Associated Newspapers Ltd
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| Associated Newspapers | |
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| Image:Associated newspapers logo.jpg | |
| Type | Media |
| Founded | 1905 |
| Headquarters | Kensington, London |
| Key people | Kevin Beatty Lord Rothermere Paul Dacre |
| Industry | Mass media |
| Products | Newspapers and Websites |
| Revenue | Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg £931m |
| Website | associatednewspapers.com |
Associated Newspapers is a large national newspaper publisher, which is a subsidiary of the Daily Mail and General Trust. The group was established in 1905 and is currently based at Northcliffe House in Kensington. It takes responsibility for Harmsworth Quays, the London Docklands print works plant at which it produces all of its London, South of England and South Wales editions of the national titles.
It publishes four major national newspaper titles and two local newspapers situated in London. Its sister group is Northcliffe Media, who take care of DMGT's regional newspaper titles. Associated Newspapers is also responsible for overseeing and developing the Group’s consumer businesses within Associated Northcliffe Digital and Teletext and for the Group’s UK newspaper printing operations.
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[edit] Titles
Associated Newspapers publishes the following titles:
- Daily Mail - The main national newspaper owned by Associated. In terms of circulation, it sells more than two million, giving it one of the largest circulations of any English language daily newspaper, and the twelfth highest of any newspaper in the world.
- Mail on Sunday - The sister paper of the Daily Mail, published weekly on Sundays. First published in 1982, it has become the most read Sunday newspaper in Britain.
- Evening Standard - The paper was launched as the Standard on May 21, 1827[1]. Paid for London newspaper, it has a dominant City and financial emphasis as well as carrying national and international news.
- Ireland on Sunday - Associated Newspapers took over the publishing of Ireland on Sunday in 2001. The title was re-launched in April 2002 to coincide with the move to its new offices in Ballsbridge, Dublin. It included TV Week magazine and in September 2006 it was merged with the Mail on Sunday and became the Irish Mail on Sunday.
- Metro - Metro is the UK’s only urban national newspaper. Launched in March 1999 as a free, stapled newspaper, it was distributed initially in London. But since has been published every weekday morning, around Yorkshire, the North West, the North East, the East Midlands, Bristol, Birmingham, Liverpool, Cardiff and Scotland. Metro’s readership is 2.2 million (NRS June ‘07), with over 1.3 million copies printed.
- Loot - not a mainstream newspaper, although is available nationally. Classified directory.
- London Lite - free sheet that was formerly called the Standard Lite, but was re-designed to compete with News International's new free sheet thelondonpaper. It is also a free sheet and is handed out by vendors in the evening around the London Zone 1 area.
[edit] Teletext
- Further information: Teletext Ltd.
Teletext provides commercial teletext services on all the ITV channels, Channel 4 and analogue five. Other than television, its digital businesses are Teletext Holidays, This is Travel, Teletext Cars, Teletext Mobile and Villarenters.
[edit] Associated New Media
Associated New Media (ANM) is the digital publishing division of Associated Newspapers Ltd. It was launched in 1995, ANM publishes some of the UK's most successful new media resources and services. The group has designed websites including Mail Online, for the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers. And other websites for Loot, Jobsite, travelAds, londonjobs.co.uk, This is Money, for Financial Mail on Sunday, business and financial news, This is London and FindaProperty.
[edit] References
- ^ British Library. (2000) "Concise History of the British Newspaper in the Nineteenth Century" Accessed April 13 2007.
[edit] External links
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| Corporate directors | Lord Rothermere · Charles Sinclair · Peter Williams · John Hemingway · Marius Gray · Ian Park · David Dutton · Paul Dacre · Padraic Fallon · Charles Dunstone · Francisco Balsemão · Tom Gillespie · David Verey · Kevin Beatty · Nicholas Berry · Nicholas Jennings |
| Newspapers | Associated Newspapers · Northcliffe Media · Daily Mail · Mail on Sunday · Ireland on Sunday · Metro · London Lite · Evening Standard · Loot |
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| Websites | Mail Online · This is Money · Loot · Jobsite · UKPlus · Top-Consultant · TopITconsultant · Find a Property · Primelocation · Motors.co.uk |
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| 1DMGT own a 29.9% stake in GCap Media · 2DMGT own a 20% stake in ITN · 397.3 FM Brisbane is a joint venture with Australian Radio Network | |
| Annual revenue: £2,176 million GBP (Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg10% FY 2006) · Employees: 16,000 · Stock symbol: LSE: DMGT · Website: dmgt.co.uk | |
