I'm writing a piece for a school project. It's about the influence of media during the Crimean War. Now I'm looking for newspapers (from England) that reported about the war. I already found some information about the London Gazette and The Times, but that's it really. I would also really like to know who their readers were, to see what kind of people the papers influenced. I don't know if the last question will have such a clear result, as I do not if newspaper readers were loyal to one newspaper.
edit: I'm reading "Crimea. The last crusade" by Orlando Figes and it's a great book. I have already read about gossip magazines like "Morning Advertiser" (in that time the biggest one) and "Morning Herald". These magazines really feed the public with nationalist ideas. They even called "The Times" not-english: (I'm translating from dutch here so bear with me) "The paper is being pressed in English, but that's the only thing that is English. When talking about Russia, this paper is all and all Russian". Other notable paper is the Newcastle Guardian. Really interesting.
Of course there are French papers like "Union franc-comtoise" and "Spectateur de Dijon" but I'm not sure if I want to include those too. My french isn't that good.
I can give you a few pointers about British papers.
The Times was the best selling British newspaper in the day and a pioneer in a lot of things we take for granted - they were the first to take advantage of advancing transport/communication technology to export the paper internationally (to France), and the first to have a war correspondent at a front line (during the Crimean War, which you've probably already found a bit about). Even so, the Times was largely a London-only newspaper. Before the invention/proliferation of railways and motor vehicles, the geographical reach of newspapers were generally restricted to the city of publishing.
I unfortunately don't have university resources at hand any longer but there are ways to get the information. The first step may be to look at published histories of the British press. Histories sponsored by the Times will likely have a lot to say about that paper's circulation and readership. This book, for instance, may have some info on circulation in the 1850s: http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Times-Past-Present-Future/dp/B0010GRBJQ
You may also wish to consult the British Newspaper Archive: http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/
The archive is a bit daunting (488 titles) but if you contact their customer support they may be able to point you in the direction of the major regional papers you are looking for (again, 'national' papers developed later.