Daily Mail and General Trust

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Daily Mail and General Trust plc
Type	Public (LSE: DMGT)
Founded	1922
Headquarters	London, UK
Key people	Viscount Rothermere, Chairman Charles Sinclair, CEO
Industry	Newspapers
Revenue	£2,176.0 million (2006)
Operating income	£149.5 million (2006)
Net income	£251.5 million (2006)
Website	www.dmgt.co.uk

Daily Mail and General Trust plc (DMGT) is one of the UK's largest media companies and has interests in national and regional newspapers, television and radio. While the majority of the company's activities are based in the UK, it does have worldwide operations. It is a member of the FTSE 100 Index, having been promoted from the mid-cap FTSE 250 Index in March 2007.^[1] It was previously a member of the FTSE 100 until its relegation in June 2006. ^[2]

Contents 1 Divisions 1.1 Associated Newspapers 1.2 DMG Broadcasting 1.3 DMG Broadcasting Australia 1.4 DMG World Media 1.5 Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC 1.6 Northcliffe 1.7 Websites 2 Management 3 History 4 See also 5 Notes 6 External links

[edit] Divisions

[edit] Associated Newspapers

• Daily Mail
• Mail on Sunday
• Evening Standard
• Ireland on Sunday
• Metro
• London Lite
• Loot

[edit] DMG Broadcasting

• British Pathe
• GWR Group (29.9%)
  • Classic FM
  • Core
  • 32 UK Local radio stations
• Greenland Interactive
• ITN (20%)
• New Era Commercials
• Teletext

[edit] DMG Broadcasting Australia

• 64 Radio stations

[edit] DMG World Media

Headquartered in Marin County, California, DMG World Media produces over 300 conventions and trade shows for several industries, including art and antiques, home and garden, gifts, sports and leisure, industrial and technical and hospitality.

[edit] Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC

• Conferences & Events
• Publishing

[edit] Northcliffe

• 92 UK local newspapers

[edit] Websites

DMGT has a number of prominent website assets.

• Loot
• Jobsite
• Top-Consultant.com
• UKPlus
• Find a Property
• Primelocation (purchased from Fastcrop PLC in December 2005)

[edit] Management

The current Chairman is the 4th Viscount Rothermere (indeed, every Viscount Rothermere has been the company's chairman) and the Chief Executive is Charles J F Sinclair.

[edit] History

The group can trace its history back to 1896, with the launch of the Daily Mail. DMGT was created in 1922.

In November 2005 DMGT announced its intention to sell its Northcliffe regional newspaper division. On February 17 2006 the company announced it was abandoning the sale due to the failure of the bids to 'fully reflect the long term value of the business'.

In mid 2006, the company sold Studygroup, a subsidiary of DMG Information, to CHAMP, an Australian based private equity group.

[edit] See also

• List of British television channels
• List of newspapers in the United Kingdom
• Viscount Rothermere
• Mass media

[edit] Notes

1. ^ Daily Mail replaces Cairn in FTSE rejig (HTML). Reuters UK. Reuters UK (2007-03-07). Retrieved on March 7, 2007.
2. ^ Vedanta, Lonmin, Drax all to be promoted to FTSE 100 index - FTSE Group (HTML). Forbes.com. AFX News Limited (2006-06-07). Retrieved on March 7, 2007.

[edit] External links

• DMGT Website
• Associated New Media
• Studygroup