DMG Media explained

dmg media Limited
Type:Subsidiary
Parent:Daily Mail and General Trust
Foundation: (as Associated Newspapers)
(as DMG Media)
Location:London, United Kingdom
Industry:Mass media
Products:Newspapers and websites
Revenue: £652 million[1]

DMG Media (stylised in lowercase) is an intermediate holding company for Associated Newspapers, Northcliffe Media, Harmsworth Printing, Harmsworth Media and other subsidiaries of Daily Mail and General Trust. It is based at 9 Derry Street in Kensington, west London.

Associated Newspapers Limited was established in 1905 and owns the Daily Mail, MailOnline, The Mail on Sunday, Metro, Metro.co.uk, i newspaper, inews.co.uk and New Scientist. Its portfolio of national newspapers, websites and mobile and tablet applications regularly reach 63%[2] of the GB adult population every month: it includes two major paid-for national newspaper titles as well as a free nationally available newspaper. The firm is also responsible for overseeing and developing the Group's online consumer businesses and for the group's UK newspaper printing operations.

Harmsworth Printing Limited produces all of its London, Southern England and South Wales editions of the national titles out of a print work site in Thurrock, Essex. In 2020 DMG Media acquired JPI Media's print operations in Dinnington, Portsmouth and Carn.[3]

History

Associated Newspaper Ltd was established in 1905 by brother newspaper barons Alfred and Harold Harmsworth. When Alfred died in 1922 without an heir, Harold Harmsworth acquired his controlling interest in Associated Newspapers for £1.6 million, and the next year bought the Hulton newspaper chain, which left Associated Newspapers in control of three national morning newspapers, three national Sunday newspapers, two London evening papers, four provincial daily newspapers, and three provincial Sunday newspapers.

Harold retired as chairman of Associated Newspapers in 1932 at the age of 64, and his son Esmond took over that role.[4] He served as chairman until 1971, after which he assumed the titles of President and Director of Group Finance, and chairman of Daily Mail & General Trust Ltd, the parent company, from 1938 until his death. Harmsworth ran the businesses with sufficient skill that they remain firmly under family control today, majority ownership being voted by his grandson, Jonathan Harmsworth, 4th Viscount Rothermere (and a significant minority by Vyvyan Harmsworth, the 2nd Viscount's son by his third marriage). Jonathan Harmsworth is the chairman of the Daily Mail and General Trust (DMGT). Associated Newspapers changed its name to DMG Media in 2013.

In January 2022, DMGT delisted from the London Stock Exchange following a successful offer for DMGT by Rothermere Continuation Limited.[5]

Associated-Rediffusion

In February 1954, with the passage of the Television Act 1954, Associated Newspapers joined forces with Taylorfilms and Rediffusion (the latter being an division of BET plc) into forming Associated-Rediffusion, winning the rights for London's weekday ITV service. They began broadcasting on 22 September 1955. During the partnership's first year, Associated-Rediffusion was losing money so fast that it was financially suffering; However, Associated-Rediffusion had managed to recover its financial security completely by October 1958. However, Associated-Rediffusion eventually lost its rights into broadcasting within London during August 1967.

Titles

dmg media publishes the following titles:

Other services

Former titles

Legal action

On 27 April 2007, Associated Newspapers was ordered to pay undisclosed damages to Hugh Grant. He sued over claims made about his relationships with his former girlfriends in three separate tabloid articles, which were published in the Daily Mail and The Mail on Sunday on 18, 21 and 24 February. Grant's lawyer stated that all of the articles' "allegations and factual assertions are false."[22]

In a written statement, Grant said he took the action because: "I was tired of the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday papers publishing almost entirely fictional articles about my private life for their own financial gain. I'm also hoping that this statement in court might remind people that the so-called 'close friends' or 'close sources' on which these stories claim to be based almost never exist."[23]

The publisher has also lost libel cases and paid damages to personalities including television presenter Thea Rogers,[24] and Oisin Fanning, former CEO of Smart Telecom.[25]

On 1 October 2019, Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex announced via a statement that his wife, Meghan, Duchess of Sussex is suing Associated Newspapers over a private letter one of its newspapers, Mail on Sunday, had published.[26] The handwritten letter, which Markle addressed to her father, Thomas Markle, was published by the paper in February 2019.[27] The statement claims that the paper misused private information, copyright infringement and breached the UK's Data Protection Act 2018. Furthermore, the Duke and Duchess alleges the letter was published illegally and edited selectively to hide "lies" the paper had told about the Duchess. Prince Harry added that the legal action "hinges on one incident in a long and disturbing pattern of behavior" against his wife by British tabloid media.

Associated Newspapers was ordered to pay damages of £120,000 and published two apologies, in April and May 2019, to a charitable organisation for wrongly claiming links to terrorism.[28] [29]

On 24 February 2022, a spokesperson for Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex confirmed he had begun libel action against Associated Newspapers Ltd. The claim related to an article printed in The Mail on Sunday about his security arrangements.[30] [31]

On 6 October 2022, it was announced that various individuals, including Baroness Lawrence of Clarendon, Elton John and Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, were taking legal action against Associated Newspapers Ltd.[32] The action relates to allegations of "gross breaches of privacy", including phone hacking and the use of listening devices placed in homes and cars.[33] [34]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: dmg media Limited .
  2. Published Audience Measurement Company (PAMCo) data released January 2022.
  3. Web site: dmg media acquires JPI Media print sites. 2022-01-25. inpublishing.co.uk. 20 October 2020 .
  4. News: A Newspaper Magnate Railway Service Fire Alarms Banditry in East and West. The Times of India. 21 October 1932.
  5. Web site: 2021-12-16. Daily Mail publisher to delist from stock market after 90 years. 2022-01-25. The Guardian. en.
  6. Book: Dictionary of Nineteenth-century Journalism in Great Britain and Ireland. Brake. Laurel. Demoor. Marysa. 2009. Academia Press. 9789038213408. en.
  7. Web site: 2022-01-24. Most popular newspapers in the UK. National press ABCs. 2022-01-25. Press Gazette. en-US.
  8. News: 2012-01-27. How the Daily Mail stormed the US. en-GB. BBC News. 2022-01-25.
  9. Web site: 2021-05-18. Metro circulation back above 1m: Ted Young interview. 2022-01-25. Press Gazette. en-US.
  10. News: Daily Mail owner buys New Scientist magazine in £70m deal. Mark Sweeney. 3 March 2021. The Guardian. 3 March 2021.
  11. News: Profit up 90% at Irish Daily Mail owner. .
  12. News: Daily Mail mobilises big names for premium offer. BBC News. 28 October 2019.
  13. News: Spin off MailOnline to liberate the Daily Mail. https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221211/https://www.ft.com/content/f0a5e998-da39-4bd0-ad59-3b01014f9124 . 11 December 2022 . subscription . live. Financial Times. July 2021. Barker. Alex.
  14. Web site: Irish Daily Mail seeks redundancies to save costs. Ingrid. Miley. 1 March 2019. 29 April 2019. www.rte.ie.
  15. News: 'Irish Daily Mail' publisher reaches redundancy target. Laura. Slattery. The Irish Times. 29 April 2019.
  16. News: Ex-KGB spy buys UK paper for £1 . BBC News . 21 January 2009 . 2 July 2013.
  17. Web site: How Elite Daily's 20-something founders sold their startup to Daily Mail for ~ $50 Million in cash. Business Insider. 5 March 2015.
  18. Web site: Bustle acquires Elite Daily from Daily Mail and rebrands as Bustle Digital Group. 17 April 2017. 15 June 2017.
  19. Web site: Thomas Jacob on Mail Today's launch into India's booming newspaper market. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120221104812/http://www.thomascrampton.com/media/thomas-jacob-mail-todays-india-newspaper-ifra/. 21 February 2012. dmy.
  20. Web site: Dubai news and what to do in Dubai. 17 December 2013. 7DAYS Dubai. 29 April 2019.
  21. News: Friendly . Jonathan . 1982-03-16 . BRITISH PUBLISHER, CITING LOSSES, CLOSES SOHO NEWS . en-US . The New York Times . 2023-11-01 . 0362-4331.
  22. News: Hugh Grant accepts libel damages . BBC News . 27 April 2007 . 2 July 2013.
  23. News: Associated pays Grant damages . Tryhorn . Chris . The Guardian . 27 April 2007 . 2 July 2013 . London.
  24. News: Associated Newspapers to pay libel damages to BBC producer. Mark. Sweney. 8 May 2007. The Independent.
  25. Web site: Newspaper bosses are left smarting after libel action. Independent.ie.
  26. Web site: Prince Harry and Meghan sue UK tabloid. Foster, Max. Kent, Lauren. Lewis, Aimee. CNN. October 2019 . en. 2019-10-01.
  27. Web site: Prince Harry says Meghan is 'falling victim to the same powerful forces' as Diana. Kindelan. Katie. 1 October 2019. ABC News. en. 1 October 2019.
  28. Web site: Press Release – Mail and MailOnline apologise and pay £120,000 in damages to Interpal Trustees over false terror and extremism allegations . Carter Ruck . 7 October 2022.
  29. Web site: Mail publisher pays damages to charity over Gaza 'hate festival' reports . Press Gazette . 7 October 2022 . 14 June 2019.
  30. News: Weaver . Matthew . Prince Harry launches libel action against Mail on Sunday . the Guardian . 24 February 2022 . en.
  31. News: Haroon . Siddique . Prince Harry's libel claim against Mail on Sunday boosted by high court ruling . the Guardian . 8 July 2022 . en.
  32. Web site: Press release: Various Claimants vs. Associated Newspapers Limited . Hamlins LLP London . 6 October 2022.
  33. News: Sandford . Daniel . Elton John and Prince Harry sue Daily Mail publisher over 'privacy breach' . BBC News . 6 October 2022.
  34. News: Kingsley . Thomas . Group including Prince Harry launch legal action against Daily Mail publishers . The Independent . 6 October 2022 . en.

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