DAILY MAIL

morning daily newspaper published in London, long noted for its foreign reporting, and one of the first British papers to popularize its coverage to appeal to a mass readership. The Daily Mail was founded in 1896 by Alfred Harmsworth, later 1st Viscount Northcliffe (see Northcliffe, Alfred Charles William Harmsworth, Viscount). Its roots can be traced to the Hull Packet (founded in 1787), which was merged with the Hull Evening News in 1884 and 12 years later moved to London and became the Daily Mail. The paper has been known for its independent editorial policy and was widely noted for its foreign coverage of the Dreyfus affair in France (18941906) and of the South African War (18991902). The paper also syndicates news, features, and pictures to newspapers in other countries.