Joseph Moses Levy (December 15, 1812 in London - October 12, 1888 in Ramsgate) was a newspaper editor and publisher. December 15 is the 349th day of the year (350th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1812 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... London (pronounced ) is the capital city of England and the United Kingdom. ... October 12 is the 285th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (286th in leap years). ... 1888 (MDCCCLXXXVIII) is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. ... Ramsgate is an English seaside town on the Isle of Thanet in East Kent. ... Editing is the process of preparing language, images, or sound for presentation through correction, condensation, organization, and other modifications. ... A publisher is a person or entity which engages in the act of publishing. ...

The son of Moses Levy and Helena Moses, he was educated at Bruce Castle School, after which he was sent to Germany to learn the printing trade. When he returned to England he established a printing company in Shoe Lane, Fleet Street. Levy became involved in the newspaper industry; by 1844 he was chief proprietor of The Sunday Times.^{[citation needed]} Fleet Street in 2005 Fleet Street is a famous street in London, England, named after the River Fleet. ... The Sunday Times is a Sunday broadsheet newspaper distributed in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland, published by Times Newspapers Ltd, a subsidiary of News International which is in turn owned by News Corporation. ...

Colonel Arthur Sleigh founded the Daily Telegraph & Courier in June 1855, and Levy agreed to print the newspaper. The venture was not a success and when Sleigh was unable to pay his printing bill, Levy took over the newspaper. 1855 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...

In 1855, there were ten newspapers published in London. The Times, at sevenpence, was the most expensive and had a circulation of 10,000. Its two main rivals, the Daily News and the Morning Post, both cost fivepence. Levy believed that if he could produce a cheaper newspaper than his main competitors, he could expand the size of the overall market. The Times is a national newspaper published daily in the United Kingdom since 1785, and under its current name since 1788. ... Daily News is the name of two major newspapers in the United States: Los Angeles Daily News New York Daily News This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... The Morning Post was a conservative daily newspaper published in London from 1772 to 1937, when it was acquired by The Daily Telegraph. ...

Levy decided that his son, Edward Levy-Lawson, and Thornton Leigh Hunt, should edit the newspaper. When he re-launched the newspaper on 17th September, 1855, Levy used the slogan, "the largest, best, and cheapest newspaper in the world". Within a few weeks, the one-penny The Daily Telegraph was outselling The Times, and by January 1856, Levy was able to announce that circulation had reached 27,000. This article concerns the British newspaper. ...

The early Daily Telegraph supported the Liberal Party and progressive causes such as the campaign against capital punishment. It also urged reform of the House of Lords and the banning of corporal punishment in the armed forces. Capital punishment, or the death penalty, is the execution of a convicted criminal by the state as punishment for crimes known as capital crimes or capital offences. ... This article is about the British House of Lords. ... Corporal punishment is the deliberate infliction of pain intended to correct behavior or to punish. ...

Levy was heavily involved in the production of the Daily Telegraph. As well as managing the newspaper he also wrote theatre and art reviews.