Official Newsquest website; Newsquest's own list of its newspapers BAFTA-winning Ambulance is back with brand-new episodes, Media playback is unsupported on your device, Newsquest have put a number of staff on leave under the UK government's coronavirus job retention scheme, Susan Perry says regional titles in Wales are facing a fight for survival, Coronavirus: Newsquest staff cuts a 'kick in the teeth', ABC figures: Newspapers will no longer have to publish sales, Wales Online 'not chasing clicks at all costs', https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-52771503, Herald editor Tom Sinclair confirms newspaper closures, will no longer have their sales figures automatically published, Newsquest Newport job cuts: Parties query £340,000 aid, Newsquest staff cuts a 'kick in the teeth', Full article Real human stories behind the sirens, Full article Daily news briefing direct to your inbox. Gannett bought the regional publisher, which owns the Herald titles in Scotland, in 1999 for £1.6bn. With many older readers unable to leave the house to buy their daily papers, sales have declined during lockdown. Final editions: why no local news is bad news. ownership information or can help support this research, This page does not belong to or represent NewsQuest plc; it is. The mighty Gannett company, America’s largest newspaper company, owns Newsquest of the UK, with 205 titles and brands around Britain. Gannett also owns the digital marketing services companies ReachLocal, Inc., UpCurve, Inc., and WordStream, Inc. and runs the largest media-owned events business in the U.S., Gannett Ventures, formerly GateHouse Live. Counties Newspapers Group, Gloucestershire © Gannett Co., Inc. 2020. who will be pleased to receive information about NewsQuest plc but cannot Think of something much closer to journalism’s future here and now. It will also own Newsquest, the second largest regional publisher in the UK. Newsquest looked to buy JPI’s regional portfolio last year – but not national newspaper the i – when the publisher launched an 11th-hour attempt to sell itself and crown jewel assets to try to pay debts of more than £220m. Information on this owner is maintained by owners@londonfreelance.org Keep the backseat fresh and clean. (That was one reason for the purchase in the beginning). He is the owner of Express Newspapers and founder of Northern & Shell, which publishes various celebrity magazines, such as OK! 2: 2003_04: _NQ: held a 100% stake in: _Orpheus ? JPI rejected all the offers made for its assets and instead chose to enter administration, a day later agreeing a rescue and restructuring plan tabled by its biggest lenders. Susan Perry, Newsquest's group editor in north Wales, which produces titles such as the Wrexham Leader, said newspapers were facing a "real fight for survival". 9. Gannett also owns the digital marketing services companies ReachLocal, Inc., UpCurve, Inc., and WordStream, Inc. and runs the largest media-owned events business in the U.S., Gannett Ventures, formerly GateHouse Live. The decline in people buying newspapers is not new, leading to the axing of a number of local weekly and daily titles in Wales in recent years. External links. Credit: Amazon. As far as we know, this information is Current. Newsquest has gatecrashed the Daily Mirror owner’s attempt to buy JPI Media, which owns titles including the Scotsman and the Yorkshire Post, with an offer to create a UK regional newspaper powerhouse. "The news media industry faces a real fight for survival. Since the start of lockdown a fifth of its workforce has been sent home on the UK government job retention scheme. Telegraph Newspapers Ltd, Courier Ms Perry added that funds from sales are essential for newspapers to continue to provide local journalism and called for readers to support their local titles during these challenging times.