The Daily Telegraph Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Website === <!-- "The Telegraph (U.K.)" links here --> Telegraph.co.uk is the online version of the newspaper. It uses the banner title ''The Telegraph'' and includes articles from the print editions of ''The Daily Telegraph'' and ''The Sunday Telegraph'', as well as web-only content such as breaking news, features, picture galleries and blogs. It was named UK Consumer Website of the Year in 2007<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ukaop.org.uk/aopawards2007.obyx |title=AOP Award Winners 2007 |publisher=Ukaop.org.uk |date=3 October 2007 |access-date=8 December 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140813001257/http://www.ukaop.org.uk/aopawards2007.obyx |archive-date=13 August 2014 }}</ref> and Digital Publisher of the year in 2009<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ukaop.org.uk/news/aopawardwinnersfulllist20091261.html |title=AOP Award Winners 2009 in full |publisher=Ukaop.org.uk |date=2 June 2009 |access-date=8 December 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140723204947/http://www.ukaop.org.uk/news/aopawardwinnersfulllist20091261.html |archive-date=23 July 2014 }}</ref> by the Association of Online Publishers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ukaop.org.uk/cgi-bin/go.pl/news/article.html?uid=1632|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011064905/http://www.ukaop.org.uk/cgi-bin/go.pl/news/article.html?uid=1632|url-status=dead|title=UK Association of Online Publishers (AOP) | Newspaper brands shine at AOP Awards|archivedate=11 October 2007}}</ref> The site is overseen by Kate Day,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2014/feb/21/telegraphmediagroup-jason-seiken |title=Telegraph: Jason Seiken confirms MacGregor and Evans in editing roles |newspaper=The Guardian |location=London |date=21 February 2014 |access-date=13 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160827134204/https://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2014/feb/21/telegraphmediagroup-jason-seiken |archive-date=27 August 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> digital director of Telegraph Media Group. Other staff include Shane Richmond, head of technology (editorial),<ref>{{cite news |url=http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/technology/author/shanerichmond/ |title=Shane Richmond's Telegraph blog |work=The Daily Telegraph |access-date=8 December 2011 |location=London |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160413074915/http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/technology/author/shanerichmond/ |archive-date=13 April 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and Ian Douglas, head of digital production.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/technology/author/iandouglas/ |title=Ian Douglas's Telegraph blog |work=The Daily Telegraph |access-date=8 December 2011 |location=London |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312112015/http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/technology/author/iandouglas/ |archive-date=12 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The site, which has been the focus of the group's efforts to create an integrated news operation producing content for print and online from the same newsroom, completed a relaunch during 2008 involving the use of the Escenic content management system, popular among northern European and Scandinavian newspaper groups. Telegraph TV is a [[Video on Demand]] service run by ''The Daily Telegraph'' and the ''Sunday Telegraph''. It is hosted on ''The Telegraph''{{'}}s website, telegraph.co.uk. Telegraph.co.uk became the most popular UK newspaper site in April 2008.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2008/may/22/abcs.digitalmedia?gusrc=rss&feed=media | title=ABCe: Telegraph website overtakes Guardian | date=22 May 2008 | access-date=18 September 2009 | location=London | first=Jemima | last=Kiss | work=The Guardian | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130930220710/http://www.theguardian.com/media/2008/may/22/abcs.digitalmedia?gusrc=rss&feed=media | archive-date=30 September 2013 | url-status=live }}</ref> It was overtaken by Guardian.co.uk in April 2009 and later by "Mail Online".<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/may/21/abce-guardian-telegraph | date=21 May 2009 | access-date=18 September 2009 | location=London | first=Jemima | last=Kiss | work=The Guardian | title=ABCe: Guardian.co.uk takes top spot | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130930220740/http://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/may/21/abce-guardian-telegraph | archive-date=30 September 2013 | url-status=live }}</ref> In December 2010, "Telegraph.co.uk" was the third most visited British newspaper website with 1.7 million daily browsers compared to 2.3 million for "Guardian.co.uk" and nearly 3 million for "Mail Online".<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2010/dec/21/november-abce-guardian-mail-online | location=London | work=The Guardian | first=Josh | last=Halliday | title=Guardian.co.uk passes 40 m monthly browsers | date=21 December 2010 | access-date=13 December 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170311182314/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2010/dec/21/november-abce-guardian-mail-online | archive-date=11 March 2017 | url-status=live }}</ref> In October 2023, "Telegraph.co.uk" was the tenth most visited UK newspaper site, with 13.8 million monthly visits, compared to the most popular, the [[BBC]], with 38.3 million.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Watson |first=Amy |date=November 2023 |title=Leading English-language news websites in the United Kingdom (UK) in October 2023, by monthly visits |url=https://www.statista.com/statistics/288763/newspaper-websites-ranked-by-monthly-visitors-united-kingdom-uk/ |website=Statista |access-date=22 December 2023 |archive-date=22 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231222071219/https://www.statista.com/statistics/288763/newspaper-websites-ranked-by-monthly-visitors-united-kingdom-uk/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In November 2012, international customers accessing the Telegraph.co.uk site would have to sign up for a subscription package. Visitors had access to 20 free articles a month before having to subscribe for unlimited access. In March 2013, the pay meter system was also rolled out in the UK.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/subscriptions/terms-and-conditions/|title=Terms and Conditions β Telegraph|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=27 April 2018|access-date=3 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180330020512/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/subscriptions/terms-and-conditions/|archive-date=30 March 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> ==== History ==== The website was launched, under the name ''electronic telegraph'' at midday on 15 November 1994 at the headquarters of ''The Daily Telegraph'' at [[Canary Wharf]] in [[London Docklands]] with [[Ben Rooney]] as its first editor.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/how-online-journalism-got-its-uk-start/|title=How UK online journalism got its UK start|date=1 June 2006|work=UK Press Gazette|access-date=16 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200216110951/https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/how-online-journalism-got-its-uk-start/|archive-date=16 February 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> It was Europe's first daily web-based newspaper. At this time, the modern internet was still in its infancy, with as few as 10,000 websites estimated to have existed at the time β compared to more than 100 billion by 2009. In 1994, only around 1% of the British population (some 600,000 people) had internet access at home, compared to more than 80% in 2009.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/6545788/Telegraph.co.uk-15-years-of-online-news.html|title=Telegraph.co.uk: 15 years of online news|date=11 November 2009|work=The Daily Telegraph|last1=Richmond|first1=Shane|access-date=3 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171013233654/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/6545788/Telegraph.co.uk-15-years-of-online-news.html|archive-date=13 October 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> Initially, the site published only the top stories from the print edition of the newspaper but it gradually increased its coverage until virtually all of the newspaper was carried online and the website was also publishing original material. The website, hosted on a [[Sun Microsystems]] Sparc 20 server and connected via a 64 kbit/s [[leased line]] from [[Demon Internet]], was edited by Ben Rooney.{{citation needed|date=October 2021}} An early coup for the site was the publication of articles by [[Ambrose Evans-Pritchard]] on [[Bill Clinton]] and the [[Whitewater controversy]]. The availability of the articles online brought a large American audience to the site. In 1997, the Clinton administration issued a 331-page report that accused Evans-Pritchard of peddling "right-wing inventions". [[Derek Bishton]], who by then had succeeded Rooney as editor, later wrote: "In the days before ET it would have been highly unlikely that anyone in the US would have been aware of Evans-Pritchard's work β and certainly not to the extent that the White House would be forced to issue such a lengthy rebuttal."<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1471964/From-ET-to-TD.html |title=From ET to TD |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=5 February 2010 |access-date=2 May 2010 |location=London |first=Derek |last=Bishton |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101014112005/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1471964/From-ET-to-TD.html |archive-date=14 October 2010 |url-status=live }}</ref> Bishton, who later became consulting editor for Telegraph Media Group, was followed as editor by [[Richard Burton (journalist)|Richard Burton]], who was made redundant in August 2006. Edward Roussel replaced Burton. ==== ''My Telegraph'' ==== ''My Telegraph'' offers a platform for readers to have their own blog, save articles, and network with other readers. Launched in May 2007, My Telegraph won a Cross Media Award from international newspaper organisation IFRA in October 2007.<ref>{{cite news|last=Oliver|first=Laura|title=My Telegraph wins international new media award|url=http://www.journalism.co.uk/news/my-telegraph-wins-international-new-media-award/s2/a530626/|access-date=20 May 2013|newspaper=Journalism|date=9 October 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606220511/http://www.journalism.co.uk/news/my-telegraph-wins-international-new-media-award/s2/a530626/|archive-date=6 June 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> One of the judges, [[Robert Cauthorn]], described the project as "the best deployment of blogging yet seen in any newspaper anywhere in the world". 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