Derry Journal Newspapers (formerly Local Press Ltd) is owned by JPIMedia. Derry Journal Newspapers owns 4 local newspapers in Northern Ireland. The 4 titles are the '' Derry Journal'', the ''

Sunday Journal The ''Sunday Journal'' is a local newspaper published in Derry, Northern Ireland that was launched in March 2004 as part of the Derry Journal newspaper group. The paper is the only local paper on the island of Ireland to be published on a Sunda ...

'', ''City News'' (free title) and ''Foyle News'' (free title). The company is based on the corner of Pennyburn Pass and Duncreggan Road,

Derry Derry, officially Londonderry (), is the second-largest city in Northern Ireland and the fifth-largest city on the island of Ireland. The name ''Derry'' is an anglicisation of the Old Irish name (modern Irish: ) meaning 'oak grove'. The ...

History

In 1772, '' Derry Journal'' was launched and remained the sole title until the 1990s. In the 1990s, the ''Derry Journal'' began to expand its stable of papers with the launch of the freesheet ''Journal Extra '' in 1992 (''City News'' from February 2001) and in 1995 acquired the ''

Donegal People’s Press The ''Donegal People's Press'' (formerly ''Donegal People's Press and Derry and Tyrone News'') is a weekly local newspaper in north County Donegal, Ireland. The paper is published every Tuesday in the north of the county, and a separate edition o ...

'' and the ''

Donegal Democrat The ''Donegal Democrat'' is a twice-weekly local newspaper, covering County Donegal, Ireland. The paper was traditionally based in the town of Ballyshannon in the south of the county, but now has offices in Donegal Town (southern edition) and Let ...

'', the biggest paper in neighbouring County Donegal. In 1998, the group was purchased by Mirror Group Newspapers (which became '' Trinity Mirror'' a year later) from the McCarroll family who had owned the paper since 1925, for £18.25 million. In October 2000, a second freesheet was launched in Letterkenny, County Donegal called the ''

Letterkenny Listener The ''Letterkenny People'' (formerly the ''Letterkenny Listener'') is a weekly freesheet published in Letterkenny, County Donegal in northwest Ireland. The paper was originally distributed as the ''Letterkenny Listener'' in 2000 and took its cur ...

'' (renamed '' Letterkenny People'' in September 2005) and a third was launched in May 2001 called ''Foyle News ''. In 2004, several new papers were launched, with the ''

incorporating

Donegal on Sunday ''Donegal on Sunday'' was a local tabloid newspaper published in County Donegal, Ireland. It launched in March 2004 as an edition of the '' Sunday Journal'', published by the Derry Journal. Originally called the ''Sunday Democrat'', it was based ...

'' and as well as Monday edition of the ''Journal'' called ''Derry on Monday''. The papers has different levels of success, the Sunday publication was and continues to be the only local paper published on a Sunday; however ''Derry on Monday'' was axed just two years later due to poor circulation figures and was replaced by an expanded ''City News''. In January 2004, Local Press Ltd, a holding company of investment firm 3i purchased the Derry Journal Group as well as the '' News Letter'', a leading Northern Irish daily, from '' Trinity Mirror''. In November 2005, Local Press was then purchased by Johston Press for a reported £65m. In 2014, Johnson Presss Republic of Ireland titles were sold to Iconic Newspapers. In November 2018,

Johnston Press Johnston Press plc was a multimedia company founded in Falkirk, Scotland, in 1767. Its flagship titles included UK-national newspaper the '' i'', ''The Scotsman'', the ''Yorkshire Post'', the ''Falkirk Herald'', and Belfast's ''The News Letter'' ...

went into administration. JPIMedia purchased the group. In addition to Derry Journal Newspapers, JPIMedia own several other local titles across Northern Ireland through the holding company Johnston Publishing (NI).

Current titles

The titles are no longer audited by the ABC for circulation.

References

External links

''Derry Journal''

Johnston Press
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