AnintroductionofthemajorEnglishnewspaperprintandmedia1.Generalinformation:·WhenwearetalkingabouttheEnglishmediawecannotturnablindeyetoAmericanbecause15outoftop50mediacorporationsarefromAmerica.ThetoponeisTimeWarnerInc.theonecloselyfollowupisTheWaltDisneyCompany------theyallfromAmericasowecanseehowpowerfultheAmericanMediais.·TheFourworld-famousinternationalnewsagency:四大国际新闻通讯社AP:theAssociatedPress美联社美国thebiggestnewsagencyintheworldUPI:UnitedPressInternational合众国际社美国AFP:AgenceFrance-Presse法新社法国ReutersGroup路透社英国·TheabbreviationoffamousBroadcastingcompany:世界著名的广播公司ABCNEWSAmericanBroadcastingCompany/AustralianBroadcastingCompanyCBSNEWSColumbiaBroadcastingCompanyMSNBCNEWSMicrosoft-NationalBroadcastingCompanyBBCBritishBroadcastingCorporation2U.S.A·AlthoughAmericadoesnothavenation-widenewspaperNewYorkTimesWallStreetJournalcanbefoundineverycityofthenation.Thereare1500dailypaperand8000weeklypaperintheU.S.A·FourBestSellerdailynewspaper:WallStreetJournalNewYorkTimesLosAngelesTimesWashingtonPostMorningPaper----USAToday----Thebestsellertabloid·Threefamousweeklymagazine:TimeNewsweekU.S.NewsandWorldReport·ThreeimportantCommercialmagazineinU.S.ABusinessWeekForbesFortune----threefamousForbeschart:TheForbes400给美国富豪排名的《福布斯》400富豪榜TheWorld’sRichestPeople全球富豪榜The100TopCelebrities给世界名人排名的《福布斯》100名人榜3UK·ThethreemajorUK’snewspaperpublishingcorporationsare:PearsonPLC皮尔逊公司TrinityMirrorPLC三一镜报公司AssociatedNewspapersLtd联合报业公司·InUKthereisclearclassificationofBroadsheet高质量的大幅报纸andTabloid大众报之小报。Times泰晤士报----theeldestandmostinfluentialnation-widebroadsheetIndependent独立报Guardian卫报areconsideredasthethreetraditionalbroadsheetTimes泰晤士报Guardian卫报andDailyTelegraph每日电讯报areconsideredasthethreemosthigh-qualitydailypapers.----Sun太阳报isoneofthebestsellingtabloids·ThemostfamousMagazines:TheEconomist经济学家杂志someotherfamousmagazineslike:Spectator旁观者·InUKtherearealsosomelocalnewspaper.TakeLondonforexample:theLondonpaperLiteMetroItookacopyofLiteheresoeverybodycanborrowitfrommeUnit1Politics1.Culturalinformation---Lobbyi