Johnston Press plc is a newspaper publishing company headquartered in Edinburgh

Edinburgh

Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland, the second largest city in Scotland, and the eighth most populous in the United Kingdom. The City of Edinburgh Council governs one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas. The council area includes urban Edinburgh and a rural area...

, Scotland. Its flagship titles are The Scotsman

The Scotsman

The Scotsman is a British newspaper, published in Edinburgh.As of August 2011 it had an audited circulation of 38,423, down from about 100,000 in the 1980s....

 and the Yorkshire Post

Yorkshire Post

The Yorkshire Post is a daily broadsheet newspaper, published in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England by Yorkshire Post Newspapers, a company owned by Johnston Press...

; it also operates many other newspaper

Newspaper

A newspaper is a scheduled publication containing news of current events, informative articles, diverse features and advertising. It usually is printed on relatively inexpensive, low-grade paper such as newsprint. By 2007, there were 6580 daily newspapers in the world selling 395 million copies a...

s around the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland

Republic of Ireland

Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...

 and the Isle of Man

Isle of Man

The Isle of Man , otherwise known simply as Mann , is a self-governing British Crown Dependency, located in the Irish Sea between the islands of Great Britain and Ireland, within the British Isles. The head of state is Queen Elizabeth II, who holds the title of Lord of Mann. The Lord of Mann is...

. It is the second-largest publisher of local newspapers in the UK. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange

London Stock Exchange

The London Stock Exchange is a stock exchange located in the City of London within the United Kingdom. , the Exchange had a market capitalisation of US$3.7495 trillion, making it the fourth-largest stock exchange in the world by this measurement...

 and is a constituent of the FTSE Fledgling Index

FTSE Fledgling Index

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.

History

The Johnston family has been involved in the printing business since 1767. It bought control of its first newspaper, the Falkirk Herald

Falkirk Herald

The Falkirk Herald is a weekly tabloid newspaper published by Johnston Press. It provides news coverage, opinion and analysis of current affairs in the towns of Falkirk, Grangemouth, Larbert and Denny as well as neighbouring villages including Polmont, Redding and Bonnybridge.Combined, the paper's...

, in 1846. The company would remain headquartered in Falkirk for the next 150 years. The family publishing company was renamed F Johnston & Co Ltd in 1882, a title it would retain until it was floated on the London Stock Exchange as Johnston Press in 1988. The company's first major acquisition came in 1970, when it took control of the Fife-based publishers Strachan & Livingston. In 1978 it bought Wilfred Edmunds in Chesterfield

Chesterfield

Chesterfield is a market town and a borough of Derbyshire, England. It lies north of Derby, on a confluence of the rivers Rother and Hipper. Its population is 70,260 , making it Derbyshire's largest town...

, publisher of the Derbyshire Times

Derbyshire Times

The Derbyshire Times is a weekly local newspaper published in northern Derbyshire, each edition being on sale from Thursday. Its headquarters are in Chesterfield and much of its coverage centres on the town and the surrounding area. The newspaper also covers parts of the Peak District and Amber...

 and The Yorkshire Weekly Newspaper Group in Wakefield

Wakefield

Wakefield is the main settlement and administrative centre of the City of Wakefield, a metropolitan district of West Yorkshire, England. Located by the River Calder on the eastern edge of the Pennines, the urban area is and had a population of 76,886 in 2001....

.

The Company bought The West Sussex County Times in 1988, The Halifax Evening Courier in 1994 and the newspaper intests of EMAP

EMAP

Emap Limited is a British media company, specialising in the production of business-to-business magazines, and the organisation of business events and conferences...

 plc in 1996. Further expansion followed with Portsmouth & Sunderland Newspapers in 1999 and Regional Independent Media Holdings in 2002.

The Company expanded into the Irish market in 2005 by purchasing Local Press Ltd, a company owned by 3i

3i

3i Group plc is a multinational private equity and venture capital company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It has offices in 13 countries across Asia, Europe and the Americas and had total assets under management of £12.7 billion as at 31 March 2011...

 (£65 million), the newspaper assets of Scottish Radio Holdings

Scottish Radio Holdings

Scottish Radio Holdings was a Scottish media company which owned 22 radio stations, and around 30 local newspapers in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland.-History:...

, known as Score Press with forty-five titles in Scotland and Ireland (£155 million), and the Leinster Leader Group (€138.6 million). The titles were then reorganised into three main holding companies: Derry Journal Newspapers

Derry Journal Newspapers

Derry Journal Newspapers is a holding company of Johnston Press that operates several local newspapers in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. Its key titles include the second oldest newspaper still in existence in Ireland, the Derry Journal and the Donegal Democrat both of whom are the...

 (Counties Donegal

County Donegal

County Donegal is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Border Region and is also located in the province of Ulster. It is named after the town of Donegal. Donegal County Council is the local authority for the county...

 and Londonderry

County Londonderry

The place name Derry is an anglicisation of the old Irish Daire meaning oak-grove or oak-wood. As with the city, its name is subject to the Derry/Londonderry name dispute, with the form Derry preferred by nationalists and Londonderry preferred by unionists...

), Johnston Publishing (NI)

Johnston Publishing (NI)

Johnston Publishing is a large newspaper group in Northern Ireland consisting of Mortons Newspapers and the News Letter, and is a holding company of Johnston Press...

 (everywhere else in Northern Ireland) and Johnston Press Ireland

Johnston Press Ireland

Johnston Press Ireland is one of three main holding companies of Johnston Press on the island of Ireland and publishes papers such as the Dundalk Democrat, The Echo and Leitrim Observer...

 (along with four smaller companies everywhere else in the Republic).

The Company acquired Scotsman Publications

The Scotsman publications

The Scotsman Publications Limited is the parent company of The Scotsman, Scotland on Sunday, Edinburgh Evening News and Herald & Post newspapers, and of the website....

 in 2006.

2011 industrial action

On 7 July 2011, NUJ-represented staff at three Johnston Press titles voted 100% in favour of taking strike action. The affected titles were the Doncaster Free Press

Doncaster Free Press

The Doncaster Free Press is a weekly newspaper in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England. It is owned by South Yorkshire Newspapers , a subsidiary of the Johnston Press publishing empire.- Content of the newspaper :...

, the South Yorkshire Times, the Goole Courier and the Selby Times. The dispute stemmed from Johnston Press' announcement in June 2011 of plans to cut 18 jobs including two editors.

Following the ballot results, and the failure to reach settlement with Johnston Press; staff walked out on indefinite strike on 15 July 2011.

Despite the strike continuing for several weeks, Johnston Press' Chief Executive John Fry

John Fry

John Fry is a co-founder of Fry's Electronics and owner of the San Jose SaberCats.He has also founded and continues to fund a mathematical research institute, the American Institute of Mathematics.-References:...

 refused the NUJ's request for mediation through ACAS

ACAS

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.

Johnston Press went on to service notice of redundancy upon the South Yorkshire Times' editor Jim Oldfield on Monday 8 August 2011. This was despite circulation figures being substantially higher under Oldfield's tenure. Greame Huston, of the Doncaster Free Press

Doncaster Free Press

The Doncaster Free Press is a weekly newspaper in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England. It is owned by South Yorkshire Newspapers , a subsidiary of the Johnston Press publishing empire.- Content of the newspaper :...

 is to take over management of the paper, becoming its Editor-in-chief. This is despite Doncaster Free Press

Doncaster Free Press

The Doncaster Free Press is a weekly newspaper in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England. It is owned by South Yorkshire Newspapers , a subsidiary of the Johnston Press publishing empire.- Content of the newspaper :...

' circulation figures dropping under Huston's leaderships whilst the South Yorkshire Times had flourished and staved off serious circulation decreases under Jim Oldfield

Jim Oldfield

Jim Oldfield is an author, editor, and reviewer famous for his work with Commodore computers. He is married to Deb Oldfield and is the father of James, Jon, and Jason Oldfield....

. As of 23 August 2011, the strike was in its sixth week.

British newspapers

The following is a partial list of British newspapers owned by the company:

• Arbroath Herald
  Arbroath Herald
  The Arbroath Herald Guide and Gazette, usually referred to as The Arbroath Herald is a local newspaper covering events in and around Arbroath, Angus, Scotland. The Arbroath Herald is released weekly on a Friday.-History:...
  
  
• Banbury Guardian
  Banbury Guardian
  The Banbury Guardian is a local tabloid newspaper published in Banbury, Oxfordshire. It serves north Oxfordshire, southwest Northamptonshire and southeast Warwickshire...
  
  
• Batley News
• Biggleswade Chronicle
• Birstall News
• Blackpool Gazette
  Blackpool Gazette
  The Blackpool Gazette is an English evening newspaper based in Blackpool, Lancashire. Published every day except Sunday, it covers the towns and communities of the Fylde coast...
  
  
• Bognor Regis Observer
• Bridlington Free Press
  Bridlington Free Press
  The Bridlington Free Press is owned by Johnston Press and is distributed in the Bridlington area of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. There is also an online edition available at ....
  
  
• Buckingham Advertiser
• Bucks Herald
  Bucks Herald
  The Bucks Herald is a weekly newspaper, published every Wednesday and covering Aylesbury and its surrounding villages in the Aylesbury Vale area of Buckinghamshire, England. It was first published on January 7, 1832....
  
  
• Burnley Express
  Burnley Express
  For the cricketer with the same nickname, see James Anderson .The Burnley Express is a newspaper for Burnley and Padiham, England and surrounding area. It is printed twice weekly on Tuesday and Friday - which is the larger edition. It has been in print since 1877 and is now part of the Johnston...
  
  
• Carrick Gazette
• Chichester Observer
• Crawley Observer
• Cumbernauld News
• Daventry Express
  Daventry Express
  The Daventry Express is a local weekly newspaper serving Daventry and the surrounding villages. It is currently published every Thursday. It has a circulation of 8,500 and is owned by Johnston Press.Its offices are located in Daventry High Street....
  
  
• Derbyshire Times
  Derbyshire Times
  The Derbyshire Times is a weekly local newspaper published in northern Derbyshire, each edition being on sale from Thursday. Its headquarters are in Chesterfield and much of its coverage centres on the town and the surrounding area. The newspaper also covers parts of the Peak District and Amber...
  
  
• Dewsbury Reporter
  Dewsbury Reporter
  The Dewsbury Reporter is a local weekly publication, providing news for residents of Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, and surrounding areas.It is owned by Johnston Press Digital Publishing, and has sister newspapers covering Mirfield, Wakefield, Batley and Birstall....
  
  
• Diss Express
  Diss Express
  The Diss Express is an English newspaper that covers a 500-mile square circulation area on the Norfolk/Suffolk border and has a print/online audience of more than 29,000...
  
  
• Doncaster Free Press
  Doncaster Free Press
  The Doncaster Free Press is a weekly newspaper in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England. It is owned by South Yorkshire Newspapers , a subsidiary of the Johnston Press publishing empire.- Content of the newspaper :...
  
  
• Driffield Times
  Driffield Times
  The Driffield Times is a weekly newspaper in Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is owned by Yorkshire regional Newspapers Ltd a subsidy of the Johnston Press publishing empire.-History:...
  
  
• Driffield Post
• Edinburgh Evening News
  Edinburgh Evening News
  The Edinburgh Evening News is a local newspaper based in Edinburgh, Scotland. It is published daily . It has a circulation of 68,000 and is owned by Johnston Press, which also owns The Scotsman and many regional titles throughout the UK.Much of the copy contained in the Evening News concerns local...
  
  
• Edinburgh Herald and Post
  Edinburgh Herald and Post
  The Edinburgh Herald & Post is a weekly Scottish freesheet that delivers to households in Edinburgh, Midlothian and Musselburgh. It consists mainly of advertising and promotional pieces, with news items sourced from sister publication Edinburgh Evening News...
  
  
• Eastbourne Gazette
  Eastbourne Gazette
  The Eastbourne Gazette, commonly known as just The Gazette, is a weekly tabloid newspaper, printed on Wednesdays and published since 1859 in Eastbourne, England.-History:...
  
  
• Eastbourne Herald
  Eastbourne Herald
  The Eastbourne Herald, commonly known as just The Herald, is a weekly tabloid newspaper, printed on Fridays and published since 1865 in Eastbourne, England....
  
  
• Ellon Times
  Ellon Times
  The Ellon Times is a local, weekly newspaper based in Ellon, Aberdeenshire. It is a sister paper of the Buchan Observer, Fraserburgh Herald and Inverurie Herald....
  
  
• Falkirk Herald
  Falkirk Herald
  The Falkirk Herald is a weekly tabloid newspaper published by Johnston Press. It provides news coverage, opinion and analysis of current affairs in the towns of Falkirk, Grangemouth, Larbert and Denny as well as neighbouring villages including Polmont, Redding and Bonnybridge.Combined, the paper's...
  
  
• Fife Herald & Post
  Fife Herald & Post
  The Fife Herald & Post is a weekly Scottish freesheet that delivers to households in Dunfermline, Kirkcaldy, Cowdenbeath, Inverkeithing and surrounding areas. The paper used to be called the Dunfermline Herald & Post....
  
  
• Fife Leader
• Filey Mercury
• Fleetwood Weekly News
  Fleetwood Weekly News
  The Fleetwood Weekly News is a weekly newspaper based in Fleetwood, Lancashire, England published every week, on a Wednesday, which covers Fleetwood and North Fylde....
  
  
• Galloway Gazette
• Glasgow South and Eastwood Extra
• Grantham Journal (Grantham)
• Green Un
  Green Un
  The Green 'Un is a Saturday sports paper published, on Saturday evenings, in Sheffield, England, its name deriving from the light green newsprint on which it has traditionally been printed....
  
   (Sheffield)
• Halifax Courier
• Harborough Mail
  Harborough Mail
  The Harborough Mail is a weekly newspaper which serves Market Harborough and the surrounding area. There are two versions, one of which covers the Lutterworth area in more detail, entitled the...
  
  
• Hartlepool Mail
  Hartlepool Mail
  The Hartlepool Mail is a newspaper serving Hartlepool and the surrounding area. It has an average daily circulation of 14,198.The paper was founded in Hartlepool in 1877 as The Northern Daily Mail and continued to be printed in the town until August 2006, when the printing staff were told they...
  
  
• Harrogate Advertiser
• Hemel Hempstead Gazette
  Hemel hempstead gazette
  The Hemel Hempstead Gazette is the local paper for the Hemel Hempstead area in the United Kingdom.-History:It was first published in 1858 as The Hemel Hempstead Gazette and West Herts Advertiser , this was renamed in 1899 as The Hertfordshire, Hemel Hempstead Gazette and West Herts Advertiser and...
  
  
• Isle of Man Courier
  Isle of Man Courier
  The Isle of Man Courier is a free weekly newspaper on the Isle of Man.It is owned by Isle of Man Newspapers and its sister newspapers are the Isle of Man Examiner and the Manx Independent.-History:...
  
  
• Isle of Man Examiner
  Isle of Man Examiner
  The Isle of Man Examiner is a newspaper in the Isle of Man.The paper is published every Tuesday, and is owned by Isle of Man Newspapers, which is now part of Johnston Press....
  
  
• Kilsyth Chronicle
• Lanark Gazette
• Lancashire Evening Post
  Lancashire Evening Post
  The Lancashire Evening Post is a daily newspaper based in Fulwood, a suburb of the city of Preston, Lancashire, England. According to the British Library, its first edition was published on 18 October 1886...
  
  
• Lancaster Guardian
• Lancing Herald
• Leamington Courier
• Leighton Buzzard Observer
• Littlehampton Gazette
  Littlehampton Gazette
  The Littlehampton Gazette is a British local newspaper, serving the West Sussex town of Littlehampton and surrounding towns and villages such as Angmering, Arundel, Clapham, East Preston, Patching and Rustington...
  
  
• Luton News
• Lytham St Annes Express
• Malton & Pickering Mercury
• Mansfield Chad
• Manx Independent
  Manx Independent
  The Manx Independent is a tabloid weekly newspaper in the Isle of Man. It is published every Friday.It is owned by Isle of Man Newspapers, which is now part of Johnston Press....
  
  
• Mirfield Reporter
  Mirfield Reporter
  The Mirfield Reporter is a local weekly publication, providing news for residents of Mirfield, West Yorkshire, England, and surrounding areas.It is owned by Johnston Press Digital Publishing, and has sister newspapers Dewsbury Reporter, Wakefield Express, Batley News and Birstall News.In July 2008...
  
  
• Milngavie and Bearsden Herald
• Milton Keynes Citizen
• Montrose Review
  Montrose Review
  The Montrose Review was established on 11 January 1811, with the full title of The Montrose, Arbroath and Brechin Review, and Forfar and Kincardine Shires Advertiser...
  
  
• Morpeth Herald
  Morpeth Herald
  The Morpeth Herald is a weekly newspaper published in Morpeth, Northumberland, England.A broadsheet, established in 1854 as a monthly and becoming weekly in 1858, the newspaper serves Morpeth, Ponteland, Pegswood, Ellington, Lynemouth, Widdrington Station and the outlying districts...
  
  
• News Guardian
  News Guardian
  The News Guardian is a free weekly newspaper covering three main areas of North Tyneside, a metropolitan district in north east England. It serves Whitley Bay, North Shields and Wallsend with news, sport, entertainment as well as regular property and motoring supplements.The News Guardian series is...
  
  
• The News (Portsmouth)
• Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph
  Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph
  The Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph, or ET as it is nicknamed, is the local newspaper for the north of Northamptonshire. It is based at Newspaper House in Rothwell Road, Kettering, and has since 1996 been part of the Johnston Press newspaper group...
  
  
• Northampton Chronicle & Echo
  Northampton Chronicle & Echo
  The Northampton Chronicle & Echo is a local newspaper serving Northampton, England, and the surrounding towns and villages, with editions from Monday to Saturday...
  
  
• Northumberland Gazette
  Northumberland Gazette
  The Northumberland Gazette is a weekly newspaper published in Alnwick, Northumberland, England.A broadsheet, it was established in 1854 as the Alnwick Mercury, but adopted the title Alnwick and County Gazette in 1883 after incorporating that newspaper, founded earlier in 1883; it continued the...
  
  
• Paisley and Renfrewshire Extra
• Perth Herald & Post
  Perth Herald & Post
  The Perth Herald & Post was a weekly Scottish freesheet that delivered to households in the Perth and Kinross areas. The paper was launched in 2004 but has now ceased publication....
  
  
• Peterborough Evening Telegraph
  Peterborough Evening Telegraph
  The Peterborough Evening Telegraph, or ET as it is known locally, is the local newspaper for the city of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire in the United Kingdom...
  
  
• Pocklington Post
• Rugby Advertiser
• Scarborough Evening News
  Scarborough Evening News
  The Scarborough Evening News, is a local, paid-for daily newspaper distributed in and around the Scarborough, North Yorkshire, area. The newspaper gives a local slant on the day's news....
  
  
• Scotland on Sunday
  Scotland on Sunday
  Scotland on Sunday is a Scottish Sunday newspaper, published in Edinburgh by The Scotsman Publications Ltd and consequently assuming the role of Sunday sister to its daily stablemate The Scotsman...
  
  
• The Scotsman
  The Scotsman
  The Scotsman is a British newspaper, published in Edinburgh.As of August 2011 it had an audited circulation of 38,423, down from about 100,000 in the 1980s....
  
  
• Sheffield Star
  Sheffield Star
  The Star, often known as the Sheffield Star is a daily newspaper published in Sheffield, England, from Monday to Saturday each week. Originally a broadsheet, the newspaper became a tabloid in 1989...
  
  
• Sheffield Telegraph
  Sheffield Telegraph
  The Sheffield Telegraph is a weekly newspaper published in Sheffield, England.-History:Founded in 1855 as the Sheffield Daily Telegraph, it was the city's first daily newspaper, published at 08:00 each morning. The newspaper struggled until W. C...
  
  
• Shields Gazette
  Shields Gazette
  The Shields Gazette, established in 1849, is a daily evening newspaper. It is the oldest provincial evening newspaper in the United Kingdom....
  
  
• Shoreham Herald
• Stornoway Gazette
  Stornoway Gazette
  The Stornoway Gazette is a local newspaper reporting on local issues in the Western Isles of Scotland, specifically Stornoway and the Outer Hebrides.- External links :* of the Stornoway Gazette...
  
  
• Sunderland Echo
  Sunderland Echo
  The Sunderland Echo is an evening newspaper serving the Sunderland, South Tyneside and East Durham areas of North East England. The newspaper was founded by Samuel Storey, Edward Backhouse, Edward Temperley Gourley, Charles Palmer, Richard Ruddock, Thomas Glaholm and Thomas Scott Turnbull in 1873,...
  
  
• Sussex Express
• Times & Citizen (Bedford)
• Todmorden News
• The Visitor
  The Visitor (Morecambe newspaper)
  The Visitor is a weekly paid-for newspaper published in Morecambe, Lancashire, England. It covers Morecambe and the surrounding district including Overton, Middleton, Heysham, Slyne, Hest Bank, Bolton-le-Sands and Carnforth....
  
   (Morecambe, Lancs)
• Westend Extra (Glasgow)
• West Lothian Herald & Post
  West Lothian Herald & Post
  The West Lothian Herald & Post is a weekly Scottish freesheet that delivers to households in Livingston, Linlithgow, Bathgate, Broxburn and surrounding areas....
  
  
• West Sussex County Times
• West Sussex Gazette
• Wetherby News
• Wigan Evening Post
  Wigan Evening Post
  Wigan Evening Post is a daily British regional newspaper for the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester. It is owned by Johnston Press. The main area for the paper's distribution is around the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan...
  
  
• Worksop Guardian
• Worthing Herald
• Yorkshire Post
  Yorkshire Post
  The Yorkshire Post is a daily broadsheet newspaper, published in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England by Yorkshire Post Newspapers, a company owned by Johnston Press...
  
  

Irish newspapers

In total, 22 titles are published in Northern Ireland, fourteen in the Republic and one in both:

Local (NI)

• Ballymena Times
• Ballymoney and Moyle Times
  Ballymoney and Moyle Times
  The Ballymoney and Moyle Times is a regional newspaper covering the north-east area of Northern Ireland. The paper is owned by the holding company Johnston Publishing , who took it over in 2005....
  
  
• Coleraine Times
  Coleraine Times
  The Coleraine Times is a newspaper based in Coleraine, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. The paper was taken over by Johnston Press in 2005 and is now part of Johnston Publishing ....
  
  
• Dromore Leader
• Larne Times
  Larne Times
  The Larne Times is a newspaper based in Larne, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The paper was taken over by Johnston Press in 2005 from Scottish Radio Holdings and is now operated by the holding company, Johnston Publishing ....
  
  
• Londonderry Sentinel
  Londonderry Sentinel
  The Londonderry Sentinel is a newspaper based in Derry, Northern Ireland. It is published by Johnston Publishing , a holding company of Johnston Press and William Allen is the current editor...
  
  
• Lurgan Mail
  Lurgan Mail
  The Lurgan Mail is a tabloid weekly newspaper based in Lurgan, County Armagh in Northern Ireland. It is published on Wednesday evenings, though each edition always bears the Thursday date. and reports not only news in Lurgan, but also in nearby towns such as Waringstown and others in the Craigavon...
  
  
• Mid Ulster Mail
  Mid Ulster Mail
  The Mid-Ulster Mail is a newspaper based in Cookstown, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. As well as serving Tyrone, it also covers Magherafelt, County Londonderry. It is published by Johnston Publishing , part of Johnston Press who own thirty-seven papers across Ireland....
  
  
• Portadown Times
  Portadown Times
  The Portadown Times is a newspaper based in Portadown, County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It is published by Johnston Publishing , part of Johnston Press who own thirty-seven papers across Ireland....
  
  
• Tyrone Times
  Tyrone Times
  The Tyrone Times, more correctly known as the Tyrone Times and Dungannon Gazette, is a newspaper based in Dungannon, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is published by Johnston Publishing , part of Johnston Press....
  
  
• Ulster Star
  Ulster Star
  The Ulster Star is a newspaper based in Lisburn, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is published by a holding company entitled Johnston Publishing , part of Johnston Press.-External links:*...
  
  

Free titles (NI)

• Banbridge & District Weekender
• Belfast News
  Belfast News
  The Belfast News is a weekly free-sheet spin-off from the Belfast News Letter. It is published by Johnston Publishing , a holding company for Johnston Press who own thirty-seven titles across Ireland....
  
  
• Craigavon Echo
• East Antrim Advertiser
• Lisburn Echo
• Mid Ulster Echo
• North West Echo

Local (Derry Journal)

• Derry Journal
  Derry Journal
  The Derry Journal is a newspaper based in Derry, Northern Ireland, serving County Londonderry as well as County Donegal in the Republic of Ireland. It is operated by a Johnston Press holding company entitled Derry Journal Newspapers. The paper is published on Tuesday and Friday and is a sister...
  
  
• Donegal on Sunday
  Donegal on Sunday
  Donegal on Sunday is a local tabloid newspaper published in County Donegal, Ireland that was launched in March 2004 as an edition of the Sunday Journal published by the Derry Journal. It was originally called the Sunday Democrat and is based in Letterkenny...
  
  
• Donegal Democrat
  Donegal Democrat
  The Donegal Democrat is a twice-weekly local newspaper, covering County Donegal, part of the Province of Ulster, in the northwest of Ireland. The paper was traditionally based in the town of Ballyshannon in the south of the county, but now has offices in Donegal Town and Letterkenny...
  
   / Donegal People's Press
• Sunday Journal
  Sunday Journal
  The Sunday Journal is a local newspaper published in Derry, Northern Ireland that was launched in March 2004 as part of the Derry Journal newspaper group. The paper, along with its Donegal on Sunday edition, is the only local paper on the island of Ireland to be published on a Sunday, with a...
  
  

Free titles (Derry Journal)

• City News
• Foyle News
• Letterkenny People
  Letterkenny People
  The Letterkenny People is a weekly freesheet published in Letterkenny, County Donegal in northwest Ireland. The paper was originally distributed as the Letterkenny Listener in 2000 and took its current title in 2005. It is owned by Johnston Press through the holding company, Derry Journal Newspapers...
  
  

Johnston Press Ireland

• Dundalk Democrat
  Dundalk Democrat
  The Dundalk Democrat is a regional newspaper printed in Dundalk, Republic of Ireland. Established in 1849, it primarily serves County Louth. It also serves County Monaghan, as well as parts of County Armagh, County Down, County Cavan and County Meath. The paper is owned by the holding company...
  
  
• Leinster Leader
  Leinster Leader
  The Leinster Leader is a newspaper published in Naas, Co. Kildare, Ireland. It is owned by Johnston Press who bought the Leinster Leader Group in 2005...
  
  
• Leinster Express
  Leinster Express
  The Leinster Express is a regional newspaper in Ireland that serves County Laois.The paper was part of the Leinster Leader Group, which was sold to Johnston Press in late 2005 and are now operated by Johnston Press Ireland...
  
  
• Leitrim Observer
  Leitrim Observer
  The Leitrim Observer is the oldest newspaper in Leitrim and in Ireland. It is a weekly newspaper published every Wednesday and once competed with another newspaper called the Leitrim Post which has since closed down due to poor sales.-History:...
  
  
• Longford Leader
• Offaly Express
  Offaly Express
  The Offaly Express is a regional newspapers in Ireland that serves County Offaly. The paper was part of the Leinster Leader Group, which was sold to Johnston Press in late 2005 and are now operated by...
  
  
• South Tipp Today (freesheet)

Nationalist Newspaper Co

• The Nationalist and Munster Advertiser
  The Nationalist
  The Nationalist is a newspaper based in Clonmel in South Tipperary, Ireland which was established in 1890.It is a broadsheet newspaper that appears weekly, covering news, events, and sport in both Clonmel town and South Tipperary...
  
  
• Tipperary Star
  Tipperary Star
  The Tipperary Star is a weekly regional newspaper covering news in County Tipperary, Ireland. The newspaper's main office is located in Thurles town and is owned by Johnston Press, a British newspaper conglomerate....
  
  

Tallaght Publishing Ltd

• The Echo
  The Echo (Irish Newspaper)
  The Echo is a regional newspaper for parts of Dublin, Ireland. One of the founders and owner of The Echo, David Kennedy launched the newspaper out of the front room of his house, and originally called it The Tallaght Echo, the paper has grown to cover the adjacent suburbs of Clondalkin,...
  
  (see below)

Johnston Press announced on 9 November 2010 that the company proposed to cease printing activities in Limerick at Leader Print Limited with effect from mid-December 2010 with the loss of 29 jobs. The company gave no indication where the Limerick Leader (Monday and Wednesday), the Limerick Chronicle (Tuesday) and two broadsheet papers on Wednesdays (County Limerick) and Thursdays (Limerick city) would be printed in future. Johnston Press withdrew the sale of its Irish regional newspapers in 2009 after failing to receive a sufficiently high bid.

On 5 January 2010, The Tallaght Echo was returned to the ownership of David Kennedy, one of the founders of The Echo back in 1980. After 25 years building the newspaper he sold it to the Leinster Leader who subsequently sold it to Johnston Press. For the previous 18 months, Kennedy had been in negotiations with Johnston Press to buy back the family business and finally secured the deal to take back control in January 2010, the year that saw the 30th anniversary of the paper.

Online

The company owns the following websites, in addition to newspaper sites as above, and regionalised versions of these:

• www.jobstoday.co.uk
• www.jobstoday.ie
• www.propertytoday.co.uk
• www.propertytoday.ie
• www.motorstoday.co.uk
• www.motorstoday.ie

The company has been badly damaged financially by poor decisions made in investing in the Irish operation, leading to refinancing of loans and a major cost-cutting and job-shedding drive after it failed to get a buyer for expensive acquisitions there

External links

• Official website