Iconic Newspapers

Iconic Newspapers
Company typePrivate limited company
IndustryMedia
Founded29 November 2013
Headquarters30 Hatch Lane, Dublin / 47 Great Marlborough Street, London
Key people
Malcolm Denmark[1]
ProductsPublishing of Newspapers and online media.
Websitemediaforcegroup.co.uk

Iconic Newspapers is a British-owned newspaper company that publishes over 20 regional newspapers in Ireland. Iconic Newspapers are owned by Mediaforce who are majority owned by British businessman Malcolm Denmark. Iconic Newspapers hold their newspaper assets in a subsidiary called Formpress Publishing.[2]

In 2014, Iconic Newspapers acquired Johnston Press Ireland.[3] Johnston Press Ireland was formed in 2005 following the purchase of Scottish Radio Holdings's newspapers known as Score Press by Johnston Press in 2005 for £155 million.[4] In the same year, Johnston Press Ireland also purchased the Leinster Leader Group (just after Leinster Leader Group had purchased Tallaght Publishing Ltd), who published six titles, for €138.6 million.[5]

The company is based in Naas, County Kildare.

  1. ^ Burns, John. "How Malcolm Denmark has invaded Ireland's locals".
  2. ^ "Formpress Publishing reports €1.2m pretax profit". Irishtimes.com. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
  3. ^ "Johnston Press sells 14 Irish titles to Iconic Newspapers". Independent.ie. 2 April 2014.
  4. ^ "Press Release on Purchase of Score Press". Archived from the original on 8 August 2007.
  5. ^ "Press Release on Purchase of Leinster Leader Group". Archived from the original on 8 August 2007.