The Times 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! ==Ownership== ''The Times'' has had the following eight owners since its foundation in 1785:<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9UlOAAAAYAAJ|title=Academic American Encyclopedia|date=1985|publisher=Grolier|isbn=978-0-7172-2008-3|volume=20|pages=19|language=en|chapter=Walter, John|access-date=29 December 2019|archive-date=21 March 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240321131607/https://books.google.com/books?id=9UlOAAAAYAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1785 to 1803 β [[John Walter (publisher)|John Walter]] * 1803 to 1847 β [[John Walter (editor, born 1776)|John Walter, 2nd]] * 1847 to 1894 β [[John Walter (third)|John Walter III]] * 1894 to 1908 β [[Arthur Fraser Walter]] * 1908 to 1922 β [[Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe|Lord Northcliffe]] * 1922 to 1966 β [[Astor family]] * 1966 to 1981 β [[Roy Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet|Roy Thomson]] * 1981 to present β [[News UK]] (formerly News International, a wholly owned subsidiary of [[News Corp]], run by [[Rupert Murdoch]])<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/newscorporationt0000marj|url-access=registration|title=News Corporation, Technology and the Workplace: Global Strategies, Local Change|last=Marjoribanks|first=Timothy|date=2000|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-77535-9|pages=[https://archive.org/details/newscorporationt0000marj/page/102 102]|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/times-and-sunday-times-merger-ruled-out-directors-finally-approve-appointments-witherow-and-ivens/|title=Times and Sunday Times merger ruled out as directors finally approve appointments of Witherow and Ivens|last=Ponsford|first=Dominic|date=30 September 2013|website=Press Gazette|language=en-US|access-date=29 December 2019|archive-date=29 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191229072923/https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/times-and-sunday-times-merger-ruled-out-directors-finally-approve-appointments-witherow-and-ivens/|url-status=live}}</ref> <gallery mode="packed"> File:John walter.jpg|[[John Walter (publisher)|John Walter]], the founder of ''The Times'' File:John Walter II.jpg|[[John Walter (editor, born 1776)|John Walter II]] File:John Walter 1818β1894.jpg|[[John Walter (third)|John Walter III]] File:British newspaper and publishing magnate Alfred Charles William Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe.jpg|[[Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe|Lord Northcliffe]] File:Roy Thomson Cropped.jpg|[[Roy Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet|Roy Thomson]] File:Rupert Murdoch - Flickr - Eva Rinaldi Celebrity and Live Music Photographer.jpg|[[Rupert Murdoch]] </gallery> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page