River Media was an Irish media group that was founded in 2005. It operated local newspapers and local news websites in

County Donegal County Donegal ( ; ga, Contae Dhún na nGall) is a county of Ireland in the province of Ulster and in the Northern and Western Region. It is named after the town of Donegal in the south of the county. It has also been known as County Tyrconn ...

, County Londonderry and County Kildare. River Media was based in

Letterkenny Letterkenny ( ga, Leitir Ceanainn , meaning 'hillside of the O'Cannons'), nicknamed 'the Cathedral Town', is the largest and most populous town in County Donegal, a county in Ulster, the northern province in Ireland. Letterkenny lies on the R ...

, but it also had offices in Derry City, Dungiven,

Buncrana Buncrana ( ; ) is a town in County Donegal, Ireland. It is beside Lough Swilly on the Inishowen peninsula, northwest of Derry and north of Letterkenny. In the 2016 census, the population was 6,785 making it the second most populous town in C ...

Donegal Town Donegal ( ; , "fort of the foreigners") is a town in County Donegal, Ireland. The name was also historically spelt 'Dunnagall'. Although Donegal gave its name to the county, now Lifford is the county town. From the 15th until the early 17th ce ...

and

Kildare Kildare () is a town in County Kildare, Ireland. , its population was 8,634 making it the 7th largest town in County Kildare. The town lies on the R445, some west of Dublin – near enough for it to have become, despite being a regional ce ...

. In November 2018, it was announced that River Media had sold their 7 weekly newspapers to

Iconic Newspapers Iconic Newspapers is an Irish newspaper company that publishes over 20 regional newspapers. Iconic Newspapers are owned by Mediaforce who are majority owned by Malcolm Denmark. Iconic Newspapers hold their newspaper assets in a subsidiary called F ...

Titles

Former newspaper titles

''Letterkenny Post'' (Sold to

)
''Finn Valley Post'' (Sold to

)
''

Inish Times The ''Inish Times'' is a local Irish newspaper based in Buncrana in Donegal's Inishowen peninsula. It serves the Inishowen area and is also sold in nearby areas such as Derry and Letterkenny. The paper, which is published each Tuesday, was fir ...

'' (Sold to

)
''Donegal Post'' (Sold to

)
''

Derry News The ''Derry News'' is a newspaper based and published in Derry, Northern Ireland. History It was first published in February 2001. The newspaper changed hands in the summer of 2006, when a consortium including River Media and the ''Irish News ...

'' (Sold to

)
''County Derry Post'' (Sold to

)
''Kildare Post'' (Sold to

)

Former online publications

Derry Now (Sold to

)
Donegal Now (Sold to

)

References

External links

Derry Now

Donegal Now
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