Cornwall & Devon Media

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Cornwall & Devon Media is the Westcountry division of Reach.

In 2012, Local World acquired Cornwall & Devon Media owner Northcliffe Media from Daily Mail and General Trust. [1] In October 2015, Trinity Mirror (Now Reach plc) reached agreement with Local World's other shareholders to buy the company. [2]

Publications

Cornish Guardian , The Cornishman , [3] Exeter & Express Echo , Mid Devon Gazette Series , North Devon Journal , Plymouth Evening Herald , The West Briton , Cornwall Today magazine ,magazine and the Torquay Herald Express .

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References

  1. Daily Mail sells regional newspapers to Local World Archived 2018-01-17 at the Wayback Machine BBC News, 21 November 2012
  2. "Trinity Mirror buys newspaper rival Local World". BBC News. 28 October 2015. Archived from the original on 31 October 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
  3. Cornishman website