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Trinity Mirror plc is a large British newspaper
Newspaper

A newspaper is a publication containing news, information and advertising, usually printed on low-cost paper called newsprint. General-interest newspapers often feature articles on Politics, crime, business, art/entertainment, society and sports....
 and magazine
Magazine

for quarterly in Heraldry see Quartering Magazines, periodicals, glossies or serials are publications, generally published on a regular schedule, containing a variety of Article , generally financed by advertising, by a purchase price, by pre-paid magazine subscription, or all three....
 publisher. It is Britain's biggest newspaper group, publishing 240 regional papers as well as the Daily Mirror, Sunday Mirror, People
The People

The People, previously known as the Sunday People, is a United Kingdom tabloid Sunday-only newspaper, owned by the Trinity Mirror Group....
, Sunday Mail
Sunday Mail (Scotland)

The Sunday Mail is a Scotland tabloid newspaper published every Sunday. It is the sister paper of the Daily Record and is owned by Trinity Mirror and as such has a left-wing outlook which in turn tends to guide Scottish political debate in that direction....
 and Daily Record
Daily Record

The Daily Record is a Scotland tabloid newspaper based in Glasgow. It has been the best-selling daily paper in Scotland for many years with a paid circulation of 354,302 ....
. Its headquarters are at Canary Wharf
Canary Wharf

Canary Wharf is a large business and shopping development in East London, located in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, centred on the old West India Docks in the London Docklands....
 in London. Listed on the London Stock Exchange
London Stock Exchange

The London Stock Exchange or LSE is a stock exchange located in London, United Kingdom. Founded in 1801, it is one of the largest stock exchanges in the world, with many overseas listings as well as British companies....
, it has typically been a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index
FTSE 250 Index

The FTSE 250 Index is a market capitalisation-weighted index of 250 UK companies on the London Stock Exchange. They are selected quarterly as being the 101st to 350th largest companies with their primary listing on the exchange....
. However, on 22 December 2008, it became one of three major media companies to fall out of the index.

Daily Mirror was launched by Alfred Harmsworth for gentlewomen in 1903.






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Trinity Mirror plc is a large British newspaper
Newspaper

A newspaper is a publication containing news, information and advertising, usually printed on low-cost paper called newsprint. General-interest newspapers often feature articles on Politics, crime, business, art/entertainment, society and sports....
 and magazine
Magazine

for quarterly in Heraldry see Quartering Magazines, periodicals, glossies or serials are publications, generally published on a regular schedule, containing a variety of Article , generally financed by advertising, by a purchase price, by pre-paid magazine subscription, or all three....
 publisher. It is Britain's biggest newspaper group, publishing 240 regional papers as well as the Daily Mirror, Sunday Mirror, People
The People

The People, previously known as the Sunday People, is a United Kingdom tabloid Sunday-only newspaper, owned by the Trinity Mirror Group....
, Sunday Mail
Sunday Mail (Scotland)

The Sunday Mail is a Scotland tabloid newspaper published every Sunday. It is the sister paper of the Daily Record and is owned by Trinity Mirror and as such has a left-wing outlook which in turn tends to guide Scottish political debate in that direction....
 and Daily Record
Daily Record

The Daily Record is a Scotland tabloid newspaper based in Glasgow. It has been the best-selling daily paper in Scotland for many years with a paid circulation of 354,302 ....
. Its headquarters are at Canary Wharf
Canary Wharf

Canary Wharf is a large business and shopping development in East London, located in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, centred on the old West India Docks in the London Docklands....
 in London. Listed on the London Stock Exchange
London Stock Exchange

The London Stock Exchange or LSE is a stock exchange located in London, United Kingdom. Founded in 1801, it is one of the largest stock exchanges in the world, with many overseas listings as well as British companies....
, it has typically been a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index
FTSE 250 Index

The FTSE 250 Index is a market capitalisation-weighted index of 250 UK companies on the London Stock Exchange. They are selected quarterly as being the 101st to 350th largest companies with their primary listing on the exchange....
. However, on 22 December 2008, it became one of three major media companies to fall out of the index.

History

The Daily Mirror was launched by Alfred Harmsworth for gentlewomen in 1903. In 1984 Pergamon Holdings, a company owned by Robert Maxwell
Robert Maxwell

Ian Robert Maxwell Military Cross was a Czechoslovakian-born British media proprietor and former Parliament of the United Kingdom , who rose from poverty to build an extensive publishing empire, which collapsed after his death due to the fraudulent transactions Maxwell had committed to support his business empire, including illegal use of p...
 acquired the Daily Mirror. The Company was relisted as Mirror Group in 1991.

The company went on to buy Scottish & Universal Newspapers in 1992 and in 1997 it acquired the Birmingham Post and Mail
Birmingham Post

The Birmingham Post newspaper was originally published under the name Daily Post in Birmingham, England in 1857 by John Frederick Feeney....
.

Trinity Mirror was formed in September 1999 by the merger of Trinity plc, a company formed in 1985 to buy the Liverpool Post and Echo
Liverpool Daily Post

The Liverpool Daily Post is a newspaper published by Trinity Mirror on Merseyside in England. It is published Monday to Friday and is published in Merseyside, Cheshire, and North Wales editions, and is the morning paper....
, with Mirror Group plc. As a condition of the merger Trinity Mirror was forced to sell the Belfast Telegraph group.

During 2005 the company introduced a number of measures to manage discretionary spending more carefully some of which attracted press attention.

In 2007 the company sought to sell a number of titles: the Reading Chronicle
Reading Chronicle

The Reading Chronicle is an England local weekly newspaper covering Reading, Berkshire and surrounding areas, starting off as the Berkshire Chronicle....
 was sold to Berkshire Media Group and 25 Trinity Mirror South titles were sold to Northcliffe Media
Northcliffe Media

Northcliffe Media is a large regional newspaper publisher in the UK and Central and Eastern Europe, owned by the Daily Mail and General Trust....
. On 1 October 2007 it was announced that the sale of the Racing Post
Racing Post

The Racing Post is a United Kingdom daily horse racing, greyhound racing and sports betting newspaper, currently the only one appearing in print form....
 had been completed: the entire sale process had raised £263 million.

In September 2008 the company announced that it would be closing the printing plant in Liverpool
Liverpool

Liverpool [] is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a History of borough status in England and Wales in 1207 and was granted City status in the United Kingdom in 1880....
 after some 154 years of printing in the city and transferring the work to Oldham.

The group was listed on the London Stock Exchange on December 2, 1953

Operations

Trinity Mirror's printing division, Trinity Mirror Printing Ltd, is located at nine press sites throughout the UK, printing and distributing thirty-six major newspapers for the UK, including the Daily
The Daily Mirror

The Daily Mirror is a United Kingdom tabloid newspaper founded in 1903. Twice in its history, from 1985 to 1987, and from 1997 to 2002, the title on its masthead was changed to read simply The Mirror, which is how the paper is usually referred to in popular parlance....
 and Sunday Mirror, The People
The People

The People, previously known as the Sunday People, is a United Kingdom tabloid Sunday-only newspaper, owned by the Trinity Mirror Group....
, the two Independent
The Independent

The Independent is a United Kingdom Compact newspaper published by Tony O'Reilly's Independent News & Media. It is nicknamed the Indy, with the Sunday edition, The Independent on Sunday, being the Sindy....
 titles, Scottish Daily Record, and other contract titles including titles for the Guardian Media Group
Guardian Media Group

Guardian Media Group plc is a company of the United Kingdom owning various mass media operations including The Guardian, The Observer and the Manchester Evening News....
.

Titles it owns, some via its subsidiary 'Mirror Group Newspapers' include:
  • Barking & Dagenham Yellow Advertiser
  • Bexley Mercury
  • Birmingham Post
    Birmingham Post

    The Birmingham Post newspaper was originally published under the name Daily Post in Birmingham, England in 1857 by John Frederick Feeney....
     / Birmingham Mail
    Birmingham Mail

    The Birmingham Mail is a tabloid newspaper based in Birmingham, United Kingdom but distributed around Birmingham, The Black Country, Solihull, Warwickshire and parts of Worcestershire and Staffordshire....
     / Sunday Mercury
    Sunday Mercury

    Sunday Mercury is a Sunday newspaper published in Birmingham, United Kingdom. A tabloid, with a sensationalist streak, it is owned by Trinity Mirror and produced in the same newsroom as The Birmingham Post and The Birmingham Mail....
     /
  • Bracknell News
  • Brent & Wembley Leader
  • Colne Valley Chronicle
  • Coventry Evening Telegraph
    Coventry Evening Telegraph

    The Coventry Telegraph is a local tabloid newspaper. It was founded in 1891 by William Isaac Iliffe as Coventry's first daily newspaper, with the title 'The Midland Daily Telegraph' - a four-page broadsheet newspaper selling for a British halfpenny coin a copy....
  • Chester Chronicle
    Chester Chronicle

    The Chester Chronicle is a UK local weekly newspaper for the Chester and Cheshire area, first established in the 18th century. It is one of the UK's best-selling newspapers, published every Friday....
  • The Crawley News
  • Crewe Chronicle
  • The Daily Mirror
    The Daily Mirror

    The Daily Mirror is a United Kingdom tabloid newspaper founded in 1903. Twice in its history, from 1985 to 1987, and from 1997 to 2002, the title on its masthead was changed to read simply The Mirror, which is how the paper is usually referred to in popular parlance....
     / The Sunday Mirror
  • Daily Record
    Daily Record

    The Daily Record is a Scotland tabloid newspaper based in Glasgow. It has been the best-selling daily paper in Scotland for many years with a paid circulation of 354,302 ....
     / Sunday Mail
    Sunday Mail (Scotland)

    The Sunday Mail is a Scotland tabloid newspaper published every Sunday. It is the sister paper of the Daily Record and is owned by Trinity Mirror and as such has a left-wing outlook which in turn tends to guide Scottish political debate in that direction....
  • Dover Express
  • Ealing Gazette
  • Ealing Informer
  • Ealing Leader
  • Enfield Advertiser
  • Enfield Gazette
  • Evening Chronicle
    Evening Chronicle

    The Evening Chronicle is a daily, evening newspaper produced in Newcastle upon Tyne, covering Tyne and Wear, southern Northumberland and northern County Durham....
      (Newcastle upon Tyne
    Newcastle upon Tyne

    Newcastle upon Tyne is a City status in the United Kingdom and metropolitan borough of Tyne and Wear, in North East England. Situated on the north bank of the River Tyne, the city developed from a Roman Empire settlement called Pons Aelius, though it owes its name to the Newcastle Castle built in 1080, by Robert Curthose, the eldest son of...
    )
  • Evening Gazette
    Evening Gazette

    Evening Gazette is the name of several local newspapers:* Colchester Evening Gazette* Evening Gazette * Evening Gazette * Reno Evening Gazette, currently known as the Reno Gazette-Journal, in Reno, Nevada...
     (Teesside
    Teesside

    Teesside is the name given to the conurbation in the North East England of England made up of the towns of Middlesbrough, Stockton-on-Tees, Hartlepool, Redcar, Billingham and surrounding settlements....
    )
  • Fulham & Hammersmith Chronicle
  • The Glaswegian
  • Haringey Advertiser
  • Harrow & Wembley Observer
  • Harrow Informer
  • Harrow Leader
  • Havering Yellow Advertiser (Romford
    Romford

    Romford is a large suburban town in East London, England, England and the principal settlement of the London Borough of Havering. It is located north east of Charing Cross and is one of the major metropolitan centres identified in the London Plan....
    )
  • Highdown Books
  • Holme Valley Express
    Holme Valley Express

    The Holme Valley Express is an England local weekly newspaper covering Holmfirth and its surrounding area. It was first published as the Holmfirth Express....
  • Hounslow Borough Chronicle
  • Hounslow, Chiswick & Whitton Informer
  • Huddersfield District Chronicle
  • Huddersfield Examiner
  • Ilford & Redbridge Yellow Advertiser
  • Kensington & Chelsea Informer
  • Lewisham & Grenwich Mercury
  • Liverpool Daily Post
    Liverpool Daily Post

    The Liverpool Daily Post is a newspaper published by Trinity Mirror on Merseyside in England. It is published Monday to Friday and is published in Merseyside, Cheshire, and North Wales editions, and is the morning paper....
  • Liverpool Echo
    Liverpool Echo

    The Liverpool Echo is a newspaper published by Trinity Mirror on Merseyside in England. It is published Monday to Saturday, and is Liverpool's evening newspaper while its sister paper, the Liverpool Daily Post, is the morning paper....
  • Loughborough Echo
    Loughborough Echo

    The Loughborough Echo is a paid-for weekly local newspaper owned by Trinity Mirror.Founded by Joseph Deakin in 1891, the Echo has only had four editors in its history....
  • Mitcham, Morden & Wimbledon Post
  • Neath Guardian
    Neath Guardian

    The Neath Guardian is a local weekly newspaper distributed in Neath, Wales, and the surrounding area. It is published weekly, on a Wednesday, in the Tabloid format by Media Wales , part of the Trinity Mirror group....
  • Newcastle Herald and Post
  • The Journal
    The Journal (newspaper)

    The Journal is a daily newspaper produced in Newcastle upon Tyne. Published by ncjMedia, , The Journal is produced every weekday and Saturday morning and is complemented by its sister publication the Evening Chronicle....
      (Newcastle upon Tyne
    Newcastle upon Tyne

    Newcastle upon Tyne is a City status in the United Kingdom and metropolitan borough of Tyne and Wear, in North East England. Situated on the north bank of the River Tyne, the city developed from a Roman Empire settlement called Pons Aelius, though it owes its name to the Newcastle Castle built in 1080, by Robert Curthose, the eldest son of...
    )
  • Paisley Daily Express
    Paisley Daily Express

    The Paisley Daily Express is a Scottish newspapers based in Paisley, covering the Renfrewshire area. The paper, which is currently owned by Trinity Mirror has its main offices on New Street in Paisley town centre....
  • The People
    The People

    The People, previously known as the Sunday People, is a United Kingdom tabloid Sunday-only newspaper, owned by the Trinity Mirror Group....
  • The Press (Barnet
    Barnet

    High Barnet or Chipping Barnet is a place in the London Borough of Barnet in Greater London, England. It is a suburban development built around a 12th century settlement and is located north north-west of Charing Cross....
     and Hendon
    Hendon

    Hendon is a London suburb situated 7 miles north west of Charing Cross....
    )
  • Slough Express
  • South London Press
    South London Press

    The South London Press is a tabloid newspaper based in Streatham, South London covering the boroughs of Lambeth, Southwark, Lewisham and Wandsworth....
     (Lambeth
    Lambeth

    Lambeth is a place in the London Borough of Lambeth, although the area is now more commonly known as Waterloo, after the railway station whose viaduct separates the former centre of the village from the River Thames....
    , Southwark
    Southwark

    Southwark, or the Borough, is an area of south-east London in the London Borough of Southwark, situated 1.5 miles east of Charing Cross....
    , Lewisham
    Lewisham

    Lewisham is a district in south-east London, England and the principal settlement of the London Borough of Lewisham....
    , Greenwich
    Greenwich

    'Greenwich' is a district in south-east London, England, on the south bank of the River Thames in the London Borough of Greenwich. It is best known for its maritime history and as giving its name to the Greenwich Meridian and Greenwich Mean Time....
    , Wandsworth
    Wandsworth

    Wandsworth is a town on the south bank of the River Thames in south-west London. Wandsworth takes its name from the River Wandle, which enters the Thames at Wandsworth....
    , Croydon
    Croydon

    Croydon is a large town and major commercial centre in South London, and the principal settlement of the London Borough of Croydon. It is south of Charing Cross, and is one of the major metropolitan centres identified in the London Plan....
    , Bexley
    Bexley

    Bexley is an area of South East London in the London Borough of Bexley, London, England. It is located on the banks of the River Cray south of the Roman Road, Watling Street....
     and Merton
    Merton

    Merton may refer to:...
    )
  • South Wales Echo
    South Wales Echo

    The South Wales Echo is a daily newspaper distributed in South Wales. It was founded in 1884 and is based in Thomson House, Cardiff Cardiff city centre....
  • Staines Informer
    Staines Informer

    The Staines Informer is a weekly free newspaper distributed in the area in and around Staines. It is now owned by the Trinity Mirror group through their North Surrey and London Newspapers division....
  • Staines Leader
  • Streatham, Clapham & Wews Norwood Post
  • Sunday Sun
    Sunday Sun

    The Sunday Sun is a regional Sunday newspaper for North East England, Cumbria and the Scottish Borders, published in Newcastle Upon Tyne by Trinity Mirror....
     (Newcastle Upon Tyne
    Newcastle upon Tyne

    Newcastle upon Tyne is a City status in the United Kingdom and metropolitan borough of Tyne and Wear, in North East England. Situated on the north bank of the River Tyne, the city developed from a Roman Empire settlement called Pons Aelius, though it owes its name to the Newcastle Castle built in 1080, by Robert Curthose, the eldest son of...
    )
  • Surrey Herald
  • Surrey Mirror Advertiser
  • Sutton & Epsom Post
  • Uxbridge & Hillingdon Leader
  • Uxbridge Gazette
  • Walton & Weybridge Informer
  • Western Mail
  • The Wharf
    The Wharf (newspaper)

    The Wharf is a free local newspaper produced at Canary Wharf.The Wharf was set up in 1998, as such covering the transformation of the Isle of Dogs as it became one of the most important financial centres in the world....
     (Canary Wharf
    Canary Wharf

    Canary Wharf is a large business and shopping development in East London, located in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, centred on the old West India Docks in the London Docklands....
    )


Trinity Mirror Scotland (Scottish and Universal Newspapers)
  • Airdrie and Coatbridge Advertiser
  • Ayrshire Post
    Ayrshire Post

    The Ayrshire Post is a weekly Scotland local newspaper serving the community of South Ayrshire with local news, issues and sports coverage....
  • Blairgowrie Advertiser
  • Dumfries and Galloway Standard
  • East Kilbride News
  • Galloway News
  • Hamilton Advertiser
  • Irvine Herald
  • Kilmarnock Standard
    Kilmarnock Standard

    The Kilmarnock Standard is a Scotland weekly newspaper published every Thursday in the town of Kilmarnock....
  • Paisley Daily Express
    Paisley Daily Express

    The Paisley Daily Express is a Scottish newspapers based in Paisley, covering the Renfrewshire area. The paper, which is currently owned by Trinity Mirror has its main offices on New Street in Paisley town centre....
  • Perthshire Advertiser
    Perthshire Advertiser

    The Perthshire Advertiser is a tabloid newspaper published by Trinity Mirror in Perth, Scotland. The "PA", as it is commonly known, goes on sale twice a week: a Tuesday edition, and a bigger edition on a Friday....
  • Reformer
    Reformer

    Reformer may refer to:*Catalytic reformer, a unit in an oil refinery that reforms lighter hydrocarbons into higher octane molecules and hydrogen...
  • Stirling Observer
  • Strathearn Herald
  • The Lennox
  • West Lothian Courier
  • Wishaw Press


It used to own a 43% share of The Independent
The Independent

The Independent is a United Kingdom Compact newspaper published by Tony O'Reilly's Independent News & Media. It is nicknamed the Indy, with the Sunday edition, The Independent on Sunday, being the Sindy....
.

It owned the News Letter, Donegal Democrat
Donegal Democrat

The Donegal Democrat is a twice-weekly local newspaper, covering County Donegal in the northwest of Republic of Ireland. The paper was traditionally based in the town of Ballyshannon in the south of the county, but now has offices in Donegal and Letterkenny ....
 and Derry Journal
Derry Journal

The Derry Journal is a newspaper based in Derry, Northern Ireland, serving County Londonderry as well as County Donegal in the Republic of Ireland....
 until late 2003 when they were sold to the newly formed Local Press Ltd.

Subsidiaries


  • Mirrorsoft
    Mirrorsoft

    Mirrorsoft was a game software publisher in the United Kingdom, owned by Mirror Group Newspapers. It started off with educational software and then moved into games....


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