Overview

A strong print portfolio

Our Regionals division publishes 18 daily, over 50 paid weekly and more than 70 free weekly titles, which sit at the very heart of the communities they serve and reach a wide cross section of ages, sexes and social grades.

A strong and growing digital presence

Our leading newspaper titles are complemented by a strong and growing digital presence. Our regionals division publishes more than 400 regional websites, attracting more than five million unique users a month and, in 2007, delivering digital revenue in excess of £30m. Our digital portfolio includes:

• 66 newspaper companion websites, over 100 hyper-local community sites providing unparalled grassroots content and more than 140 local jobs, homes, motors and classified sites, which drive additional reach into local markets, from major cities right down to individual postcodes.
• A 50% stake in Fish4, which publishes the UK's leading national job board, Fish4Jobs.
• The UK's largest network of specialist job sites, including leading brands such as GAAPweb, TotallyLegal, TotallyFinancial, PlanetRecruitment, Secsinthecity and the careerengineer.
• A growing national digital property portfolio, including Smartnewhomes, the pre-eminent site for new homes, email4property, the leading place to find local estate agents online, and homeoverseas, the seach engine for overseas property.
• A rapidly-growing portfolio of mobile content feeds, giving our users regularly-updated local news and tailored information 'on the go'.

The combined strength of digital and print

The powerful combination of market leading print and digital products within core regional markets gives us a clear advantage over other media. Our multimedia approach significantly increases audience reach and the effectiveness of advertising. Across our regional marketplaces, our digital portfolio reaches an additional 1 million people and uplifts the audience reach of our print portfolio by 16% per cent.

Sport Media

Sport Media (www.tmsportmedia.com) produces winning titles for our sporting clients. Whether the match-day programme, the weekly, monthly or quarterly magazine, a biography on the star player like Steven Gerrard, or a book examining the history of the club, Sport Media delivers superb publications that fans will want to own.

We have also been quick to embrace the opportunities offered to publishers by the internet, and are able to provide secure e-publishing solutions which are essential as a cost-effective way to connect with, and capture data on, fans across the globe.

Rippleffect

Rippleffect (www.rippleffect.com) is an award-winning national on-line agency specialising in web design and development, consultancy and on-line marketing across a wide spectrum of clients.

Rippleffect has established itself as market leaders in the development and operation of sport, leisure and retail websites in the UK, with an ever growing client base of nationally recognised blue - chip companies and public sector organisations.

Clients currently include: Arsenal FC, Everton FC, Peel Holdings, Total Fitness, Salonlines, Littlewoods, Mercedes Benz, Living Ventures, Heathcotes,Merseyrail, North West Development Agency, Merseyside Police, David Maclean and the University of Liverpool.