Johnston Press

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Johnston Press PLC is a newspaper publisher based in Edinburgh, Scotland. It runs The Scotsman publications and other newspapers around the United Kingdom and in Republic of Ireland. It is the second largest local newspaper publisher in the UK.

The company was set up in Falkirk in 1767 as F. Johnston & Co Ltd, and changed to its current name when it was first listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1988.[1]

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[edit] Newspapers owned by Johnston Press

[edit] Irish Newspapers owned by Johnston Press

The company expanded into the Irish market in 2005 by purchasing Local Press Ltd, a 3i holding company (£65 million);[2], the newspaper assets of Scottish Radio Holdings, known as Score Press with forty-five titles in Scotland and Ireland (£155 million)[3]; and the Leinster Leader Group (€138.6 million). [4] The titles were then reorganised into three main holding companies: Derry Journal Newspapers (Counties Donegal and Londonderry), Johnston Publishing (NI) (everywhere else in Northern Ireland) and Johnston Press Ireland (along with four smaller companies everywhere else in the Republic). In total, twenty-two titles are published in Northern Ireland, fourteen in the Republic and one in both.

[edit] Johnston Publishing (NI)

[edit] Daily

[edit] Local

[edit] Free Titles

  • Banbridge & District Weekender
  • Belfast News
  • Craigavon Echo
  • East Antrim Advertiser
  • Lisburn Echo
  • Mid Ulster Echo
  • North West Echo

[edit] Derry Journal Newspapers

[edit] Local

[edit] Free Titles

[edit] Johnston Press Ireland

[edit] Kilkenny People Ltd

[edit] Limerick Leader Ltd

[edit] Nationalist Newspaper Co

  • The Nationalist and Munster Advertiser
  • Tipperary Star

[edit] Tallaght Publishing Ltd

[edit] Websites owned by Johnston Press

[edit] References

  1. ^ History of Johnston Press. Johnston Press PLC. Retrieved on 2007-08-10.
  2. ^ Newspaper Society Database of Mergers
  3. ^ Press Release on Purchase of Score Press
  4. ^ Press Release on Purchase of Leinster Leader Group

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