Below are excerpts of ‘about us’ descriptions of a sample of Irish media owners. The information was taken from their respective websites on 29th July, 2006.

1. RTE
2. Thomas Crosbie Holdings
3. Independent News and Media
4. emap (previously Scottish Radio Holdings)
5. The Irish Times Trust
6. UTV

Should you see anything inaccurate or incomplete here, please let us know. Feel free to post a comment with similar details for media ownership in ireland.

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RTE | www.rte.ie

RTÉ’s vision is to grow the trust of the people of ireland as it informs, inspires, reflects and enriches their lives.

RTÉ’s mission is to:

• Nurture and reflect the cultural and regional diversity of all the people of Ireland
• Provide distinctive programming and services of the highest quality and ambition, with the emphasis on home production
• Inform the Irish public by delivering the best comprehensive independent news service possible
• Enable national participation in all events

RTÉ is responsible for the following media publications:

• RTÉ Radio 1, RTÉ 2fm, RTÉ lyric fm and RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta.
• RTÉ One and RTÉ Two.
• www.rté.ie. the RTÉ Guide, RTÉ.ie and RTÉ Aertel, RTÉ’s teletext service.
• RTÉ News and Current Affairs
• RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra (and five other performing groups)
• The RTÉ transmission network, RTÉNL

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Thomas Crosbie Holdings | www.tch.ie

Characterised by innovation, creativity and exceptional service levels, TCH offers advertisers unique communication solutions across our growing portfolio of media brands.

Recognising the dynamic nature of the media landscape we are absolutely committed to developing our own brands as well as those brands which we serve.

While recognising fully that each of our media brands is unique in terms of the audience they serve we believe strongly that there are greater synergies to be explored to the benefit of our clients. Put simply, through ensuring that we have a detailed understanding of our clients brand, marketing and communication strategies we can, when appropriate bring these synergies to bear in a very positive way.

Thomas Crosbie Holdings is responsible for the following media publications:

The Irish Examiner The Sunday Business Post

Evening Echo Western people Kildare Nationalist Laois Nationalist The Nationalist Waterford News and Star The Kingdom Sligo Weekender Newry Democrat Down Democrat The Irish Post Roscommon Herald The Echo The Gorey Echo Wexford Echo New Ross Echo

RecruitIreland.com Motornet.ie tcm.ie MidWest Radio RedFM

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Independent News and Media | www.inm.ie

Independent News & Media PLC (ticker: INWS.L; INWS.I) [‘INM’] is a leading international media and communications group, with its main interests in Australia, India, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa and the United Kingdom. Spanning four continents and 21 individual countries, INM is the market leading newspaper publisher in Ireland, New Zealand and South Africa and is the market-leading regional newspaper publisher in Australia and India. In the United Kingdom, Independent owns the largest newspaper group in Northern Ireland and publishes the quality, award winning, Independent titles from London.

Across these regions, the Group publishes over 175 newspaper and magazine titles with a weekly circulation of over 31 million copies and operates over 70 on-line editorial and classified sites.

The Group is also the largest radio (with 128 stations and on audience exceeding 5 milion people (10 years)) and outdoor advertising operator in Australasia - with leading outdoor advertising operations also in Hong Kong, Malaysia and Indonesia and across Africa, through its joint venture company, Clear Channel Independent.

The Group has grown consistently over the last 15 years by building a geographically unique and diverse portfolio of market-leading brands, and today manages gross assets of €4.0 billion, turnover of over €1.8 billion and employs over 10,400 people worldwide.

INM is responsible for the following media productions:

Irish Independent Irish Daily Star (50%) jointly owned with Express Newspapers Ltd (UK) (Richard Desmond) The Evening Herald Herald AM The Sunday Tribune (29.9%) The Sunday World Sunday Independent

Bray People Carlow People Drogheda Independent Enniscorthy Guardian Fingal Independent Gorey Guardian New Ross Standard The Argus The Corkman Wicklow People Wexford People

Unison.ie Independent Directory Online Loadza

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emap | www.emap.com

Emap plc is a media company whose purpose is to create must-have entertainment and information which can be delivered to every home and business within defined communities.

emap’s business activities focus around three main areas:

1. Over 150 top selling consumer magazines in the UK, France and around the world
2. Over 200 business to business events, magazines and conferences, many of them market leaders
3. 40 local analogue radio stations in the UK and Republic of Ireland, seven digital music TV channels and one of the biggest digital radio networks in the UK

emap is organised into four operating divisions:

• Emap Consumer Media (consumer magazines, TV) comprises the Group’s consumer magazine portfolio in the UK and overseas, with the exception of France. It publishes titles in the UK such as heat, Zoo, Grazia FHM, Closer, Empire, Max Power, Angling Times and Todays Golfer. ECM also encompasses Emap’s music television channels and the ticketing website Aloud.com.
• Emap Communications (B2B) is the leading UK trade exhibition organiser and the fourth largest trade exhibition organiser in France. EC has over 250 Conferences in 19 countries, 35 Awards events, Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival - the worlds leading Festival for advertising creatives, major Information businesses serving Fashion with WGSN - Worth Global Style Network, Automotive with CAP, Construction with Glenigan and Media with brad. Its leading titles include Retail Week, Broadcast, Construction News, Nursing Times and Health Service Journal.
• Emap Radio (radio) has a unique position in the UK music market through its 40 local analogue radio stations and one of the biggest digital networks in the UK. Some of its key brands include Smash Hits!, Radio Clyde, Radio Forth, Big City Network, Kiss, Magic, Kerrang!, Q and Mojo.
• Emap France (consumer magazines - France) publishes titles in the consumer magazine market and reaches 50% of the French population every month. Many are market leaders.
• Emap Advertising was created to provide advertisers with ground-breaking media solutions that unlock greater value from Emap’s multi-media brands. Launched in April 2000, it acts as one point of contact for creative solutions across any, or all of the various media platforms and 40 brands from Emap Radio and Emap Consumer Media.

Emap is responsible for the following media productions:

Empire Kerrang! Mojo Q Heat Closer Grazia Yours New Woman FHM ZOO

FM104 Highland Radio Today FM

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The Irish Times Trust | www.ireland.com/about/

Extracts from the Memorandum of Association of The Irish Times Trust.

• A. To publish The Irish Times as an independent newspaper primarily concerned with serious issues for the benefit of the community throughout the whole of Ireland free from any form of personal or of party political, commercial, religious or other sectional control.
• B. To follow, in the publication of The Irish Times an editorial policy with the following as its principal objectives:-
1. The support of constitutional democracy expressed through governments freely elected.
2. The progressive achievement of social justice between people and the discouragement of discrimination of all kinds;
3. The promotion of a society where the quality of life is enriched by the standards of its education, its art, its culture, and its recreational facilities, and where the quality of spirit is instinct with Christian values but free from all religious bias and discrimination;
4. The promotion of peace and tolerance and opposition to all forms of violence and hatred so that each man may live in harmony with his neighbour considerate for his cultural, material and spiritual needs;
5. The promotion of understanding of other nations and peoples and a sympathetic concern for their well being.
• C. In pursuance of the foregoing and to enable the readers of The Irish Times to reach informed and independent judgments and to contribute more effectively to the life of the community to ensure that the following principles govern the publication of The Irish Times:-
  • that news shall be as accurate and as comprehensive as is practicable and be presented fairly;
  • that comment and opinion shall be informed and responsible, and shall be identifiable from fact;
  • that special consideration shall be given to the reasonable representation of minority interests and divergent views.

The Irish Times Trust is responsible for the following media publications:

• The Irish Times
• myhome.ie
• nicemove.ie
• Metro (in association with Metro International)




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UTV | www.utvplc.com

UTV is part of the ITV network. A strong network schedule coupled with ever-popular regional programming, makes UTV one of the most powerful mediums in the country.

It has the highest penetration of all media in Northern Ireland, with more than 90% of the population reached over a 4 week period and UTV is also available in more than 63% of homes in Ireland. This makes UTV unbeatable for those companies with a total Ireland perspective.

Domestic programmes are at the heart of this competitive strength and for this reason most are scheduled in peak viewing times. During the year they consistently attract large audiences and further extend the already substantial lead on the main competition.

Regulated by Ofcom, UTV programming adheres to the highest standards in broadcasting.

UTV operates in the most competitive television market in the UK with 60% of homes having access to more than 250 competing channels. However, UTV remains the first choice for viewers in Northern Ireland with an impressive 34% share of peaktime viewing in 2005. This gave UTV almost four times the viewership of Channel 4, its nearest commercial competitor and a 58% lead over BBC NI.

UTV plc is responsible for the following media publications:

TV UTV (part of the ITV Network)

New Media u.tv UTV Internet: ISP u.tv/talk/ (telephony)

Radio Q102 96FM 103FM Live95FM LMFM U105.8FM Galway Bay FM Beat FM Broadcast Media Sales (advertising sales house)

Researched by David from the mediaforum.ie team. [END]