National World is a British multimedia company. The company was founded as JPIMedia Publishing Ltd in November 2018 following the acquisition of
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'' ...
assets by its creditors.
JPIMedia was purchased by National World PLC for £10.2 million in January 2021. In April 2022, JPIMedia was rebranded to National World.
Its
flagship
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titles include ''
The Scotsman
''The Scotsman'' is a Scottish compact newspaper and daily news website headquartered in Edinburgh. First established as a radical political paper in 1817, it began daily publication in 1855 and remained a broadsheet until August 2004. Its par ...
'', the ''
Yorkshire Post
''The Yorkshire Post'' is a daily broadsheet newspaper, published in Leeds in Yorkshire, England. It primarily covers stories from Yorkshire although its masthead carries the slogan "Yorkshire's National Newspaper". It was previously owned by ...
'', the ''
Falkirk Herald
''The Falkirk Herald'' is a weekly newspaper and daily news website published by National World. It provides reportage, opinion and analysis of news, current affairs and sport in the towns of Falkirk, Grangemouth, Larbert, Stenhousemuir and ...
'' and
Belfast
Belfast ( , ; from ga, Béal Feirste , meaning 'mouth of the sand-bank ford') is the capital and largest city of Northern Ireland, standing on the banks of the River Lagan on the east coast. It is the 12th-largest city in the United Kingdo ...
's ''
The News Letter
The ''News Letter'' is one of Northern Ireland's main daily newspapers, published from Monday to Saturday. It is the world's oldest English-language general daily newspaper still in publication, having first been printed in 1737.
The newspape ...
''. The company operates around 200 newspapers and websites around the United Kingdom.
Formation
On 17 November 2018, a spokesperson for Johnston Press announced that all its titles had been transferred to the control of JPIMedia, a
special purpose vehicle
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(SPV), owned by the creditors. Under the terms of the
pre-packaged deal, ownership passed to a consortium of four lenders – CarVal, Fidelity, Benefit Street Partners and Goldentree Asset Management – who reduced its debts to £85 million and injected £35 million investment.
This however was subject to criticism by Johnston Press's largest shareholder, described as a "blatant pre-planned corporate theft by bondholders", and was raised in Parliament.
2019 asset sales
It was reported in May 2019, that a group of bondholders led by GoldenTree Asset Management has appointed bankers at Stella EOC to lay the groundwork for a potential sale of part, or all, of the business.
In July 2019, it was confirmed that a sale process of JPIMedia was taking place.
Reach plc were said to be "early stages" of talks to buy "certain assets" from JPI Media.
In November 2019, it was announced that
the ''i'' had been sold to
Daily Mail and General Trust
Daily Mail and General Trust (DMGT) is a British multinational media company, the owner of the ''Daily Mail'' and several other titles. The 4th Viscount Rothermere is the chairman and controlling shareholder of the company. The head office is ...
.
In February 2020, it was announced that JPIMedia are no longer exploring a sale of their assets excluding the sale of the i which is subject to regulatory approval.
Sale to National World PLC
On 31 December 2020, it was announced that JPIMedia Publishing Ltd and its subsidiaries was being sold to National World PLC on 2 January 2021. The new company was set up by the media executive
David Montgomery.
Rebranding of JPIMedia to National World
On 29 April 2022, JPIMedia Publishing Ltd rebranded to National World Publishing Ltd, otherwise known as National World.
Operations
Since the acquisition of National World Publishing Ltd, National World Plc has expanded its footprint into all the major metropolitan centres in the UK.
In March 2021, nationalworld.com was launched as new national online news website, also known as NationalWorld. This was followed by the launch of several websites in Manchester, Liverpool, Newcastle, Glasgow, London, Birmingham and Bristol.
Newspapers in Great Britain
The following is a partial list of British newspapers owned by the company:
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Arbroath Herald''
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Banbury Guardian''
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Batley & Birstall News
Batley is a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, in West Yorkshire, England. Batley lies south-west of Leeds, north-west of Wakefield and Dewsbury, south-east of Bradford and north-east of Huddersfield. Batley is part of th ...
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Bellshill Speaker
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Berwick Advertiser
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*Berwick Glacier
Australia
*Berwick, Victoria
*City of Berwick, Victoria (defunct)
Canada
* Berwick, New Brunswick
* Berwick, Nova Scotia
*Berwick, Ontario
New Zealand
* Berwick, New Zealand
United King ...
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Biggleswade Chronicle''
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BirminghamWorld''
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Blackpool Gazette
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Bognor Regis Observer
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The Brechiner''
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BristolWorld''
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Bridlington Free Press
The ''Bridlington Free Press'' is a newspaper that was launched in 1859, is now owned by Johnston Press (Johnston Press New Media) and is distributed in the Bridlington area of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.
A new edition of the paper i ...
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Brighton & Hove Independent''
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Buckingham Advertiser''
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Bucks Herald
''The Bucks Herald'' is a weekly newspaper, published every Wednesday and covering Aylesbury and its surrounding villages in the Aylesbury Vale area of Buckinghamshire, England. It was first published on 7 January 1832.
History
At its launch t ...
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Burnley Express
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The ''Burnley Express'' is a newspaper for Burnley and Padiham, England and surrounding area. It is printed twice weekly, on Tuesday and Friday, which is the larger edition. In print since 1877, it is now part of the group JPIMedia. O ...
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Buxton Advertiser
The ''Buxton Advertiser'' is an English weekly local newspaper published in Buxton, Derbyshire
Derbyshire ( ) is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands, England. It includes much of the Peak District National Park, the southern end of the ...
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Carrick Gazette
Carrick is an Anglicised version of ''creag/carraig'', Gaelic for "rock", and may refer to:
People
*Carrick (surname)
* Donnchadh, Earl of Carrick (died 1250), Scottish Mormaer and first Earl of Carrick
* Marjorie of Carrick (1256–1292), ...
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Chichester Observer
The ''Chichester Observer'' is a British weekly newspaper reporting on Chichester and the surrounding area.
The newspaper is a member of the Independent Press Standards Organisation.
History
The ''Chichester Observer and West Sussex Record ...
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Chorley Guardian''
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Crawley Observer''
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Cumbernauld News''
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Daventry Express''
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Derbyshire Times
The ''Derbyshire Times'' is a weekly local newspaper published in northern Derbyshire, each edition being on sale from Thursday. Its headquarters are in Chesterfield and much of its coverage centres on the town and the surrounding area. The newspa ...
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Dewsbury Reporter
The ''Dewsbury Reporter'' is a local weekly publication, providing news for residents of Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, and surrounding areas.
It is owned by Johnston Press Digital Publishing, and has sister newspapers covering Mirfield, Wakefield, B ...
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Diss Express
The ''Diss Express'' is an English newspaper that covers a 500-square-mile circulation area on the Norfolk/Suffolk border and has a print/online audience of more than 29,000. It was owned by Johnston Press with a print edition released every Frida ...
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Dinnington Guardian Dinnington is an English place name. It may refer to the following places in England:
* Dinnington, Somerset
* Dinnington, South Yorkshire
* Dinnington, Tyne and Wear
Dinnington is a village and civil parish in the city of Newcastle upon Tyne ...
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Doncaster Free Press
The ''Doncaster Free Press'' is a weekly newspaper in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England. It is owned by National World.
Content of the newspaper
The ''Free Press'', or ''DFP'' as it is sometimes known, is published each Thursday and is curr ...
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Edinburgh Evening News
The ''Edinburgh Evening News'' is a daily newspaper and website based in Edinburgh, Scotland. It was founded by John Wilson (1844–1909) and first published in 1873. It is printed daily, except on Sundays. It is owned by JPIMedia, which also ...
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Edinburgh Herald and Post''
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Eastbourne Herald
The ''Eastbourne Herald'', commonly known locally as just ''The Herald'', is a weekly tabloid newspaper, published on Fridays and published since 1865 in Eastbourne, England.
The Eastbourne Herald is also a monthly published newspaper in Eastbour ...
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East Grinstead Gazette
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Ellon Times
The ''Ellon Times'' is a local, weekly newspaper based in Ellon, Aberdeenshire. It is a sister paper of the '' Buchan Observer'', '' Fraserburgh Herald'' and '' Inverurie Herald''.
The ''Times'' covers a range of local news and sport, with a ...
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Farming Life''
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Falkirk Herald
''The Falkirk Herald'' is a weekly newspaper and daily news website published by National World. It provides reportage, opinion and analysis of news, current affairs and sport in the towns of Falkirk, Grangemouth, Larbert, Stenhousemuir and ...
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Fife Free Press''
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Fife Herald & Post''
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Fife Leader''
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Filey Mercury''
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Fleetwood Weekly News
''Fleetwood Weekly News'' is a weekly newspaper based in Fleetwood, Lancashire, England published every week, on a Wednesday, which covers Fleetwood and North Fylde.
The newspaper is published by ''Blackpool Gazette & Herald Ltd'' who also publ ...
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Forfar Dispatch''
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Galloway Gazette''
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Gainsborough Standard''
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Glasgow South and Eastwood Extra
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GlasgowWorld''
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Green Un
The ''Green 'Un'' ("Green One" in slang) is a sports website. Originally a Saturday sports paper published on Saturday evenings in Sheffield, England, it moved online in 2013. The name derives from the light green newsprint on which it was trad ...
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Halifax Courier
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Hastings Observer
The ''Hastings & St. Leonards Observer'', commonly known as just the ''Hastings Observer'', is an English weekly tabloid newspaper, published every Friday since 1859 in Hastings, East Sussex.
History
First published in 1859, The Observer is the ...
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Harborough Mail
''The Harborough Mail'' is a weekly newspaper which serves Market Harborough and the surrounding area. The Harborough Mail was owned by Welland Valley Newspapers, a company established in April 1883, but is now part of Northamptonshire Newspape ...
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Hartlepool Mail
The ''Hartlepool Mail'' is a newspaper serving Hartlepool, England and the surrounding area. As of December 2021, it has an average daily circulation of 1,570.
History
The paper was founded in Hartlepool in 1877 as ''The Northern Daily Mail'' a ...
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Harrogate Advertiser
Harrogate ( ) is a spa town and the administrative centre of the Borough of Harrogate in North Yorkshire, England. Historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire, the town is a tourist destination and its visitor attractions include its spa wate ...
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Hemel Hempstead Gazette
The ''Hemel Hempstead Gazette & Express'' is a local newspaper in the United Kingdom that covers the towns of Hemel Hempstead, Berkhamsted and Tring and the surrounding area in Hertfordshire.
History
It was first published in 1858 as ''The Heme ...
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Hemsworth and South Elmsall Express
Hemsworth is a town and civil parish in the City of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England. Historically within the West Riding of Yorkshire and had a population of 13,311 at the 2001 census, with it increasing to 13,533 at the 2011 Census.
Histo ...
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Horncastle News
''Horncastle News'' is a weekly newspaper which serves Horncastle, Lincolnshire, England and the surrounding area.
It was founded in 1885 by William Kirkham Morton, who already owned a printing and stationery business in the town.
In 1958, the ...
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Kilsyth Chronicle''
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Kirriemuir Herald''
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Lanark Gazette''
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Lancashire Evening Post
The ''Lancashire Evening Post'' is a daily newspaper based in Fulwood, a suburb of the city of Preston, Lancashire, England. According to the British Library
The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom and is one of th ...
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Lancaster Guardian Lancaster may refer to:
Lands and titles
*The County Palatine of Lancaster, a synonym for Lancashire
*Duchy of Lancaster, one of only two British royal duchies
*Duke of Lancaster
*Earl of Lancaster
* House of Lancaster, a British royal dynasty
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Lancaster Visitor''
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Lancing Herald''
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Leyland Guardian''
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Leamington Courier
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Leighton Buzzard Observer''
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Littlehampton Gazette''
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LiverpoolWorld''
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LondonWorld''
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Louth Leader Louth may refer to:
Australia
*Hundred of Louth, a cadastral unit in South Australia
* Louth, New South Wales, a town
* Louth Bay, a bay in South Australia
**Louth Bay, South Australia, a town and locality
Canada
* Louth, Ontario
Ireland
* Cou ...
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Luton News
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Lytham St Annes Express
''Lytham St Annes Express'' is a local weekly newspaper, named after Lytham St Annes largely serving the Fylde Borough. It is published by the Blackpool Gazette and therefore owned by Johnson Press
Johnson is a surname of Anglo-Norman origin ...
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Market Rasen Mail
''Market Rasen Mail'' is a weekly newspaper which serves Market Rasen, Lincolnshire, England and the surrounding area.
According to data from analysts JICREG, weekly circulation of ''Market Rasen Mail'' was 4,097 between January and June 2009, ...
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Malton & Pickering Mercury''
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ManchesterWorld''
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Mansfield Chad
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Mid Sussex Times
The ''Mid Sussex Times'' is a local weekly paper for the region of Mid Sussex in West Sussex, but also covering news from the localities of East Sussex. The two major towns served by the paper are Burgess Hill and Haywards Heath, including new ...
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Mirfield Reporter
The ''Mirfield Reporter'' is a local weekly publication, providing news for residents of Mirfield, West Yorkshire, England, and surrounding areas.
It is owned by Johnston Press Digital Publishing, and has sister newspapers '' Dewsbury Reporter' ...
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Milngavie and Bearsden Herald
Milngavie ( ; gd, Muileann-Ghaidh) is a town in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland and a suburb of Glasgow. It is on the Allander Water, at the northwestern edge of Greater Glasgow, and about from Glasgow city centre. It neighbours Bearsden. Milngav ...
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Milton Keynes Citizen
The Milton Keynes Citizen is the only freely distributed local newspaper in Milton Keynes. The newspaper is part of JPIMedia.
The ''MK Citizen'' was founded by Bill Alder and Jerry West on 1 October 1981 and they sold to EMAP in 1987 and the pu ...
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Montrose Review''
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Morecambe Visitor''
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Morpeth Herald
The ''Morpeth Herald'' is a weekly newspaper published in Morpeth, Northumberland, England. The newspaper serves Morpeth, Ponteland, Pegswood, Ellington, Lynemouth, Widdrington Station and the outlying districts.
History
A broadsheet, establ ...
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Motherwell Times''
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NewcastleWorld''
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News Guardian
The ''News Guardian'' is a free weekly newspaper covering three main areas of North Tyneside, a metropolitan district in north east England. It serves Whitley Bay, North Shields and Wallsend with news, sport, entertainment as well as regular prop ...
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News Post Leader
The News Post Leader is a British paid-for weekly that covers the north-east county of Northumberland, including the towns of Cramlington, Ashington, Bedlington and Blyth.
History
The paper was formed from the amalgamation of several south-eas ...
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The News'' (Portsmouth)
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Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph
The ''Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph'' is the local newspaper for north and east Northamptonshire and is the sister paper of Northampton's ''Chronicle & Echo''. It is based at Newspaper House in Rothwell Road, Kettering, and has since 1996 b ...
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Northampton Chronicle & Echo
The ''Northampton Chronicle & Echo'' (known locally as ''"The Chron"'') is a local newspaper serving Northampton, England, and the surrounding towns and villages. It was published daily from Monday-Saturday until 26 May 2012 at a price of £0.4 ...
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Northumberland Gazette
The ''Northumberland Gazette'' is a weekly newspaper published in Alnwick, Northumberland, England. It serves Alnwick, Amble, Seahouses, Rothbury, Wooler and outlying districts.
The ''Gazette'' typically covers local news, sport, leisure and fa ...
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*''Paisley and Renfrewshire Extra'' (now defunct)
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Perth Herald & Post''
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Peterborough Evening Telegraph
The ''Peterborough Telegraph'', or ''PT'' as it is known locally (formerly the ''Peterborough Evening Telegraph'' or ''ET''), is the local newspaper for the city of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, in the United Kingdom. It is based at New Priestga ...
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Pocklington Post
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Retford Guardian''
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Ripon Gazette''
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Rugby Advertiser
Rugby is a market town in eastern Warwickshire, England, close to the River Avon. In the 2021 census its population was 78,125, making it the second-largest town in Warwickshire. It is the main settlement within the larger Borough of Rugby whi ...
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Scarborough News''
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Scotland on Sunday
''Scotland on Sunday'' is a Scottish Sunday newspaper, published in Edinburgh by JPIMedia and consequently assuming the role of Sunday sister to its daily stablemate ''The Scotsman''. It was originally printed in broadsheet format but in 2013 ...
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The Scotsman
''The Scotsman'' is a Scottish compact newspaper and daily news website headquartered in Edinburgh. First established as a radical political paper in 1817, it began daily publication in 1855 and remained a broadsheet until August 2004. Its par ...
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Sheffield Star
''The Star'', often known as the ''Sheffield Star'', is a daily newspaper published in Sheffield, England, from Monday to Saturday each week. Originally a broadsheet, the newspaper became a tabloid in 1993. ''The Star'', the weekly ''Sheffield ...
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Sheffield Telegraph
The ''Sheffield Telegraph'' is a weekly newspaper published in Sheffield, England. Founded in 1855 as the ''Sheffield Daily Telegraph'', it became known as the ''Sheffield Telegraph'' in 1938.
History
The ''Sheffield Telegraph'' was founded i ...
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Shields Gazette
The ''Shields Gazette'', established in 1849, is a daily newspaper. It was known as the oldest provincial evening newspaper in the United Kingdom.
It was originally established as a weekly paper - the ''North and South Shields Gazette and Nort ...
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Shoreham Herald''
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Skegness Standard''
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Southern Reporter
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T ...
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Spilsby Standard''
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Stornoway Gazette
The ''Stornoway Gazette'' is a local newspaper reporting on local issues in the Western Isles of Scotland, specifically Stornoway and the Outer Hebrides.
In 2004, nine months of head-to-head competition with a rival title ended with ''The Hebri ...
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Sunderland Echo
The ''Sunderland Echo'' is a daily newspaper serving the City of Sunderland, Sunderland, South Tyneside and Easington (district), East Durham areas of North East England. The newspaper was founded by Samuel Storey, Edward Backhouse, Edward Tem ...
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Sussex Express
National World is a British multimedia company. The company was founded as JPIMedia Publishing Ltd in November 2018 following the acquisition of Johnston Press assets by its creditors. JPIMedia was purchased by National World PLC for £10.2 mill ...
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Times & Citizen'' (Bedford)
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Todmorden News''
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The Visitor'' (Morecambe, Lancs)
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Westend Extra'' (Glasgow)
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West Lothian Herald & Post''
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West Sussex County Times''
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West Sussex Gazette''
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Wetherby News
The ''Wetherby News'' is a local weekly tabloid newspaper published on a Thursday and based in Wetherby, West Yorkshire, England.
The newspaper was founded in 1859 with its offices on the High Street next to the Angel Inn.
The paper's news edi ...
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Whitby Gazette
The ''Whitby Gazette'' was an English provincial newspaper published in Whitby, North Yorkshire.
History
The ''Whitby Gazette'' was founded on 6 July 1854 by Ralph Horne, a local printer, bookseller, stationer, bookbinder, paperhanger and shi ...
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Wigan Evening Post''
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Worksop Guardian
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Worthing Herald
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Yorkshire Evening Post
The ''Yorkshire Evening Post'' is a daily evening publication (delivered to newsagents every morning) published by Yorkshire Post Newspapers in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. The paper provides a regional slant on the day's news, and traditio ...
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Yorkshire Post
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Newspapers in Northern Ireland
National World Publishing Ltd publishes a total of 22 titles in Northern Ireland through two
holding companies
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,
JPIMedia NI and
Derry Journal Newspapers
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'', ''City News'' (free title) and ''Foy ...
. The geographic readership of some titles extends across the
Irish border
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Common meanings
* Someone or something of, from, or related to:
** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe
***Éire, Irish language name for the isle
** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit ...
into the Republic of Ireland, such as the ''
Derry Journal
The ''Derry Journal'' is a newspaper based in Derry, Northern Ireland, serving Derry as well as County Donegal in the Republic of Ireland. It is operated by a Johnston Press holding company entitled Derry Journal Newspapers. The paper is publ ...
'' which also covers
County Donegal
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. Former JPIMedia titles published in the Republic of Ireland now belong to
Iconic Newspapers
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.
Johnston Publishing (NI)
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The News Letter
The ''News Letter'' is one of Northern Ireland's main daily newspapers, published from Monday to Saturday. It is the world's oldest English-language general daily newspaper still in publication, having first been printed in 1737.
The newspape ...
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Ballymena Times''
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Ballymoney and Moyle Times
The ''Ballymoney and Moyle Times'' is a regional newspaper covering the north-east area of Northern Ireland. The paper is owned by the holding company Johnston Publishing (NI)
Johnston Publishing (NI) is a large newspaper group in Northern Irelan ...
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Carrick Times
Carrick is an Anglicised version of ''creag/carraig'', Gaelic for "rock", and may refer to:
People
*Carrick (surname)
* Donnchadh, Earl of Carrick (died 1250), Scottish Mormaer and first Earl of Carrick
* Marjorie of Carrick (1256–1292), ...
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Coleraine Times
The ''Coleraine Times'' is a newspaper based in Coleraine, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. The paper was taken over by Johnston Press in 2005 and is now part of Johnston Publishing (NI)
Johnston Publishing (NI) is a large newspaper gro ...
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Dromore Leader
Dromore may refer to:
Places
* Dromore, Ontario, Canada
* Dromore (crater), a crater in the Lunae Palus quadrangle of Mars
Northern Ireland
* Dromore, County Down
* Dromore, County Tyrone
Republic of Ireland
* Dromore, County Clare, townl ...
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Larne Times
The ''Larne Times'' is a weekly newspaper based in Larne, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The paper was taken over by Johnston Press in 2005 from Scottish Radio Holdings and is now operated by the holding company, Johnston Publishing (NI).
In ...
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Londonderry Sentinel
The ''Londonderry Sentinel'' is a newspaper based in Derry, Northern Ireland. It is published by Johnston Publishing (NI), a holding company of Johnston Press and Peter Hutcheon is the current editor. The ''Roe Valley Sentinel'' is an edition of ...
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Lurgan Mail
The ''Lurgan Mail'' was founded in 1889 by Lewis Robert Richardson. The ''Lurgan Mail'' is a tabloid weekly newspaper based in Lurgan, County Armagh in Northern Ireland. It is published on Wednesday evenings, though each edition always bears the T ...
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Mid Ulster Mail
The ''Mid-Ulster Mail'' is a newspaper based in Cookstown, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. As well as serving Tyrone, it also covers Magherafelt, County Londonderry. It is published by Johnston Publishing (NI), part of Johnston Press
Joh ...
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Portadown Times''
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Newtownabbey Times
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Tyrone Times
The ''Tyrone Times'', more correctly known as the ''Tyrone Times and Dungannon Gazette'', is a newspaper based in Dungannon, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It was published by Johnston Publishing (NI), which was part of Johnston Press and w ...
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Ulster Star
The ''Ulster Star'' is a newspaper based in Lisburn, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is published by a holding company titled Johnston Publishing (NI)
Johnston Publishing (NI) is a large newspaper group in Northern Ireland consisting of M ...
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=Free titles (NI)
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* ''Banbridge & District Weekender''
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Belfast News
The ''Belfast News'' is a weekly free-sheet spin-off from the Belfast ''News Letter''. It is published by Johnston Publishing (NI), a holding company for Johnston Press who owns thirty-seven titles across Ireland
Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ...
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* ''Craigavon Echo''
* ''East Antrim Advertiser''
* ''Lisburn Echo''
* ''Mid Ulster Echo''
* ''North West Echo''
Derry Journal newspapers
=Local (Derry Journal)
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Derry Journal
The ''Derry Journal'' is a newspaper based in Derry, Northern Ireland, serving Derry as well as County Donegal in the Republic of Ireland. It is operated by a Johnston Press holding company entitled Derry Journal Newspapers. The paper is publ ...
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Sunday Journal''
=Free titles (Derry Journal)
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City News''
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Foyle News Foyle may refer to:
* The River Foyle in Ireland
** Lough Foyle, an estuary of the River Foyle
Entities named for the River Foyle
* BBC Radio Foyle, local radio station
* Foyle (Assembly constituency)
* Foyle (Northern Ireland Parliament consti ...
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Online websites
The company owns the following websites, in addition to newspaper sites as above, and regionalised versions of these:
*
Connect Local'
*
Jobs Today'
*
PeopleWorld'
*
3 Added Minutes'
References
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2018 establishments in England
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British companies established in 2018
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Mass media companies established in 2018
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