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Trinity Mirror plc is the largest British newspaper, magazine and digital publisher after purchasing rival Local World for £220m, in October 2015. It is Britain's biggest newspaper group, publishing 240 regional papers as well as the national ''Daily Mirror'', ''Sunday Mirror'' and ''People'', and the Scottish ''Sunday Mail'' and ''Daily Record''. Also now having bought Local World it has gained 83 print publications. Trinity Mirrors headquarters are at Canary Wharf in London. Listed on the London Stock Exchange, it is a constituent of the FTSE SmallCap Index. ==History== The ''Daily Mirror'' was launched by Alfred Harmsworth "for gentlewomen" in 1903.〔(Trinity Mirror: History ) 〕 The company was first listed on the London Stock Exchange on 2 December 1953.〔(London Stock Exchange ). London Stock Exchange (2 December 1953).〕 In 1958 the International Publishing Company (IPC) acquired Mirror Group Newspapers, but IPC was in turn taken over by publishing giant Reed International in 1970.〔(IPC Media website ). Ipcmedia.com.〕 In 1984 ''Pergamon Holdings'', a company owned by Robert Maxwell, acquired the ''Daily Mirror''〔 from Reed International. The Company was relisted as ''Mirror Group'' in 1991.〔(Maxwell Scandal Timeline ). Accountancyage.com.〕 The company went on to buy Scottish & Universal Newspapers in 1992, and in 1997 it acquired the ''Birmingham Post and Mail''.〔 Trinity Mirror was formed in September 1999 by the merger of ''Trinity plc'', a company formed in 1985 to buy the ''Liverpool Post and Echo'', with ''Mirror Group plc''. As a condition of the merger Trinity Mirror was forced to sell the ''Belfast Telegraph'' group.〔 The next year, the company acquired the regional publisher Southnews. Trinity Mirror was formed in September 1999 by Trinity PLC. Trinity was a company which evolved from the Liverpool Daily Post and Echo which owned newspaper titles in Canada and the US at the time, as well as interests in paper mills in Canada. In the early 1980s, it was suggested that the Press Association should be floated on the market. It turned out that the Liverpool Daily Post and Echo had a substantial historic share holding in PA, which resulted in a £70m windfall. The previous business strategy of the Liverpool operation was to have control over the complete process of newspaper production. Hence it bought paper mills in Canada, owned its own newspaper distribution company and even went as far as buying up newsagents across Merseyside branded as "Ricafeg" which proved to be a disaster. The shareholders appointed David Sneddon as Chief Executive and he divested the company of all interests other than producing newspapers. At the time the Liverpool Echo, despite the prevailing economic conditions on Merseyside was considered to be one of the most profitable newspapers in the UK. This cannot be verified independently because the company was adept at concealing its profit centres. The only verification is from the writer of this passage who was there at the time and the subsequent expansion of the business built upon the Echo's profitability. After the successful sale of Canadian and US assets, the company then demerged from the Liverpool Daily Post and Echo and created a parent company called "Trinity International Holdings" and based itself in Chester. From there the company, which was cash-rich, went on to buy out many regional newspaper groups. Many of these deals were subject to Monopolies and Mergers scrutiny. As part of this business purchasing strategy they eventually acquired the Daily Mirror group, and as this was a major national title, the company renamed itself as "Trinity Mirror." During 2005 the company introduced a number of measures to manage discretionary spending more carefully, some of which attracted press attention.〔(Trinity Mirror "cancels Christmas" )〕 In 2007 the company sought to sell a number of titles: the ''Reading Chronicle'' was sold to Berkshire Media Group〔(Trinity Mirror sells Berkshire Regionals for £10m ). ''The Guardian'' (19 July 2007).〕 and 25 Trinity Mirror South titles were sold to Northcliffe Media.〔Fenton, Ben. (7 July 2007) (Northcliffe buys 25 titles from Trinity Mirror ). ''Financial Times''.〕 On 1 October 2007 it was announced that the sale of the ''Racing Post'' had been completed: the entire sale process had raised £263 million.〔Edgecliffe, Andrew. (1 October 2007) (Trinity Mirror calls halt to disposals ). ''Financial Times''.〕 In September 2008 the company announced that it would be closing the printing plant in Liverpool after 154 years of printing in the city, and transferring the work to Oldham.〔(Up to 100 jobs at risk as Trinity Mirror plans to close Liverpool print plant ). ''The Guardian'' (5 September 2008).〕 In February 2010, Trinity Mirror acquired the regional M.E.N. Media and S&B Media divisions of the Guardian Media Group, containing 22 local titles across Northern England and in Surrey and Berkshire; this includes the Manchester Evening News and Reading Evening Post. In March 2010, Trinity Mirror stated that it will end its bout of staff cuts and newspaper closures. The announcement came as the company reported pre-tax profits of £72.7m for 2009, exceeding analysts expectations. In January 2012 it was announced Trinity Mirror acquired Communicator Corp, a digital communications company specialising in email and mobile communications for £8m. In August 2013, Trinity Mirror announced its partnership with whocanfixmycar.com, a portal connecting motorists nationwide with trusted local garages and mechanics.〔http://www.trinitymirror.com/pressrelease/trinity-mirror-launches-whocanfixmycar/1946〕 In June 2014, Trinity Mirror transitioned its online bingo software from Dragonfish to Virtue Fusion from Playtech for its group of bingo brands. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Trinity Mirror」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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