英国的新闻业二十五年来几乎没有什么变化。英国人虽然以思想保守闻名于世,并以此感到自豪。但是面对报纸的现状,连英国人也不耐烦了。《经济学家》周刊在今年初曾为此发表一篇社论说,二十五年前英国读者阅读的九种全国性日报,总发行量一千五百万份。现在仍是这九种日报,总发行量增加无几,其中七家报社亏本,只有内容通俗的《每日镜报》和《太阳报》有盈利。 British journalism has seen little change in twenty-five years. The British, though renowned for their ideological tradition, are proud of it. But in the face of the status quo in the newspapers, even the British are impatient. The Economist weekly said in an editorial earlier this year that the nine national newspapers read by British readers twenty-five years ago had a total circulation of 15 million copies. It is still these nine daily newspapers, with a modest increase in total circulation, with seven newspapers losing money. Only the popular Daily Mirror and The Sun are profitable.