Today was a national newspaper in the United Kingdom. It was launched on 4 March1986. It was a middle-market tabloid that pioneered the use of computer photosetting and full-colour offset printing at a time when British national newspapers were still using Linotype machines and letterpress. The colour was initially crude, being produced on equipment which had no facility for colour proofing, so the first view of the colour was on the finished product. However, it can be seen as the trigger which forced the eventual conversion of all UK national newspapers to electronic production and colour printing. March 4 is the 63rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (64th in leap years). ... 1986 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Newspaper sizes in August 2005. ... The Offset Printing process Offset printing is a widely used printing technique where the inked image is transferred (or offset) first to a rubber blanket, then to the printing surface. ... Linotype (Deutsches Museum) Textblock - Print side (Setting error: Sefan instead of Stefan) Textblock, side view In printing, the Linotype machine (pronounced LINEotype []) uses a 90-character keyboard to create an entire line of metal type at once. ...
Launched by regional newspaper entrepreneur Eddie Shah, it was bought by Tiny Rowland's Lonrho within four months, and soon after sold on to Rupert Murdoch's News International in 1987. It ceased publishing on 16 November1995, making it the first national newspaper title to fail since the Daily Sketch in 1971. Eddy Shah (also Eddie Shah) is a Manchester-based maverick businessman, the founder of the then technologically-advanced UK newspaper Today, and current owner of the Messenger Group. ... Roland Tiny Rowland (1917 - 1998) was a British businessman and chairman of the Lonrho conglomerate from 1962 to 1994. ... Lonrho plc was incorporated in the United Kingdom on 13 May 1909 as the London and Rhodesian Mining Company Limited. ... Rupert Murdoch Keith Rupert Murdoch (born 11 March 1931), is an Australian-born American media proprietor who is the majority shareholder and managing director of News Corporation, one of the worlds largest and most influential media corporations. ... News International is a British newspaper publisher owned by Rupert Murdochs News Corporation. ... November 16 is the 320th day of the year (321st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 45 days remaining. ... 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Daily Sketch was a national tabloid newspaper founded in Manchester in 1909 by Sir Edward Hulton. ... 1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ...
For some years Alastair Campbell was its political editor. Alastair John Campbell (born May 25, 1957) was the Director of Communications and Strategy for 10 Downing Street. ...
Today was a national newspaper in the United Kingdom.
Launched by regional newspaper entrepreneur Eddy Shah, it was bought by Tiny Rowland's Lonrho within four months (Shah would launch the short-lived, unsuccessful national tabloid The Post in 1988).
Today was subsequently sold on to Rupert Murdoch's News International in 1987.
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