Daily Sketch

The Daily Sketch was the oldest national tabloidnewspaper in the UK. It was founded in Manchester in 1909 by Sir Edward Hulton, 1st Baronet.

The Sketch was Conservative in its politics and populist in its tone during its existence through all its changes of ownership. Faced with declining circulation in the 1950s and 1960s and competition from the Daily Mirror, it closed on Tuesday, 11 May 1971, and merged with the Daily Mail.