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Reach plc (known as Trinity Mirror between 1999 and 2018) is a British newspaper, magazine and digital publisher. It is one of Britain's biggest newspaper groups, publishing 240 regional papers in addition to the national Daily Mirror, Sunday Mirror, The Sunday People, Daily Express, Sunday Express, Daily Star, Daily Star Sunday, The New Day as well as the Scottish Daily Record and Sunday Mail and the magazine OK!. Since purchasing Local World, it has gained 83 print publications. Reach plc's headquarters are at Canary Wharf in London. Listed on the London Stock Exchange, it is a constituent of the FTSE SmallCap Index.

The Daily Mirror was launched by Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe, "for gentlewomen" in 1903. The company was first listed on the London Stock Exchange on 2 December 1953. In 1958 the International Publishing Company (IPC) acquired Mirror Group Newspapers, but IPC was in turn taken over by publishing giant Reed International in 1970. In 1984 Pergamon Holdings, a company owned by Robert Maxwell, acquired the Daily Mirror from Reed International. The company was relisted as Mirror Group in 1991.

In 1991 the company was due to be investigated via an Anton Piller order for alleged theft of software from companies including Adobe Inc., Autodesk and Microsoft. The action was delayed as it coincided with the death of Robert Maxwell but was recommenced in 1992. Subsequently it was reported that “At the Mirror Group, for instance, 700 out of the 800 software programs in use were found to be illegal.”

The company went on to buy Scottish & Universal Newspapers in 1992, and in 1997 it acquired the Birmingham Post and Mail group of newspapers. In 1999 Trinity International Holdings, owners of the Liverpool Echo, merged with Mirror Group to form Trinity Mirror.

During 2005 the company introduced a number of measures to manage discretionary spending more carefully, some of which attracted press attention. In 2007 the company sought to sell a number of titles: the Reading Chronicle was sold to Berkshire Media Group and 25 Trinity Mirror South titles were sold to Northcliffe Media. On 1 October 2007 it was announced that the sale of the Racing Post had been completed: the entire sale process had raised £263 million.

In September 2008 the company announced that it would be closing the printing plant in Liverpool after 154 years of printing in the city, and transferring the work to Oldham. In February 2010, Trinity Mirror acquired the regional M.E.N. Media and S&B Media divisions of the Guardian Media Group, containing 22 local titles across Northern England and in Surrey and Berkshire; this included the Manchester Evening News and Reading Evening Post. In March 2010, Trinity Mirror stated that it will end its bout of staff cuts and newspaper closures. The announcement came as the company reported pre-tax profits of £72.7m for 2009, exceeding analysts expectations.

In January 2012 it was announced Trinity Mirror acquired Communicator Corp, a digital communications company specialising in email and mobile communications for £8m. In August 2013, Trinity Mirror announced its partnership with whocanfixmycar.com, a portal connecting motorists nationwide with trusted local garages and mechanics.

In June 2014, Trinity Mirror transitioned its online bingo software from Dragonfish to Virtue Fusion from Playtech for its group of bingo brands. In November 2015, Trinity Mirror purchased Local World, a major stakeholder in local news titles, from DMGT.

Its 115 titles were formed primarily by those of Harmsworth's historic Northcliffe Newspapers Group, alongside other smaller purchases made by DMGT and Local World subsequently, including the 2007 purchase from Trinity. The purchase increased Trinity Mirror's local circulation by around 50%. The deal valued Local World at around £220 million.

In February 2018, the company completed the acquisition of the UK publishing assets of Northern & Shell, including the Daily Express, Sunday Express, Daily Star and OK!. Following completion, Trinity Mirror announced a plan to rebrand as Reach, subject to investor approval at a meeting scheduled for May 2018. Following completion of the acquisition, the Competition and Markets Authority launched a preliminary investigation into the deal, requiring Trinity Mirror to keep Express Newspapers as a standalone entity.

Reach plc's printing division, Reach Printing Services, is located at nine press sites throughout the UK, printing and distributing thirty-seven major newspapers for the UK, including the Daily Mirror and Sunday Mirror, The New Day, the Sunday People, the Daily Record (in Scotland), and other contract titles including titles for the Guardian Media Group. Reach plc also owns a number of local titles in Northern England and in Surrey and Berkshire, after acquiring a number of titles from the Guardian Media Group in 2010.

Mirror Group newspapers, M.E.N Media and S&B Media:
National newspapers
Daily Mirror / Sunday Mirror
Daily Express / Sunday Express
Daily Star / Daily Star Sunday
The New Day
Daily Record / Sunday Mail
Western Mail / Wales on Sunday
The Sunday People

Local and regional newspapers:
Accrington Observer
Anfield & Walton Star
Barking & Dagenham Yellow Advertiser
Bexley Mercury
Birmingham Post / Birmingham Mail / Sunday Mercury
Bootle Times
Bracknell Standard
Brent & Wembley Leader
Bristol Post
Buckinghamshire Examiner / Buckinghamshire Advertiser
Chester Chronicle
Chronicle Extra (Newcastle upon Tyne)
Colne Valley Chronicle
Coventry Telegraph
The Crawley News
Crewe Chronicle
Crosby Herald
Derby Evening Telegraph
Dover Express
Ealing Gazette
Ealing Informer
Ealing Leader
Ellesmere Port Pioneer
Enfield Advertiser
Enfield Gazette
Evening Chronicle (Newcastle upon Tyne)
Evening Gazette (Teesside)
Express & Echo
Formby Times
Fulham & Hammersmith Chronicle
The Glaswegian
Gloucester Citizen
Gloucestershire Echo
Haringey Advertiser
Harrow & Wembley Observer
Harrow Informer
Harrow Leader
Havering Yellow Advertiser (Romford)
Heywood Advertiser
Highdown Books
Hinckley Times
Hounslow Borough Chronicle
Hounslow, Chiswick & Whitton Informer
Huddersfield District Chronicle
Huddersfield Examiner
Hull Daily Mail
Ilford & Redbridge Yellow Advertiser
Irish Daily Mirror
Irish Daily Star / Irish Daily Star Sunday
The Journal (Newcastle upon Tyne)
Kensington & Chelsea Informer
Leicester Mercury
Lewisham & Greenwich Mercury
Liverpool Echo
Loughborough Echo
Manchester Evening News
Manchester Metro News
Maghull Star
Middleton Guardian
Mid Devon Gazette
Mitcham, Morden & Wimbledon Post
Neath Guardian
North East Manchester Advertiser
North Devon Journal
North Wales Daily Post
Nottingham Post
Oldham Advertiser
Ormskirk Advertiser
Paisley Daily Express
The Press (Barnet and Hendon)
Prestwich Advertiser
Reading Post
Rochdale Observer
Rossendale Free Press
Runcorn & Widnes Weekly News
Salford Advertiser
Slough Express
Stockport Express / Macclesfield Express / Wilmslow Express / The Sentinel (Staffordshire)
Surrey Advertiser
Southport Visiter
South Manchester Reporter
South Liverpool Merseymart
South Wales Echo
South Wales Evening Post
Staines Informer
Streatham, Clapham & West Norwood Post
Sunday Sun (Newcastle Upon Tyne)
Surrey Herald
Surrey Mirror Advertiser
Sutton & Epsom Post
Tameside Advertiser / Glossop Advertiser
Uxbridge & Hillingdon Leader
Uxbridge Gazette
Walton & Weybridge Informer
The Wharf (Canary Wharf)

Trinity Mirror Scotland:
Airdrie and Coatbridge Advertiser
Ayrshire Post
Blairgowrie Advertiser
Business 7
Dumfries and Galloway Standard
East Kilbride News
Galloway News
Hamilton Advertiser
Irvine Herald
Kilmarnock Standard
Metro Scotland
Paisley Daily Express
Perthshire Advertiser
Scottish Business Insider
Stirling Observer
Strathearn Herald
The Lennox Herald
West Lothian Courier
Wishaw Press

Digital brands:
Belfast Live
Dublin Live
RSVP Live
Examiner Live (Huddersfield)
football.london
Glasgow Live
Edinburgh Live
Wales Online
Gloucestershire Live
Plymouth Live
Leeds Live
Hull Live
Somerset Live
Buzz.ie
Cork Beo