The best selling newspaper is The Sun with 2,541,787 copies sold a day. Their closet rivals is Daily Mail with 2.4 million copies sold a day. The Mirror with only 2,198,083 copies sold a day. However the broadsheets do not have those figures, with only The Daily telegraph selling in the millions with 1,019,290. The Guardian selling only 399,816 copies a day, Independent selling a low 225,806 copies and The Times closest to The Daily Telegraph with 715,079 and The Observer with 459,804 copies. Compared to the tabloids, the broadsheets have low figures. However with the new compacted size broadsheets, the sales have increased. The Barclay brothers decided to make The Telegraph compacted size, and soon and the rest of the broadsheet names followed. The new compact size makes it easier to read and handle. The size is same as the tabloid, so already the broadsheets are starting to lose touch of the traditional size.
The prices of the newspapers vary, the tabloids are much cheaper then the broadsheets. This is due to the quality and perhaps because broadsheets mostly brought by middle class. The Sun is 30 pence during the week and 45 pence on Saturdays. The Mirror is priced at 32 pence during the weekday and on Saturday priced at 45 pence. The Daily Mail is priced at 40 pence from Monday to Friday and 70 pence on Saturday. The daily is priced at 30 pence on weekdays and five pence more on Saturdays. However the broadsheets are more expensive, The Guardian is priced at 55 pence from Monday to Friday and an extra 30 pence more on Saturdays. The best tabloid is 15 pence cheaper then the best selling broadsheet. The Times, is priced at 45 pence during the weekdays and 90 pence on Saturdays. The Independent costs 60 pence during the weekdays and £1.10 on Saturday. The Observer costs more then the rest, it is priced at £1.40 from Monday to Sunday and very expensive newspaper. The prices vary because of the quality of the newspapers, and different language used. The broadsheet do no have many sells could be, because they are too expensive and do not apply to a wider range of audience.
The layout the newspapers are also completely different, with the tabloids 75% of the page is pictures and images, and with only 25% of writing. On the other hand, the broadsheet is the opposite, with about 75% of writing and only 25% of pictures. However broadsheets are starting to copy tabloid with more pictorial images and with the strip of advertisement at the top the newspaper, 15 years ago, there was no advertising strip. They broadsheet have also introduced more freebies, something very popular with the tabloids. On the front page of broadsheet, are there many headlines with the main one in the largest font and also an associated pictured. The tabloid newspapers usually have only two headlines with a main one in bold and large font. Broadsheets have many stories on the front page, gives the reader more to close from. The headlines are mostly political, national and international. However tabloids have more celebrity and sport stories that are on the font page. The main photographs on the broadsheets are linked with the main story; the tabloid photograph usually has a picture of a celebrity and then indicates the page number for more about the story.
