Mission Statement

A Community Media Company

Our aim is to serve local communities by meeting their needs for local news, information and advertising services through a range of media including print and digital channels which together achieve unparalleled levels of market reach.


Johnston Press plc

Corporate Profile

  • The only UK publicly quoted company solely focused on the regional press sector, the largest regional press publisher in the UK in terms of number of titles and the largest publisher of paid-weekly titles in the Republic of Ireland (RoI).
  • Comprises 50 publishing companies within 7 divisions, has 11 printing centres, and employs approximately 8,000 people.
  • Publishes 318 local and regional newspapers across UK and RoI, including 18 daily, 164 paid-weekly, 134 free-weekly and 2 Sunday titles. It also publishes a range of other publications, such as lifestyle magazines and classified directories.   
  • The Group’s Digital Publishing Division maintains over 323 websites which reached 8.2 million unique users per month and generated 87 million page impressions in 2007.
  • The company employs over 2,500 locally based journalists whose work is supplemented by numerous local contributions.
  • Sponsors a Chair of Digital Journalism at the University of Central Lancashire.
  • The combined audience for print and digital is over 16 million individuals.
  • The Print Division undertakes contract work for 3rd party publishers such as News International in addition to the Group’s own work.