About Reach

Reach plc operates as a commercial national and regional news publisher in the U.K., producing and distributing content through newspapers and associated digital platforms. The company owns national newspapers, such as the Daily Express, Sunday Express, Daily Star and Daily Star Sunday; the Express.co.uk and Dailystar.co.uk Websites; the paid for celebrity magazines: OK!, New! and Star; the ok.co.uk, newmagazine. co.uk, and star-magazine.co.uk Websites; and the print plant in Luton, which has four full colour presses. Segments The company operates through four segments: Publishing, Printing, Specialist Digital, and Central. Publishing This segment includes all of the company’s national and regional newspaper titles and associated digital publishing sites. This segment produces and distributes content to mass market audiences across the U.K., through paid-for and free newspapers and related multi-platform digital sites (desktop, tablet, and mobile). Within this segment, Trinity Mirror Solutions is the commercial team working with media agencies and advertising clients to help them reach the national, regional, print and digital media audiences of the Trinity Mirror newsbrands and other media publishers with tailored marketing solutions and commercial partnerships. This segment also holds events and exhibitions related to publishing activities, such as the ‘Pride of…’ series, which includes the Pride of Britain and Pride of Sport awards. Additionally within the segment, Trinity Mirror Sport Media provides contract publishing for football clubs and other sport related organizations. This segment would also include the newly acquired magazines. This segment publishes paid-for national newspapers and paid-for and free regional newspapers and operates a portfolio of related digital products. Key brands include the Daily Mirror, the Sunday Mirror, the Sunday People, the Daily Record, the Sunday Mail and daily titles in various metropolitan cities. This segment also holds events and exhibitions related to its publishing activities and undertakes contract publishing for football clubs and other sports organizations. Printing This segment provides internal print services to the Publishing segment and externally to third parties, making it the major provider of newspaper contract printing services in the U.K. This segment (including the newly acquired print plant) operates six print sites and 24 full colour presses. Specialist Digital This segment includes Trinity Mirror Digital Recruitment, the company’s digital classified recruitment business; and Communicator (The Communicator Corporation Limited), the company’s digital communications agency business. Trinity Mirror Digital Recruitment operates three specialist job boards, such as GAAPweb, TotallyLegal and SecsintheCity, each offering their clients access to databases of job candidates within their specific niche areas of finance and accounting, legal and secretarial. Communicator is a digital communications agency, which develops and manages digital communications across email, mobile, social and Web enabling clients to send targeted customer communications on a global scale. Central This segment has a 21.53% stake in news agency the PA Group Limited and a 50% stake in event organizer Brand Events TM Limited. Strategy The company’s strategy is to improve digital audience and revenue through deepening relationships with readers and optimizing response for advertisers; build a diversified product portfolio and sustainable mix of new revenue; protect its print brands by efficiently delivering quality products; and seek out strategic opportunities that drive value. History The company was incorporated in 1904. It was formerly known as Trinity Mirror plc and changed its name to Reach plc in May 2018.