Local World Holdings Ltd. was a large regional newspaper
publisher
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in the UK that published around 100 print titles and more than 70 websites. It was formed in 2012 by David Montgomery, a former chief executive of
Trinity Mirror
Reach plc (known as Trinity Mirror between 1999 and 2018) is a British newspaper, magazine and digital publisher. It is one of the UK's biggest newspaper groups, publishing 240 regional papers in addition to the national ''Daily Mirror'', '' ...
, to buy the
Daily Mail and General Trust's
Northcliffe Media business, and the
Yattendon Group's Iliffe newspaper group.
In October 2015 Trinity Mirror, now
Reach plc
Reach plc (known as Trinity Mirror between 1999 and 2018) is a British newspaper, magazine and digital publisher. It is one of the UK's biggest newspaper groups, publishing 240 regional papers in addition to the national ''Daily Mirror'', '' ...
, bought the company. The sale was completed on 13 November 2015.
In April 2017 the Local World website started redirecting to the Trinity Mirror website.
History
Local World was established in 2012 by David Montgomery, in order to purchase local newspaper businesses.
In November 2012, it was announced that it would purchase Northcliffe Media from Daily Mail and General Trust, and separately, the Iliffe newspaper group from the Yattendon Group.
The purchase of the businesses was approved by the
Office of Fair Trading
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) was a non-ministerial government department of the United Kingdom, established by the Fair Trading Act 1973, which enforced both consumer protection and competition law, acting as the United Kingdom's economi ...
on 28 June 2013.
In September 2015, Daily Mail and General Trust confirmed it had entered into talks to sell Local World to
Trinity Mirror
Reach plc (known as Trinity Mirror between 1999 and 2018) is a British newspaper, magazine and digital publisher. It is one of the UK's biggest newspaper groups, publishing 240 regional papers in addition to the national ''Daily Mirror'', '' ...
; the sale was completed the following month.
Titles
Local World
Iliffe News and Media titles
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Cambridge News
The ''Cambridge News'' (formerly the ''Cambridge Evening News'') is a British daily newspaper. Published each weekday and on Saturdays, it is distributed from its Milton base. In the period December 2010 – June 2011 it had an average daily c ...
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Hertfordshire Mercury''
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Herts & Essex Observer''
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Harlow Star''
*''The Advertiser''
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Bedfordshire on Sunday''
*''Dunstable on Sunday''
*''Leighton Buzzard on Sunday''
*''Luton on Sunday''
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OneMK'' (Milton Keynes)
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Burton Mail''
*''Staffordshire Newsletter''
*''Ashbourne News Telegraph''
*''Uttoxeter Advertiser''
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Black Country Bugle''
*''Your Leek Paper''
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Nuneaton News''
*''Staffordshire Life''
Websites
*Kent Live
References
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Daily Mail and General Trust
Reach plc
Newspaper companies of the United Kingdom
2012 establishments in England