The Western Mail has announced plans to convert to a compact format this autumn. The move follows extensive market research by the Cardiff-based newspaper, which showed “overwhelming support” for the idea from readers. The change from a broadsheet format comes
Trinity Mirror
- Head Office: One Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London, E14 5AP
- Website: www.trinitymirror.com
Trinity Mirror was one of the UK’s largest newspaper publishers, with a portfolio including five national newspapers as well as more than 140 regional titles.
The group, headquartered at Canary Wharf in London, employed over 8,000 people in more than 90 locations across the UK.
Its major regional newspaper operations were based around its centres in Liverpool, Cardiff, Birmingham and Newcastle.
In 2018 it changed its name to Reach plc.
What we have written about Trinity Mirror
Echo responds to changing reader habits
The Liverpool Echo will hit the streets tomorrow with a new look Saturday package. The Weekend Echo has increased its pagination to 92 and will include a 24-page Football Echo in time for the kick-off of the new Premiership season.
Trinity Mirror's streamlining 'continues to bear fruit'
Trinity Mirror’s drive to cut costs and improve performance is showing early signs of success, according to the company’s latest financial results. For the first half of the year, revenues are up 5.6 per cent to £572m, profits up 20.6
Revenues growth expected at Trinity Mirror
Trinity Mirror is expecting advertising and circulation revenues across all its businesses to have improved on last year, according to its latest trading update. The group, which publishes more than 250 titles, has said that overall advertising revenues for the
Examiner to go compact
Broadsheet regional the Huddersfield Daily Examiner is to publish in a new, compact size from April 19. The paper announced the move to readers this week and unveiled its new masthead, which now includes a symbol of the town’s Castle
How to raise circulation by 32.5 per cent: Win the cup!
The cup final edition of the Evening Gazette, Teesside, scored a 32.5 per cent circulation increase following Middlesbrough’s League Cup football success. The paper sold an extra 20,000 copies year-on-year on Monday March 1, according to the latest figures. The
40m adults a week read local newspapers: Latest ABCs
Local newspaper readership has grown to 40m adults every week, according to new figures issued by the Audit Bureau of Circulations. The latest figures for July-December 2003 show the fastest-growing UK regional paid-for weekly is the Mansfield CHAD, adding 28.4
Trinity profits up: Bigger savings planned
Trinity Mirror has announced profits of £172.5m for the year ending December 2003. The figure compares with £155.5m the previous year, an increase of almost 11 per cent. The company owns the Daily Mirror, Sunday Mirror and People, as well
Morning paper plans big changes for the 21st century
The Liverpool-based Daily Post is to unveil a brand-new look for the 21st century. From Monday the Daily Post will see the introduction of new supplements, increased news coverage, a wholesale redesign and a bold new masthead which will include
Advertising revenue boost for Trinity regionals
Improved advertising revenues from Trinity Mirror’s regional division have offset tough conditions for the national titles in the second half of the financial year, according to the publisher’s latest trading update. Advertising income for the regional newspaper titles increased by
Transfer of eight titles refused: 13 given go-ahead
The sale of 13 London weekly newspapers to Newsquest has been approved by the Competition Commission. But eight other Independent News & Media titles were refused permission to sell up because of fears over a loss of competition in advertising
Trinity Mirror future revealed
Trinity Mirror plans to cut some 550 jobs as part of a programme to save £25m a year by 2005. An announcement published alongside its interim results said the company’s future would be reached through a three-phase programme of “stabilise,
Sunday Sun to relaunch
The Sunday Sun, the North-East based Sunday newspaper, is to relaunch next month with a new, three-section format. With more pages in all sections, the total pagination of the Trinity Mirror title will grow by about 20 per cent. The
Still a celebration: Local Newspaper Week
More special features, events, competitions and reader offers have been highlighted by the Newspaper Society for Local Newspaper Week, which ran from May 5-11. Politicians, celebrities, community figures and businesses were interviewed – or wrote columns themselves – acknowledging the
Future of newspaper group is in the hands of its staff
Around 80 journalists have gathered for Archant’s annual editorial conference. The two-day event allowed staff from across Archant Regional, publishers of the Evening Star, Ipswich, East Anglian Daily Times, Eastern Daily Press, Evening News, Norwich, and around 60 weekly titles,
Expanded coverage in new-look Informer
A new-look Kingston Informer has been unveiled to readers, with expanded entertainments and ‘what’s on’ coverage among the improvements. The Trinity Mirror title, part of North Surrey and London Newspapers, has been given a complete overhaul. The relaunch includes a