Key Terms

Key terms: conglomerate-a thing consisting  of different parts or items that are grouped together , collection.
-normally large companies are conglomerateExamples of conglomerate companies: 
  • Timewarner
  • Disney 
  • Sony
  oligopoly- a state of limited competition in which a market is shared by a small number of producers and companies
  DMGT-Daily Mail and General Trust plc is a British media company, the owner of The Daily Mail and trhe metro and several other titles. WikipediaStock price: DMGT (LON) 688.50 GBX +4.50 (+0.66%)3 Nov, 12:02 GMT - DisclaimerCEO: Paul ZwillenbergChairperson: Jonathan Harmsworth, 4th Viscount RothermereCFO: Tim CollierHeadquarters: LondonRevenue: 1.91 billion GBP (2016)
Number of employees: 9,600 (2014)
Subsidiaries: DMG Media, ZPG plc,
Trinity Minor- Trinity Mirror plc is the largest British newspaper, magazine and digital publisher after purchasing rival Local World for £220 million, in October 2015. WikipediaStock price: TNI (LON) 83.00 GBX -1.00 (-1.19%)3 Nov, 12:14 GMT - DisclaimerHeadquarters: LondonCEO: Simon Fox (10 Sep 2012–)
Revenue: 636.3 million GBP (2014)
Profit: £81.6 million (2014)
Number of employees: 3,900 (2015)
Subsidiaries: Media Wales, The Career Engineer Ltd., MORE Northern and shell:

Northern & Shell was founded in December 1974 as the publisher of the music magazine International Musician and Recording World. The company Northern & Shell Media Group has experienced almost four decades of expansion, becoming a significant force in British and worldwide media, with a portfolio of both newspapers and magazines.Northern & Shell launched OK! Magazine in 1993, acquired Express Newspapers in November 2000 and The Health Lottery in February 2011. It is also a shareholder in YouView.Today, The Northern & Shell Media Group owns four national newspaper titles – the Daily Express, Sunday Express, Daily Star and Daily Star Sunday – and celebrity magazines OK!, new! and Star, and is a 50% joint venture partner in the Irish Daily Star. In 2011 the company opened a state-of-the-art print plant in Luton, producing our portfolio of newspapers and magazines as well as providing third-party printing services.Northern & Shell dominates important parts of the consumer magazine market both in the UK and worldwide, with a stable of market-leading consumer titles.The company operates in all major areas of publishing and has diverse interests in new media, print, distribution, investment and property.The strengths of the network lie in its skill in identifying key areas of commercial growth and its decisiveness and creative drive in developing brands that excel in these markets.Northern & Shell is determined to maintain all its products and activities as benchmarks of excellence to its readers, customers, advertisers and business partners.   

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