| Divisional Activities | ||||
| National Newspapers and Related Activities | ||||
| Associated is the publisher of the Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday, the Evening Standard, Metro, Ireland on Sunday and Loot. It is also responsible for overseeing and developing the Group’s consumer internet properties, thisislondon.co.uk, thisismoney.co.uk, thisistravel.co.uk and femail.co.uk. | Principal brands | Key Information and highlights of the year | Turnover and adjusted operating profit | |
| Regional Newspapers and Related Activities | ||||
| Northcliffe is one of the largest regional newspaper publishers in the UK. Operating from 38 centres, its twenty daily titles have a combined sale of 1,021,000 copies whilst its 24 paid-for weeklies have a sale which is in excess of 495,000 copies. Northcliffe also distributes 2.8 million copies of its free titles every week and, in addition, derives part of its revenue from contract printing of other titles, paid-for and free, and from the ownership of 65 retail outlets. It also looks after the Group’s Hungarian newspaper interests. | Principal brands | Key Information and highlights of the year | Turnover and adjusted operating profit | |
| Euromoney Institutional Investor | ||||
| Euromoney was founded in 1969 and is listed on the Stock Exchanges in London and Luxembourg. It is a leading international business to business publisher, focused primarily on international finance. It publishes more than 100 magazines, newsletters and journals as well as research, directories, books and maps. Euromoney also runs business conferences, seminars and training courses, and is a leading provider of electronic business information through its capital market databases and through its internet-delivered emerging markets information service. | Principal brands | Key Information and highlights of the year | Turnover and adjusted operating profit | |
| DMG Broadcasting: Television | ||||
| DMG Broadcasting comprises the Group’s interests in television and radio. Teletext holds the licence for the commercial teletext services broadcast on ITV1, Channel 4 and Channel 5. The company also operates commercial information services on Freeview, Sky and cable, as well as on the internet and on mobile phones. Teletextholidays.co.uk has established itself as one of the UK’s leading travel sites. | Principal brands | Key Information and highlights of the year | Turnover and adjusted operating profit | |
| DMG Broadcasting: Radio | ||||
| DMG Radio Australia is the country’s largest radio network, with 65 radio licences, including the Nova FM stations in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth. Its Brisbane FM station, owned in a 50% joint venture, is managed by its joint venture partner. In October 2003 it launched HOT91 in Queensland’s Sunshine Coast, and will launch a further FM station in New South Wales’ Central Coast early in 2004. Also in October 2003, it won the new commercial FM radio licence in Adelaide. The new station will broadcast on 91.9MHz on the FM dial. DMG Broadcasting also owns 29.9% of GWR Group plc, the leading UK radio broadcaster, as well as 20% of ITN. | Principal brands | Key Information and highlights of the year | Turnover and adjusted operating profit | |
| Exhibitions and Related Activities | ||||
| dmg world media organises consumer and trade exhibitions and produces related publications. It operates in the Home Interest, Gift, Art & Antiques and Business to Business trade markets, organising over 300 exhibitions globally including the Daily Mail Ideal Home Show and the California Gift Show. | Principal brands | Key Information and highlights of the year | Turnover and adjusted operating profit | |
| Business to Business Information and Careers | ||||
| DMG Information has two divisions, operating in business to business information and careers. The business to business division operates in real estate, insurance, mapping and geo-spatial information for government and civil engineering markets and in health and safety. Within the careers division, Hobsons is an international publisher and event organiser in graduate and education student recruitment markets. Study Group is a provider of academic, English language and vocational education and student exchange on a worldwide basis. | Principal brands | Key Information and highlights of the year | Turnover and adjusted operating profit | |