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Daily Mail & General Trust is expected to close the London Lite evening newspaper, casting doubt on the future of up to 36 jobs. 28-Oct-2009 Daily Mail & General Trust is to close its Teletext news and information service next January, affecting up to 70 jobs in West London. 16-Jul-2009 Daily Mail & General Trust is to shed a further 500 jobs at its regional newspaper operations this year, including the closure of printworks and the rationalisation of sub-editing. 24-Mar-2009 Daily Mail & General Trust has sold the Evening Standard, the London-based newspaper with 400 staff, to Alexander Lebedev of Russia for a nominal sum. 22-Jan-2009 Independent News & Media is to relocate its London-based staff to the Kensington headquarters of Daily Mail & General Trust next year, in order to share back-office services and save up to £3m a year. 01-Dec-2008 Daily Mail & General Trust is to shed a further 60 jobs from its Northcliffe Media local newspapers by the end of the year. 24-Nov-2008 Daily Mail & General Trust is looking to sell off its Loot classified advertising magazine, while its Buy & Sell magazine in Ireland has been sold to Naldin for £13m. 19-Jul-2007 Trinity Mirror is to sell the 25 titles of Kent Regional Newspapers, East Surrey & Sussex Newspapers and Blackmore Vale Publishing to the Northcliffe Media division of Daily Mail & General Trust for £64m. 09-Jul-2007 Rippleglen has acquired Northcliffe Retail, the East Midlands-based chain of 61 convenience stores, from Daily Mail & General Trust for £8.2m. 03-Jul-2007 Daily Mail & General Trust has acquired Quest, the supplier of property market software, for £28m. 03-Jul-2007 Daily Mail & General Trust is to acquire Villarenters, the holiday rental property website, for an initial £3m. 17-Oct-2006 Daily Mail & General Trust has sold its Study Group International language training business to CHAMP Private Equity and Petersen Investments for £75m. 12-Sep-2006 Daily Mail & General Trust is to acquire Simply Energy, the operator of the SimplySwitch website that compares household utility bills, for up to £22m. 30-Aug-2006 Daily Mail & General Trust has acquired three online media companies for a total £17m, including Auto Exposure, Interbase and The Appointment. 13-Jul-2006 Daily Mail & General Trust is said to be looking to sell its Study Group language training business for about £80m. 19-Jun-2006 Daily Mail & General Trust has acquired two online media businesses for £46m, including dating company Allegran and automotive advertiser Data Media & Retail, in order to expand its Associated Newspapers division. 09-May-2006 Daily Mail & General Trust is to acquire Genscape, the US-based provider of real-time energy generation and transmission information, for an initial £73m. 21-Apr-2006 Daily Mail & General Trust is to sell its Aberdeen Journals publishing business to DC Thomson for £132m, and has also announced plans to combine Northcliffe and Associated Newspapers into a single division. 28-Mar-2006 Daily Mail & General Trust is to acquire Primelocation, the residential property website, for £48m. 12-Dec-2005 Daily Mail & General Trust has put its Northcliffe Newspapers business up for sale, with an estimated valuation of up to £1.5bn, in order to focus on exhibitions and information publishing. 01-Dec-2005 Daily Mail & General Trust has acquired Expressions of Culture, the US-based exhibitions company, for £2.4m. 10-Nov-2005 Daily Mail & General Trust has acquired iMedia Communications, the digital marketing events and newsletter company, for up to £6.8m. 03-Oct-2005 Daily Mail & General Trust has acquired Zambeasy and Office Recruit for a combined £4.1m, in order to expand its Associated New Ventures division. 26-Aug-2005 Daily Mail & General Trust has announced plans to restructure its regional newspaper publishing business, in order to cut costs by £20m, which could lead to the closure of presses in Exeter, Lincoln, Grimsby and Hull. 30-Jun-2005 Daily Mail & General Trust is to build a flexo printing plant in Didcot by 2008, as part of its planned £100m move to full-colour newspapers. 03-Jun-2005 Daily Mail & General Trust is to invest more than £100m in new colour printing capacity for its national newspaper titles. 15-Feb-2005 Daily Mail & General Trust has acquired Find a Property, the independent property website, for £14m, in order to expand its Associated Newspapers division. 11-Nov-2004 Daily Mail & General Trust has acquired Bargain Pages Media, the publisher of classified advertising newspapers in the West Midlands, for £8.5m. 03-Sep-2004 Daily Mail & General Trust has acquired Trepp, the US-based provider of property data, for £23m, in order to expand its DMG Information division. 19-Apr-2004 Daily Mail & General Trust has sold its aluminium exhibitions to Reed Exhibitions Deutschland for £2m. 23-Mar-2004 Daily Mail & General Trust is to acquire Jobsite, the recruitment website, for £36m, in order to expand its Associated Newspapers division. 15-Mar-2004 Daily Mail & General Trust is to acquire Brand Events, the operator of vitality and outdoor exhibitions, for £5.3m. 12-Feb-2004 Daily Mail & General Trust has acquired Sitescope, the provider of property and environmental risk information, for £12m. 22-Sep-2003 Daily Mail & General Trust has announced a £10m restructuring programme that will cover the cost of closing a printing plant in Tamworth with the loss of 100 jobs. 24-Sep-2002 Daily Mail & General Trust is planning to acquire the newspaper publishing interests of Leek-based Hill Brothers Group, in order to expand its Northcliffe Newspapers regional newspaper division. 21-Jun-2002 Scoot has sold the Loot free-advertising newspaper to Daily Mail & General Trust for £45m, and is now seeking a buyer for its remaining businesses. 20-Aug-2001 Daily Mail & General Trust has acquired Metrolina Antiques & Collectibles Fairs of the US from GAH International for £2.8m. 26-Jul-2001 Daily Mail & General Trust has acquired International Fine Art Expositions of Florida for £13m, in order to expand its exhibitions division in the US. 05-Jun-2001 Daily Mail & General Trust is to conduct an operational review of its newspaper publishing business, which is expected to lead to a reduction in staff and spending. 19-Mar-2001 Daily Mail & General Trust has acquired a 25% stake in Western Exhibitors of the US for £7m, in order to expand its international exhibitions business. 06-Feb-2001 Daily Mail & General Trust is to launch a free evening newspaper in Manchester early next year. 19-Dec-2000 Daily Mail & General Trust is looking to sell its business media division, which publishes 50 magazines and 22 trade directories and employs 300 people. 13-Oct-2000 Daily Mail & General Trust has bought Underoneroof.com, the online service for housebuyers, for a sum thought to be less than £10m. 11-Aug-2000 Daily Mail & General Trust has acquired Forum Verlagsgruppe, the German education and recruitment publisher, for £18m. 28-Jul-2000 Daily Mail & General Trust has acquired Trade Exhibitions, which includes ten of Australia's leading consumer and trade shows, for undisclosed terms. 26-Jul-2000 Daily Mail & General Trust is to sell its radio assets to GWR for £146m, and the two companies plan to form a closer partnership in their print, internet and radio businesses. 14-Jun-2000 Daily Mail & General Trust has paid £61m for a new commercial radio licence in Sydney, Australia. 25-May-2000 Daily Mail & General Trust is planning to increase its investment in new internet ventures, free daily newspapers and digital teletext. 17-Dec-1999 Daily Mail & General Trust is to acquire Bristol United Press for £121m, in order to expand its regional newspaper business. 26-Nov-1999 Daily Mail & General Trust has acquired Riddell Exhibition Promotions, the Australian show organiser, for undisclosed terms. 29-Oct-1999 Daily Mail & General Trust has sold a 60% stake in the Soccernet football web site to Walt Disney's interactive division for undisclosed terms. 24-Aug-1999 Daily Mail & General Trust is acquiring the Zoom online shopping site from Arcadia for £15m, and will promote the business in its newspapers. 27-Jul-1999 Adscene, the regional newspaper publisher, has undergone a £75m management buy-out with the backing of 3i, and Adscene's Midlands business will be sold on to Daily Mail & General Trust for £44m. 30-Jun-1999 Daily Mail & General Trust is acquiring Why Publications, the Midlands-based publisher of a free advertisement weekly, for £14m. 30-Dec-1998 Daily Mail & General Trust is acquiring Radio Mercury, which broadcasts in Reigate and Crawley, from Independent Radio for £3.7m. 21-Nov-1998 Daily Mail & General Trust is to close its Channel One cable TV station due to insufficient subscriptions. 03-Sep-1998 Daily Mail & General Trust has bought Capital Radio's 30% stake in Essex Radio for £6.2m, which follows DMGT's recent £21m bid for the station. 17-Feb-1998 Daily Mail & General Trust is to acquire Risk Management Solutions, the Silicon Valley provider of insurance software and information, for between £53m and £130m depending on performance. 23-Jan-1998 Daily Mail & General Trust is about to acquire Essex Radio, in which it already holds 27%, in a deal that values the local radio company at £21m. 22-Jan-1998 Daily Mail & General Trust has acquired 25 Australian radio stations from Regional Broadcasters Australia for £40m, as well as nine FM licences. 11-Oct-1997 Daily Mail & General Trust is linking up with the Press Association to provide a news service covering five London regions for its Channel One cable TV channel. 17-Sep-1997 Daily Mail & General Trust is to reduce losses at its Channel One cable TV news service by cutting staff by nearly half and restructuring its programmes. 02-Aug-1997 Daily Mail & General Trust is to review the future of Channel One, its cable TV channel that is thought to be losing about £7m a year, and may consider satellite distribution in order to reach a larger market. 13-Jun-1997 Daily Mail & General Trust has acquired a 30% stake in Dolphin Software, the US publisher of information on hazardous chemicals, for £1.8m. 07-Feb-1997 Daily Mail & General Trust has been denied permission by the Radio Authority to acquire 80% of Leicester Sound, as it owns a local newspaper and this could be against the public interest. 22-Jan-1997 Daily Mail & General Trust has acquired Radio Albury-Wodonga, the operator of two regional radio stations in Australia, for £4.5m. 17-Oct-1996 Daily Mail & General Trust is acquiring Broadcast Media, the Australian regional radio operator, for £23m. 25-Sep-1996 GWR and its partners, Daily Mail & General Trust, ITN and Reuters, are preparing to apply for an FM licence to launch a business and sports radio station in London. 14-Jun-1996 Daily Mail & General Trust has bought a 20% stake in Independent Television News from Granada and Carlton for an initial £20.5m. 23-Apr-1996 The Daily Mail & General Trust plans to set up a number of radio stations in Australia, partly acquired through the future government auction of new FM licences. 07-Feb-1996 The Daily Mail & General Trust has acquired British Pathe, the parent company of Pathe News, for about £6m. 21-Dec-1995 Daily Mail & General Trust has bought Argus Business Media, the magazines and exhibitions concern, for £35m. 05-Dec-1995
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