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The Daily Mail first appeared on the 4th of May 1896, a date that marked the beginning of a new era in British journalism. Alfred Harmsworth and his brother Harold launched the paper with a bold strategy to sell it for half a penny when competitors charged one penny.
During the interwar period, the Daily Mail maintained editorial sympathy toward Nazi Germany and praised Oswald Mosley's doctrine in an article titled Hurrah for the Blackshirts on the 15th of January 1934. The paper approved of Benito Mussolini's March on Rome in October 1922 and published leaders claiming he saved Western civilization from Bolshevism.
Paul Dacre succeeded David English as editor of the Daily Mail after Rupert Murdoch attempted to hire Dacre for The Times in 1992. Ted Verity took over as editor on the 17th of November 2021, assuming responsibility for all Mail newspapers including The Mail on Sunday and You magazine.
An Irish edition officially entered the market on the 6th of February 2006, distributing free copies initially. Its masthead originally featured a green rectangle labeled IRISH instead of Royal Arms before circulation figures fluctuated between 63,511 in July 2007 and 49,090 by late 2009.
On the 17th of January 1967, the Mail published a story about potholes in Blackburn claiming there were 4,000 holes which inspired John Lennon's song A Day in the Life. This specific reporting event directly influenced the creation of one of the most iconic tracks in music history.