THE TIMES EPAPER UK NEWSPAPER

The Times is a British daily national newspaper based in London. It began in 1785 under the title The Daily Universal Register and became The Times on 1 January 1788. The Times and its sister paper The Sunday Times (founded in 1821) are published by Times Newspapers, since 1981 a subsidiary of News UK, itself wholly owned by the News Corp group headed by Rupert Murdoch. The Times and The Sunday Times do not share editorial staff, were founded independently and have only had common ownership since 1967.

Type	Daily newspaper
Format	Compact
Owner(s)	News UK
Editor	John Witherow
Founded	1 January 1785
Headquarters	London Bridge, London, United Kingdom
Circulation	396,621 (January 2015)
Sister newspapers	The Sunday Times
Website	www.thetimes.co.uk