<Tr> <Th> OCLC number </Th> <Td> 173337077 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Website </Th> <Td> www.express.co.uk </Td> </Tr> <P> The Daily Express is a daily national middle market tabloid newspaper in the United Kingdom . It is the flagship title of Express Newspapers, a subsidiary of Northern & Shell (which is owned by publisher Trinity Mirror). It was first published as a broadsheet in 1900 by Sir Arthur Pearson . Its sister paper, the Sunday Express, was launched in 1918 . As of December 2016, it had an average daily circulation of 391,626 . </P> <P> The paper was acquired by Richard Desmond in 2000 . Hugh Whittow has served as the paper's editor since February 2011 . The paper's editorial stances have often been seen as aligned to the UK Independence Party (UKIP), Euroscepticism and many other right wing factions including the right wing of the Conservative Party, being a voice of Right - wing populism and towards the Republican Party in US reports, and in some factions of the editorship may show sympathies or support for the Alt - right . </P>

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