Our Regionals division operates an extensive and increasingly diverse portfolio of brands across print and digital media across Scotland, the North East and North West, Wales, Midlands and London and the South East.
We publish more than 150 regional newspaper titles, both paid for and free, and over 30 magazines. Our market-leading regional titles are supplemented in their markets by free morning Metro titles in Cardiff, Liverpool, Newcastle, Scotland and Birmingham, which extends our reach to a younger, urban audience that is highly appealing to advertisers.
Reaching a vast audience across the regions
On a weekly basis, we reach:
- 79% of the adult population in our markets in the North West
A strong and growing digital presence
Our leading local and regional newspaper titles are complemented by a strong and growing digital presence. We have more than 200 regional websites, with five million unique users and revenue of £30.4. Our digital portfolio includes:
- Eight newspaper companion websites, 20 hyper-local sites and over 100 advertising category-specific sites.
- A 33.3% stake in the national Fish4 recruitment, property and motors sites.
- The hotgroup, the UK’s largest network of specialist job sites.
- A strong digital recruitment portfolio in leading segments comprising GAAPweb, TotallyLegal, TotallyFinancial, Secsinthecity and thecareerengineer.
- A growing national digital property portfolio including Smartnewhomes, email4property and homesoverseas.
Portfolio Development
During 2007, we made significant progress in reshaping and diversifying the business. A strong focus on portfolio development saw the launch of over 50 websites, five new events and exhibitions, and a range of new print titles and books. Examples include new specialist magazines in the bridal, home interest and lifestyle categories. In addition, we delivered 10 brand relaunches of our core print titles.
Award-winning
The strength of our brands and highly motivated professional workforce was recognised by numerous industry awards in 2007. These include:
- GazetteLive.co.uk, in Teesside, was named Consumer Website of the Year and Best Online community at the prestigious Association of Online Publishers’ Awards.
- Ncj Media won the Newspaper Society Publishing Centre of the Year title.
- The Sunday Mercury, based in Birmingham, was named Newspaper of the Year at he Midlands Media Awards.
- The Dumfries & Galloway Standard won the Gold Award for Paid-for-Weekly Newspaper of the Year at the North East Press Awards.
- Our Scottish & Universal business won the Scottish Agency Sales Team of the Year title for the ninth consecutive year.
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