Meanwhile, in an email sent to staff, chief executive of JPI Media David King confirmed the purchase which took place on 17 October. It better positions us to prove the best quality printing capacity from ideal locations to serve our retailers and readers.” She said: “This acquisition reflects our intention to protect and grow the reach of quality journalism through our print media. I paper’s Paul Bacon thanks local shops as title approaches 10th anniversary ĭMG Media group production director Julia Palmer-Poucher said the move would improve print production and doing so would help the group serve retailers. It is unclear how DMG’s new fleet of press plants will affect its use of News UK’s sites. It then split printing of The Daily Mail between the Johnston Press Portsmouth plant, News UK’s sites in Hertfordshire and Merseyside, and its remaining printers in Thurrock. The move represents a change in strategy for DMG, having shut down its Didcot print site in 2017 at an estimated cost of £50m. The national publisher, which also acquired the i newspaper from JPI Media earlier this year, will gain ownership of all three JPI print centres – Dinnington in Yorkshire, Portsmouth in Hampshire and Carn in County Fermanagh. Daily Mail publisher DMG Media has promised stores will benefit from its acquisition of print sites owned by regional publisher JPI Media.

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