DAILY EXPRESS

morning daily newspaper published in London, known for its sensational treatment of news and also for its thorough coverage of international events. Since its founding in 1900, the Express aggressively appealed to a mass readership; it is a perennial competitor with other popular dailies for circulation leadership, which it not infrequently claims. Its determination to cover foreign news thoroughly was reflected as early as World War I, when its war correspondent, Percival Phillips, by chance a U.S. national, was knighted for his war reporting. In contemporary Britain the Daily Express has ardently promoted British products and symbols of national identity while maintaining an independent political stance. Other sensational dailies appear in a tabloid format, but the Daily Express uses a full-size page. Owned by Express Newspapers, Ltd., the Daily Express belonged in 1980 to a family of newspapers that included the Daily Star and the Sunday Express.