appears to have a close connection with its subject . it may require cleanup to comply with wikipedia s content policies particularly neutral point of view . please discuss further on the talk page . august 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message johnston press plc type public limited company traded as lse jpr industry newspapers founded 1767 headquarters london registered office in edinburgh scotland key people ian russell chairman ashley highfield ceo revenue 245.1 million 2015 1 operating income 1.0 million 2015 1 net income 11.4 million 2015 1 website www.johnstonpress.co.uk johnston press plc is a multimedia company based in london with its registered office in edinburgh . its flagship titles include national newspaper the i the scotsman the yorkshire post the falkirk herald the news portsmouth and the news letter in belfast . the falkirk herald was the then falkirk based company s first acquisition in 1846 . it now also operates around 250 other newspapers and associated websites around the united kingdom and the isle of man . it is listed on the london stock exchange . contents 1 history 2 operations 2.1 british newspapers 2.2 irish newspapers 2.2.1 johnston publishing ni 2.2.1.1 daily 2.2.1.2 local ni 2.2.1.3 free titles ni 2.2.2 derry journal newspapers 2.2.2.1 local derry journal 2.2.2.2 free titles derry journal 2.3 online 3 references 4 external links history edit the johnston family has been involved in the printing business since 1767 . the brothers william and arthur keith johnston founded w. & a. k. johnston limited in 1826 . 2 3 it bought control of its first newspaper the falkirk herald in 1846 . the company would remain headquartered in falkirk for the next 150 years . the family publishing company was renamed f johnston & co ltd in 1882 a title it would retain until it was floated on the london stock exchange as johnston press in 1988 . 4 the company s first major acquisition came in 1970 when it took control of the fife based publishers strachan & livingston . 4 in 1978 it bought wilfred edmunds ltd in chesterfield publisher of the derbyshire times and the yorkshire weekly newspaper group in wakefield . 4 the company bought the west sussex county times in 1988 the halifax evening courier in 1994 and the newspaper interests of emap plc in 1996 . 4 further expansion followed with portsmouth & sunderland newspapers in 1999 and regional independent media holdings in 2002 . 4 the company expanded into the irish market in 2005 by purchasing local press ltd a company owned by 3i 65 million 5 the newspaper assets of scottish radio holdings known as score press with forty five titles in scotland and ireland 155 million 6 and the leinster leader group 138.6 million . 7 the company acquired the scotsman publications in 2006 . 8 on 7 july 2011 nuj represented staff at three johnston press titles voted more than 90 % in favour of taking strike action . 9 the titles involved were the doncaster free press the south yorkshire times the goole courier and the selby times . the dispute stemmed from johnston press announcement in june 2011 of plans to cut 18 jobs including two editors . 10 following the ballot and the failure to reach a settlement with johnston press staff walked out on indefinite strike on 15 july 2011 . 11 despite the strike continuing for several weeks johnston press chief executive john fry refused the nuj s request for mediation through acas . 12 johnston press went on to service notice of redundancy upon the south yorkshire times editor jim oldfield on 8 august 2011 . graeme huston of the doncaster free press took over management of the paper becoming its editor in chief . 13 the strike continued until 6 september . 14 iconic newspapers acquired johnston press titles in the republic of ireland in 2014 . 15 in march 2014 johnston press joined forces with other leading media companies including local world and newsquest to create a nationwide digital advertising proposition called 1xl 16 which now boasts over 23 million monthly unique users and a billion monthly ad views . 17 in february 2016 the company announced it was buying i newspaper for 24m . 18 the deal to buy i was completed on 10 april 2016 giving johnston press a daily print circulation of over 600 000 newspapers and an audience online and in print of almost 32m people . 19 in july 2016 it was announced that tindle newspapers planned to acquire jp s three isle of man titles in a deal worth 4.25 m. 20 operations edit british newspapers edit the following is a partial list of british newspapers owned by the company arbroath herald banbury guardian batley & birstall news bellshill speaker biggleswade chronicle blackpool gazette bognor regis observer bridlington free press brighton & hove independent buckingham advertiser bucks herald burnley express carrick gazette chichester observer chorley guardian crawley observer cumbernauld news daventry express derbyshire times dewsbury reporter diss express dinnington guardian doncaster free press driffield times driffield post edinburgh evening news edinburgh herald and post eastbourne gazette eastbourne herald ellon times falkirk herald fife free press fife herald & post fife leader filey mercury fleetwood weekly news galloway gazette glasgow south and eastwood extra grantham journal grantham green un sheffield halifax courier harborough mail hartlepool mail harrogate advertiser hemel hempstead gazette hemsworth and south elmsall express the i isle of man courier isle of man examiner kilsyth chronicle lanark gazette lancashire evening post lancaster guardian lancaster visitor lancing herald leyland guardian leamington courier leighton buzzard observer littlehampton gazette luton news lytham st annes express market rasen mail malton & pickering mercury mansfield chad manx independent mirfield reporter milngavie and bearsden herald 21 milton keynes citizen montrose review morecambe visitor morpeth herald motherwell times news guardian news post leader the news portsmouth northamptonshire evening telegraph northampton chronicle & echo northumberland gazette paisley and renfrewshire extra perth herald & post peterborough evening telegraph pocklington post rugby advertiser scarborough news scotland on sunday the scotsman sheffield star sheffield telegraph shields gazette shoreham herald skegness standard spilsby standard stornoway gazette sunderland echo sussex express times & citizen bedford todmorden news the visitor morecambe lancs westend extra glasgow west lothian herald & post west sussex county times west sussex gazette wetherby news whitby gazette wigan evening post worksop guardian worthing herald yorkshire evening post yorkshire post irish newspapers edit in total 22 titles are published in northern ireland johnston publishing ni edit daily edit the news letter local ni edit ballymena times ballymoney and moyle times carrick times carrickfergus coleraine times dromore leader larne times londonderry sentinel lurgan mail mid ulster mail portadown times newtownabbey times tyrone times ulster star free titles ni edit banbridge & district weekender belfast news craigavon echo east antrim advertiser lisburn echo mid ulster echo north west echo derry journal newspapers edit local derry journal edit derry journal sunday journal free titles derry journal edit city news foyle news online edit the company owns the following websites in addition to newspaper sites as above and regionalised versions of these www.digitalkitbag.com www.jobstoday.co.uk www.jobstoday.ie www.propertytoday.co.uk www.propertytoday.ie www.motorstoday.co.uk www.motorstoday.ie www.daysoutuk.com references edit a b c preliminary results 2015 pdf . retrieved 14 april 2016 . rigg james mcmullen 1892 . johnston william 1802 1888 . in lee sidney . dictionary of national biography . 30 . london smith elder & co. pp. 70 71 . rigg james mcmullen 1892 . johnston alexander keith 1804 1871 . in lee sidney . dictionary of national biography . 30 . london smith elder & co. p. 55 . a b c d e history of johnston press . johnston press plc. retrieved 10 august 2007 . newspaper society database of mergers dead link login required west karl 22 june 2005 . johnston press picks up srh local newspaper division . the herald glasgow . retrieved 11 september 2014 . press release on purchase of leinster leader group archived 8 august 2007 at the wayback machine . tryhorn chris 19 december 2005 . johnston press buys scotsman . the guardian . retrieved 11 september 2014 . massive vote for action at south yorkshire newspapers . nuj . 7 july 2011 . retrieved 9 april 2012 . major job cuts announced at johnston press titles journalism news from . holdthefrontpage . retrieved 9 april 2012 . bbc news journalists on indefinite strike over newspaper job cuts . bbc.co.uk . 19 july 2011 . retrieved 9 april 2012 . johnston press chief says no to acas mediating strike media news . journalism.co.uk . 4 august 2011 . retrieved 9 april 2012 . outspoken editor receives notice of redundancy . holdthefrontpage . retrieved 9 april 2012 . johnston press journalists back to work . bbc . 7 september 2012 . retrieved 27 october 2013 . johnston press sells its 14 titles in the republic . irish times . archived from the original on 9 april 2014 . retrieved 22 august 2014 . johnston press local world and newsquest unite for 1xl digital sell . retrieved 14 april 2016 . 1xl local potency nationally delivered . retrieved 14 april 2016 . johnston press to buy i newspaper for 24m . bbc . 12 february 2016 . retrieved 14 april 2016 . financial results 2015 . retrieved 14 april 2016 . http www.pressgazette.co.uk tindle newspapers buys three isle of man titles from johnston press in deal worth 4m . missing or empty title help our business johnston falkirk ltd johnston press plc archived 17 july 2011 at the wayback machine . external links edit official website v t e irish newspapers owned by johnston press daily news letter local regional 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