jason-seiken |title=Telegraph: Jason Seiken confirms MacGregor and Evans in editing roles |newspaper=The Guardian |location=London |date=21 February 2014 |access-date=13 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160827134204/https://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2014/feb/21/telegraphmediagroup-jason-seiken |archive-date=27 August 2016 |url-status=live }} digital director of Telegraph Media Group. Other staff include Shane Richmond, head of technology (editorial),{{cite news |url=http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/technology/author/shanerichmond/ |title=Shane Richmond's Telegraph blog |work=The Daily Telegraph |access-date=8 December 2011 |location=London |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160413074915/http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/technology/author/shanerichmond/ |archive-date=13 April 2016 |url-status=dead }} and Ian Douglas, head of digital production.{{cite news |url=http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/technology/author/iandouglas/ |title=Ian Douglas's Telegraph blog |work=The Daily Telegraph |access-date=8 December 2011 |location=London |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312112015/http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/technology/author/iandouglas/ |archive-date=12 March 2016 |url-status=dead }} In November 2012, international customers accessing the Telegraph.co.uk site would have to sign up for a subscription package. Visitors had access to 20 free articles a month before having to subscribe for unlimited access. In March 2013, the pay meter system was also rolled out in the UK.{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/subscriptions/terms-and-conditions/|title=Terms and Conditions – Telegraph|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=27 April 2018|access-date=3 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180330020512/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/subscriptions/terms-and-conditions/|archive-date=30 March 2018|url-status=live}}

The site, which has been the focus of the group's efforts to create an integrated news operation producing content for print and online from the same newsroom, completed a relaunch during 2008 involving the use of the Escenic content management system, popular among northern European and Scandinavian newspaper groups. Telegraph TV is a Video on Demand service run by The Daily Telegraph and the Sunday Telegraph. It is hosted on The Telegraph{{'}}s website, telegraph.co.uk. Telegraph.co.uk became the most popular UK newspaper site in April 2008.{{Cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2008/may/22/abcs.digitalmedia?gusrc=rss&feed=media | title=ABCe: Telegraph website overtakes Guardian | date=22 May 2008 | access-date=18 September 2009 | location=London | first=Jemima | last=Kiss | work=The Guardian | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130930220710/http://www.theguardian.com/media/2008/may/22/abcs.digitalmedia?gusrc=rss&feed=media | archive-date=30 September 2013 | url-status=live }} It was overtaken by Guardian.co.uk in April 2009 and later by "Mail Online".{{Cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/may/21/abce-guardian-telegraph | date=21 May 2009 | access-date=18 September 2009 | location=London | first=Jemima | last=Kiss | work=The Guardian | title=ABCe: Guardian.co.uk takes top spot | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130930220740/http://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/may/21/abce-guardian-telegraph | archive-date=30 September 2013 | url-status=live }} In December 2010, "Telegraph.co.uk" was the third most visited British newspaper website with 1.7 million daily browsers compared to 2.3 million for "Guardian.co.uk" and nearly 3 million for "Mail Online".{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2010/dec/21/november-abce-guardian-mail-online | location=London | work=The Guardian | first=Josh | last=Halliday | title=Guardian.co.uk passes 40 m monthly browsers | date=21 December 2010 | access-date=13 December 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170311182314/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2010/dec/21/november-abce-guardian-mail-online | archive-date=11 March 2017 | url-status=live }} In October 2023, "Telegraph.co.uk" was the tenth most visited UK newspaper site, with 13.8 million monthly visits, compared to the most popular, the BBC, with 38.3 million.{{Cite web |last=Watson |first=Amy |date=November 2023 |title=Leading English-language news websites in the United Kingdom (UK) in October 2023, by monthly visits |url=https://www.statista.com/statistics/288763/newspaper-websites-ranked-by-monthly-visitors-united-kingdom-uk/ |website=Statista |access-date=22 December 2023 |archive-date=22 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231222071219/https://www.statista.com/statistics/288763/newspaper-websites-ranked-by-monthly-visitors-united-kingdom-uk/ |url-status=live }}

The website was launched, under the name electronic telegraph at midday on 15 November 1994 at the headquarters of The Daily Telegraph at Canary Wharf in London Docklands with Ben Rooney as its first editor.{{cite web|url=https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/how-online-journalism-got-its-uk-start/|title=How UK online journalism got its UK start|date=1 June 2006|work=UK Press Gazette|access-date=16 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200216110951/https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/how-online-journalism-got-its-uk-start/|archive-date=16 February 2020|url-status=live}} It was Europe's first daily web-based newspaper. At this time, the modern internet was still in its infancy, with as few as 10,000 websites estimated to have existed at the time – compared to more than 100 billion by 2009. In 1994, only around 1% of the British population (some 600,000 people) had internet access at home, compared to more than 80% in 2009.{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/6545788/Telegraph.co.uk-15-years-of-online-news.html|title=Telegraph.co.uk: 15 years of online news|date=11 November 2009|work=The Daily Telegraph|last1=Richmond|first1=Shane|access-date=3 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171013233654/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/6545788/Telegraph.co.uk-15-years-of-online-news.html|archive-date=13 October 2017|url-status=live}}

Initially, the site published only the top stories from the print edition of the newspaper but it gradually increased its coverage until virtually all of the newspaper was carried online and the website was also publishing original material. The website, hosted on a Sun Microsystems Sparc 20 server and connected via a 64 kbit/s leased line from Demon Internet, was edited by Ben Rooney.{{citation needed|date=October 2021}}

An early coup for the site was the publication of articles by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard on Bill Clinton and the Whitewater controversy. The availability of the articles online brought a large American audience to the site. In 1997, the Clinton administration issued a 331-page report that accused Evans-Pritchard of peddling "right-wing inventions". Derek Bishton, who by then had succeeded Rooney as editor, later wrote: "In the days before ET it would have been highly unlikely that anyone in the US would have been aware of Evans-Pritchard's work – and certainly not to the extent that the White House would be forced to issue such a lengthy rebuttal."{{Cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1471964/From-ET-to-TD.html |title=From ET to TD |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=5 February 2010 |access-date=2 May 2010 |location=London |first=Derek |last=Bishton |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101014112005/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1471964/From-ET-to-TD.html |archive-date=14 October 2010 |url-status=live }} Bishton, who later became consulting editor for Telegraph Media Group, was followed as editor by Richard Burton, who was made redundant in August 2006. Edward Roussel replaced Burton.

My Telegraph offers a platform for readers to have their own blog, save articles, and network with other readers. Launched in May 2007, My Telegraph won a Cross Media Award from international newspaper organisation IFRA in October 2007.{{cite news|last=Oliver|first=Laura|title=My Telegraph wins international new media award|url=http://www.journalism.co.uk/news/my-telegraph-wins-international-new-media-award/s2/a530626/|access-date=20 May 2013|newspaper=Journalism|date=9 October 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606220511/http://www.journalism.co.uk/news/my-telegraph-wins-international-new-media-award/s2/a530626/|archive-date=6 June 2014|url-status=live}} One of the judges, Robert Cauthorn, described the project as "the best deployment of blogging yet seen in any newspaper anywhere in the world".

In December 2010, Telegraph reporters posing as constituents secretly recorded Business Secretary Vince Cable. In an undisclosed part of the transcript given to the BBC's Robert Peston by a whistleblower unhappy that The Telegraph had not published Cable's comments in full, Cable stated in reference to Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation takeover bid for BSkyB, "I have declared war on Mr Murdoch and I think we are going to win."{{cite news |url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-12053656 |title= Vince Cable criticises Murdoch takeover in secret tapes |publisher= BBC News |date= 21 December 2010 |access-date= 21 December 2010 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101223045454/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-12053656 |archive-date= 23 December 2010 |url-status= live }} Following this revelation, Cable had his responsibility for media affairs – including ruling on Murdoch's takeover plans – withdrawn from his role as business secretary.{{cite news |first=Patrick |last=Wintour |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2010/dec/21/vince-cable-war-murdoch-gaffe |title=Humiliated Vince Cable stripped of Sky role after 'war with Murdoch' gaffe |work=The Guardian |location=London |date=21 December 2010 |access-date=23 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131204222939/http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2010/dec/21/vince-cable-war-murdoch-gaffe |archive-date=4 December 2013 |url-status=live }}

In May 2011, the Press Complaints Commission upheld a complaint regarding The Telegraph{{'}}s use of subterfuge: "On this occasion, the commission was not convinced that the public interest was such as to justify proportionately this level of subterfuge."{{cite news |newspaper= The Guardian |location= London |date= 10 May 2011 |url= https://www.theguardian.com/media/2011/may/10/daily-telegraph-vince-cable-tapes |title= Daily Telegraph censured by PCC over Vince Cable tapes |first= James |last= Robinson |access-date= 13 December 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161231215038/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2011/may/10/daily-telegraph-vince-cable-tapes |archive-date= 31 December 2016 |url-status= live }} In July 2011, a firm of private investigators hired by The Telegraph to track the source of the leak concluded "strong suspicion" that two former Telegraph employees who had moved to News International, one of them Will Lewis, had gained access to the transcript and audio files and leaked them to Peston.{{cite news |newspaper=The Guardian |location=London |date=23 July 2011 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2011/jul/22/willlewis-telegraphmediagroup |title=News Corp boss 'linked' to leak of Vince Cable's Rupert Murdoch comments |first=Josh |last=Halliday |access-date=13 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510152938/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2011/jul/22/willlewis-telegraphmediagroup |archive-date=10 May 2017 |url-status=live }}

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In May 2009, The Daily Telegraph obtained a full copy of all the expenses claims of British Members of Parliament. The Telegraph began publishing, in instalments from 8 May 2009, certain MPs' expenses.{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mps-expenses/5297606/MPs-expenses-Full-list-of-MPs-investigated-by-the-Telegraph.html|title=Full List of MPs investigated|date=8 May 2009|work=The Daily Telegraph|location=UK|access-date=13 May 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170504015241/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mps-expenses/5297606/MPs-expenses-Full-list-of-MPs-investigated-by-the-Telegraph.html|archive-date=4 May 2017|url-status=live}} The Telegraph justified the publication of the information because it contended that the official information due to be released would have omitted key information about redesignating of second-home nominations.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7840678.stm|title=Q&A: MP expenses row explained |date=8 May 2009|publisher=BBC News|access-date=8 May 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170904103344/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7840678.stm|archive-date=4 September 2017|url-status=live}} This led to a number of high-profile resignations from both the ruling Labour administration and the Conservative opposition.

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In September 2016, Telegraph reporters posing as businessmen filmed England manager Sam Allardyce offering to give advice on how to get around on FA rules on player third party ownership and negotiating a £400,000 deal.{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/09/27/sam-allardyces-position-as-england-manager-under-threat-after-te/|title=Sam Allardyce on the brink of being sacked as England manager after Telegraph investigation|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=27 September 2016|access-date=27 September 2016|last1=Burt|first1=Jason|last2=Amofa|first2=Richard|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160927094842/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/09/27/sam-allardyces-position-as-england-manager-under-threat-after-te/|archive-date=27 September 2016|url-status=live}} The investigation saw Allardyce leave his job by mutual consent on 27 September and making the statement "entrapment has won".{{Cite web|url=http://www.skysports.com/football/news/12016/10596590/sam-allardyce-says-entrapment-has-won-after-his-exit-as-england-manager|title=Sam Allardyce says 'entrapment has won' after his exit as England manager|last=Kelleher|first=Michael|date=28 September 2016|website=Sky Sports |access-date=30 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161225022009/http://www.skysports.com/football/news/12016/10596590/sam-allardyce-says-entrapment-has-won-after-his-exit-as-england-manager|archive-date=25 December 2016|url-status=dead }}

Denise Bates included The Daily Telegraph in a list of national newspapers which, because of the quality of their reporting, or the extent of their audience, stand out and are likely to be used for historical research.Denise Bates. [https://books.google.com/books?id=QRUDDAAAQBAJ&pg=PT11 Key National Developments] and [https://books.google.com/books?id=QRUDDAAAQBAJ&pg=PT14 The Daily Telegraph]. Historical Research Using British Newspapers. 2016. The editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica said that The Daily Telegraph has consistently had a "high standard of reporting".[https://www.britannica.com/topic/The-Daily-Telegraph "The Daily Telegraph"]. Britannica.com. Updated 11 May 2024. The Daily Telegraph was renowned for its foreign correspondents. According to the DNCJ, during the nineteenth century, The Daily Telegraph had excellent coverage of the arts. In 1989, Nicholas and Erbach said that The Daily Telegraph is factually accurate, and that its reputation for being so extends outside the country.David Nicholas and Gertrud Erbach. [https://books.google.com/books?id=QHCuAAAAIAAJ Online Information Sources for Business and Current Affairs]. Mansell Publishing. 1989. [https://archive.org/details/onlineinformatio0000nich/page/151/mode/1up p 151].

The Daily Telegraph has been named the National Newspaper of the Year in 2009, 1996 and 1993, while The Sunday Telegraph won the same award in 1999. Its investigation on the 2009 expenses scandal was named the "Scoop of the Year" in 2009, with William Lewis winning "Journalist of the Year". The Telegraph won "Team of the Year" in 2004 for its coverage of the Iraq War. The paper also won "Columnist of the Year" three years' running from 2002 to 2004: Zoë Heller (2002), Robert Harris (2003) and Boris Johnson (2004).{{cite web |url-status=dead |website=Press Gazette |url=http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/hybrid.asp?typeCode=99&navcode=92# |title=British Press Awards – Roll of Honour |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110616181807/http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/hybrid.asp?typeCode=99&navcode=92 |archive-date=16 June 2011 |access-date=24 July 2011}}

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In 1979, following a letter in The Daily Telegraph and a Government report highlighting the shortfall in care available for premature babies, Bliss, the special care baby charity, was founded. In 2009, as part of the Bliss 30th birthday celebrations, the charity was chosen as one of four beneficiaries of the newspaper's Christmas Charity Appeal.{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/telegraphchristmasappeal/6679078/Telegraph-Christmas-Charity-Appeal-2009-Our-children-owe-their-lives-to-Bliss.html |url-access=subscription |title=Telegraph Christmas Charity Appeal 2009: 'Our children owe Bliss their lives'|last=Craig|first=Olga|journal=Daily Telegraph|date=29 November 2009|access-date=7 December 2018|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181209124140/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/telegraphchristmasappeal/6679078/Telegraph-Christmas-Charity-Appeal-2009-Our-children-owe-their-lives-to-Bliss.html|archive-date=9 December 2018|url-status=live}} In February 2010, a cheque was presented to Bliss for £120,000.{{Cite web|url=https://issuu.com/bliss-charity/docs/ar_jb2010v5_web|title=Annual review 09/10|agency=Bliss|website=Issuu|date=November 2010|language=en|access-date=7 December 2018|archive-date=29 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729015126/https://issuu.com/bliss-charity/docs/ar_jb2010v5_web|url-status=live}}

In 2014, The Telegraph designed a newspaper-themed Paddington Bear statue, one of fifty located around London prior to the release of the film Paddington, which was auctioned to raise funds for the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC).{{cite news |title=Why Paddington Bear Statues Have Taken Over London |url=https://www.cntraveler.com/galleries/2014-11-24/paddington-bear-statues-taken-over-london-david-beckham-benedict-cumberbatch |access-date=12 June 2022 |work=Condé Nast Traveler |date=November 24, 2014 |first1=Lilit |last1=Marcus |archive-date=9 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220609174122/https://www.cntraveler.com/galleries/2014-11-24/paddington-bear-statues-taken-over-london-david-beckham-benedict-cumberbatch |url-status=live }}

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• Burnham, E. F. L. (1955). Peterborough Court: the story of the Daily Telegraph. Cassell.
• {{cite book |last1=Hart-Davis |first1=Duff |title=The house the Berrys built: inside the Telegraph, 1928-1986 |date=1991 |publisher=Coronet |location=Sevenoaks |isbn=9780340553367}}
• {{cite book |last1=Hastings |first1=Max |title=Editor |date=October 2024 |publisher=Pan Macmillan |location=London |isbn=9781035057344}} A memoir of Hastings' ten years as the paper's editor.
• Merrill, John C. and Harold A. Fisher. The world's great dailies: profiles of fifty newspapers (1980) pp. 111–16.
• William Camrose: Giant of Fleet Street by his son Lord Hartwell. Illustrated biography with black-and-white photographic plates and includes an index. Concerns his links with The Daily Telegraph.

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