The Times is a British daily national newspaper based in London. It began in 1785 under the title
The Daily Universal Register, adopting its modern name on 1 January 1788.
The Times and its sister paper
The Sunday Times are published by Times Media, since 1981 a subsidiary of News UK, in turn wholly owned by News Corp.
The Times and
The Sunday Times, which do not share editorial staff, were founded independently and have had common ownership only since 1966. In general, the political position of
The Times is considered to be centre-right.