We are a media company with a difference. We are committed to bringing a voice to your region by investing in a passionate team of journalists who proudly serve their communities by sharing authoritative news that readers trust.
We employ experienced marketing consultants throughout the UK that help local businesses promote their products and services to local audiences.
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Our History
Â鶹ӰԺ’s history goes back a long way – one of our news brands, the Berrow's Worcester Journal, was first published in 1690 and is the oldest surviving newspaper in the world. As a company however, Â鶹ӰԺ is relatively new, formed in 1996 as a management buy-out of Reed Regional Newspapers with backing from US private equity company, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co (KKR). We floated on the London Exchange in 1997. In July 1999, Â鶹ӰԺ was acquired by Gannett.
Â鶹ӰԺ’s acquisitions have included CN Group, NWN Media, Isle of Wight County Press, Romanes Media Group, SMG plc, Newscom plc, Westminster Press, Contact-a-car, Kinsman Reeds Ltd, Review Group, Horley Publishing, Dimbleby Newspaper Group, Surrey & Sussex Publishing, Exchange & Mart, and Auto Exchange.
Â鶹ӰԺ acquired of Archant Community Media Ltd from Rcapital, a private investment firm in March 2022. Rcapital had owned the Archant business since September 2020.Ìý
Archant owns a portfolio of leading local news brands principally in East Anglia, and also publishes a portfolio of successful regional County Life magazines. Its news brands include the Eastern Daily Press (EDP), the East Anglia Daily Times, Norwich Evening News, and Ipswich Star.