National World

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 million in January 2021. In April 2022, JPIMedia was rebranded to National World.

Its flagship titles include ''The Scotsman'', the ''Yorkshire Post'', the ''Falkirk Herald'' and Belfast's ''The News Letter''. 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 (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.

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:

*''Arbroath Herald''
*''Banbury Guardian''
*''Batley & Birstall News''
*''Bellshill Speaker''
*''Berwick Advertiser''
*''Biggleswade Chronicle''
*''BirminghamWorld''
*'' Blackpool Gazette''
*''Bognor Regis Observer''
*''The Brechiner''
*'' BristolWorld''
*''Bridlington Free Press''
*'' Brighton & Hove Independent''
*'' Buckingham Advertiser''
*'' Bucks Herald''
*'' Burnley Express''
*''Buxton Advertiser''
*''Carrick Gazette''
*''Chichester Observer''
*''Chorley Guardian''
*''Crawley Observer''
*''Cumbernauld News''
*''Daventry Express''
*'' Derbyshire Times''
*'' Dewsbury Reporter''
*'' Diss Express''
*''Dinnington Guardian''
*'' Doncaster Free Press''
*'' Edinburgh Evening News''
*''Edinburgh Herald and Post''
*''Eastbourne Herald''
*''East Grinstead Gazette''
*'' Ellon Times''
*''Farming Life''
*''Falkirk Herald''
*''Fife Free Press''
*'' Fife Herald & Post''
*''Fife Leader''
*''Filey Mercury''
*'' Fleetwood Weekly News''
*''Forfar Dispatch''
*''Galloway Gazette''
*''Gainsborough Standard''
*'' Glasgow South and Eastwood Extra''
*'' GlasgowWorld''
*'' Green Un'' (Sheffield)
*'' Halifax Courier''
*'' Hastings Observer''
*''Harborough Mail''
*'' Hartlepool Mail''
*''Harrogate Advertiser''
*'' Hemel Hempstead Gazette''
*'' Hemsworth and South Elmsall Express''
*''Horncastle News''
*''Kilsyth Chronicle''
*''Kirriemuir Herald''
*''Lanark Gazette''
*'' Lancashire Evening Post''
*''Lancaster Guardian''
*''Lancaster Visitor''
*''Lancing Herald''
*''Leyland Guardian''
*'' Leamington Courier''
*''Leighton Buzzard Observer''
*''Littlehampton Gazette''
*'' LiverpoolWorld''
*'' LondonWorld''
*'' Louth Leader''
*'' Luton News''
*'' Lytham St Annes Express''
*'' Market Rasen Mail''
*'' Malton & Pickering Mercury''
*'' ManchesterWorld''
*''Mansfield Chad''
*'' Mid Sussex Times''
*'' Mirfield Reporter''
*''Milngavie and Bearsden Herald''
*'' Milton Keynes Citizen''
*''Montrose Review''
*'' Morecambe Visitor''
*'' Morpeth Herald''
*''Motherwell Times''
*'' NewcastleWorld''
*'' News Guardian''
*'' News Post Leader''
*'' The News'' (Portsmouth)
*'' Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph''
*'' Northampton Chronicle & Echo''
*'' Northumberland Gazette''
*''Paisley and Renfrewshire Extra'' (now defunct)
*'' Perth Herald & Post''
*'' Peterborough Evening Telegraph''
*''Pocklington Post''
*''Retford Guardian''
*''Ripon Gazette''
*'' Rugby Advertiser''
*''Scarborough News''
*'' Scotland on Sunday''
*''The Scotsman''
*'' Sheffield Star''
*'' Sheffield Telegraph''
*'' Shields Gazette''
*''Shoreham Herald''
*''Skegness Standard''
*'' Southern Reporter''
*''Spilsby Standard''
*''Stornoway Gazette''
*'' Sunderland Echo''
*'' Sussex Express''
*''Times & Citizen'' (Bedford)
*''Todmorden News''
* '' The Visitor'' (Morecambe, Lancs)
*''Westend Extra'' (Glasgow)
*''West Lothian Herald & Post''
*''West Sussex County Times''
*''West Sussex Gazette''
*'' Wetherby News''
*'' Whitby Gazette''
*''Wigan Evening Post''
*'' Worksop Guardian''
*''Worthing Herald''
*'' Yorkshire Evening Post''
*'' Yorkshire Post''

Newspapers in Northern Ireland

National World Publishing Ltd publishes a total of 22 titles in Northern Ireland through two holding companies, JPIMedia NI and Derry Journal Newspapers. The geographic readership of some titles extends across the Irish border into the Republic of Ireland, such as the '' Derry Journal'' which also covers County Donegal. Former JPIMedia titles published in the Republic of Ireland now belong to Iconic Newspapers.

Johnston Publishing (NI)

=Daily

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* ''The News Letter''

=Local (NI)

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* ''Ballymena Times''
* ''Ballymoney and Moyle Times''
* '' Carrick Times'' (Carrickfergus)
* ''Coleraine Times''
* '' Dromore Leader''
* ''Larne Times''
* '' Londonderry Sentinel''
* '' Lurgan Mail''
* '' Mid Ulster Mail''
* ''Portadown Times''
* ''Newtownabbey Times''
* '' Tyrone Times''
* '' Ulster Star''

=Free titles (NI)

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* ''Banbridge & District Weekender''
* ''Belfast News''
* ''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''
* ''Sunday Journal''

=Free titles (Derry Journal)

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* '' City News''
* ''Foyle News''

Online websites

The company owns the following websites, in addition to newspaper sites as above, and regionalised versions of these:
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Connect Local
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Jobs Today
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PeopleWorld
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3 Added Minutes
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References

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2018 establishments in England
2021 mergers and acquisitions
British companies established in 2018
Johnston Press
Mass media companies established in 2018
Newspaper companies of the United Kingdom