14 Facts About Trinity Mirror

1.

Daily Trinity Mirror was launched by Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe, "for gentlewomen" in 1903.

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Trinity Mirror was first listed on the London Stock Exchange on 2 December 1953.

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3.

In March 2010, Trinity Mirror stated that it would end its bout of staff cuts and newspaper closures.

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4.

In January 2012 it was announced Trinity Mirror acquired Communicator Corp, a digital communications company specialising in email and mobile communications for £8m.

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5.

In June 2014, Trinity Mirror transitioned its online bingo software from Dragonfish to Virtue Fusion from Playtech for its group of bingo brands.

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6.

In November 2015, Trinity Mirror purchased Local World, a major stakeholder in local news titles, from DMGT.

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7.

Trinity Mirror said he believed he may have been a victim of hacking by a journalist working for a Trinity Mirror title in 2003.

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8.

On 24 September 2014, Trinity Mirror admitted for the first time that some of its journalists had been involved in phone hacking.

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9.

Trinity Mirror announced that it had earlier settled six other phone hacking claims in relation to former England football manager Sven-Goran Eriksson, footballer Garry Flitcroft, actor Christopher Eccleston, showbusiness agent Phil Dale, Richie's wife Christine Roche and Abbie Gibson, a former nanny of David and Victoria Beckham.

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10.

Trinity Mirror is thought to have set aside £8m to £9m to settle phone hacking claims and legal costs.

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11.

On 13 February 2015, Trinity Mirror published a public apology to "all its victims of phone hacking" on page two of the Daily Mirror.

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12.

The BBC reported that in MGN's written argument Matthew Nicklin QC had said that it had published a public apology to all hacking victims and its parent company Trinity Mirror had sent private letters of apology to the eight claimants.

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13.

The Trinity Mirror Group said it would consider whether to seek permission to appeal against the size of the damages, but increased the money allocated to deal with phone hacking claims from £12m to £28m.

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14.

In 2013, Trinity Mirror launched the content websites UsVsTh3m and Ampp3d on an experimental basis.

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