News International 318966 225414387 2008-07-13T15:42:57Z 89.102.29.131 {{distinguish|New International}} {{for|the Pakistani newspaper|The News International}} {{Infobox_Company| company_name=News International| company_logo=| company_type=[[Mass media|Media]]| foundation=February 1981| location=[[London]]| key_people=[[Rupert Murdoch]] <br> [[James Murdoch (media executive)|James Murdoch]]| industry=[[Mass media]]| products=Newspapers and Websites| revenue=| num_employees=| homepage=http://www.newsinternational.co.uk}} '''News International Ltd''' is a [[United Kingdom|British]] newspaper publisher owned by [[Rupert Murdoch]]'s [[News Corporation]]. Until June 2002, they were called '''News International plc'''.<ref name=osg>[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2941-574,00.html The Times Online Style Guide] &ndash; see entry for News International for change from plc to Ltd</ref> The company's major titles are published by three subsidiary companies, '''Times Newspapers Ltd''', '''News Group Newspapers'''<ref name=osg/> and '''NI Free Newspapers Limited'''. These newspapers are written and published at a large site in [[Wapping]] in east [[London]], near Tower Hill, which earned the nickname "[[Fortress Wapping]]" after a fierce dispute with the union to which the workforce had previously belonged. The printing of the papers is now undertaken at [[Broxbourne]] (the world's largest printing plant),<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7299941.stm</ref> [[Liverpool]] and [[Glasgow]]. Between 1987 and 1995, News International owned, through its subsidiary ''News (UK) Ltd'', ''[[Today (UK newspaper)|Today]]'', the first UK national newspaper to be printed in colour. All of News International's newspapers (with the exception of [[thelondonpaper]], launched in 2006) were founded by other owners, in some cases hundreds of years ago. In October 2005 News International sold TSL Education, publishers of ''[[Times Educational Supplement]]'' and other education titles, for £235m ($415m). ''[[The Times Literary Supplement]]'', previously part of TSL Education, has been retained by News International as part of this deal. Darwin ltd, who had took over the company, continued to produce the same product. Its main competitor is [[Associated Newspapers]], who are subsequently owned by the [[Daily Mail and General Trust]]. ==News International Newspapers Limited== ===Times Newspapers===<!-- This section is linked from [[The Times]] --> Times Newspapers Limited publishes the [[compact (newspaper)|compact]] daily newspaper ''[[The Times]]'' and the broadsheet ''[[The Sunday Times]]''. Times Newspapers was formed in 1967 when [[Thomson Corporation|The Thomson Corporation]] purchased ''The Times'' from the Astor family and merged it with ''The Sunday Times'', which it owned since 1959. This company was purchased by Murdoch's News International in February 1981. In 2006 an American edition of The Times was launched in New York, Boston and some other east coast U.S. cities. Murdoch states that the law and the independent board prevents him from exercising editorial control. <ref name=Parliament070917> {{cite conference | title = Minute of the meeting with Mr Rupert Murdoch, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, News Corporation | booktitle = Inquiry into Media Ownership and the News | pages = p. 10 | publisher = House of Commons Select Committee on Communications | date = 17 September 2007 | location = [[New York]] | url = http://www.parliament.uk/documents/upload/us.doc }} </ref> ===News Group Newspapers=== News Group Newspapers publishes the tabloid newspapers ''[[The Sun (newspaper)|The Sun]]'' and the ''[[News of the World]]''. The News of the World Organisation was purchased in January 1969. ''The Sun'' was acquired in October 1969 from [[Mirror Group Newspapers]]. Murdoch states that he acts as a "traditional proprietor"; exercising editorial control on major issues such as which political party to back in a general election or policy on Europe. <ref name=Parliament070917 /> ==NI Free Newspapers Limited== [[thelondonpaper]] was the first newspaper to be launched by News International rather than bought. It is an evening [[freesheet]] for the [[London]] [[Travelcard Zone 1|Zone 1]] and [[Travelcard Zone 2|Zone 2]] areas. ==Other holdings== *News International (Advertisements) Limited *News International Associated Services Limited *News International Distribution Limited *News International Newspapers (Knowsley) Limited *News International Newspapers (Scotland) Limited *News International Pension Trustees Limited *News International Supply Company Limited *News International Television Investment Company Limited *News International Television Limited *NI Syndication Limited ==See also== * [[News Corporation]] * [[News Limited]] * News International * [[Rupert Murdoch]] ==References== <references/> == External links == * http://www.timesonline.co.uk/ * http://www.thesun.co.uk/ * http://www.newsoftheworld.com/ * http://www.thelondonpaper.com/ * http://www.newsint.co.uk/ * http://www.nisyndication.com/ * [http://observer.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,,1686500,00.html Wapping: legacy of Rupert's revolution], [[January 15]], [[2006]] - ''[[The Observer]]'': **Three views of the industrial dispute twenty years on. {{News Corporation}} [[Category:News Corporation]] [[Category:News Corporation subsidiaries]] [[Category:Newspaper companies of the United Kingdom]] [[nl:News International]] [[no:News International]]