Boss of Mirror publisher quits to join Jockey Club Media The boss of news publisher Reach has left with immediate effect for a new role at the Jockey Club, the UK’s largest commercial horseracing organisation. Jim Mullen, who has been chief executive at the owner of the Daily Mirror, Daily Express and Daily Star since 2019, is leaving by “mutual agreement”, the firm’s board said [...]
Reach: Daily Mirror and Express owner beats profit forecasts Media Reach, the owner of the Daily Mirror and the Express, beat annual profit forecasts on Tuesday as its efforts to cost cuts began to pay off. Operating profit increased six per cent to £102.3m, exceeding analysts’ forecasts of £97.4m. Earnings per share jumped 16 per cent to 25.3p even as revenue declined 5.3 per cent [...]
Reach: Print revenue falls at Mirror and Express publisher Media The Daily Mirror and Daily Express publisher has said it is confident it can deliver on full year forecasts, despite falling print revenue. In a trading update for its third quarter, Reach said group revenue fell 2.5 per cent year on year, and was down 4.3 per cent overall in the nine months to September. [...]
Reach: Profit picks up at Mirror publisher despite falling revenue July 31, 2024 The Euros and "effective" action on costs helped Reach successfully to shore up its bottom line despite continued dents to revenue due to falling circulations and changes to Meta's algorithm.
City PM announces two-year partnership with publisher Reach July 22, 2024 David Higgerson, chief digital publisher at Reach, said the partnership will help the London-listed media group to strengthen its quality business journalism offering.
Local news publisher Mill Media to come to London June 6, 2024 Regional news outlet Mill Media will use capital raised in a successful fundraising round last year to launch a London operation by the end of 2024, the publisher has said.
Facebook and ‘major platforms’ still causing headaches for Mirror publisher Reach May 2, 2024 Reach has been hit by Meta's ranking of user-generated content above news on its social media sites, including Facebook.
JD Wetherspoon: Tim Martin puts notice up in 800 pubs over ‘false claims’ in press March 28, 2024 The notice refers to a number of articles, including two dated 29 December and 30 December 2023, from the Daily Mirror and Daily Record which Spoons said “made inaccurate statements”.
Reach: Mirror, Star and Express publisher warns of print and digital ad revenue drop March 5, 2024 Within the decline in revenue, it said print fell to £438.8m down two per cent, while and digital dropped a worrying 15 per cent.
‘All options open’: Strikes threatened at Mirror and Express over Reach job cuts November 14, 2023 The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) has said "all options are open", including strikes, after Reach brutally slashed 450 jobs last week.
