Owner DC Thomson is considering outsourcing distribution of the Press and Journal and Evening Express newspapers.

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Richard Desmond, owner of Britain's Express Newspapers, argues that there is value for readers in keeping a clear distinction between the two.

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Initial overtures from Express Newspapers for return of their money were rejected.

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Maybe because he is in the business of storytelling, Richard Desmond, a British publisher who owns Express Newspapers and other media properties, believes in promoting philanthropy.

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Two determined British bidders, the Daily Mail and General Trust Group, which owns the Daily Mail in Britain, and Richard Desmond, owner of Express Newspapers, will be particularly disappointed.

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When Mr Desmond became the owner of Express Newspapers, many hard-bitten journalists were sufficiently horrified to jump ship at the first opportunity, some even leaving before they had other jobs to go to.

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The Carl Giles Trust Collection is held by the University of Kent on behalf of Express Group Newspapers.

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And at less expensive brands like Holiday Inn Express, Best Western or Fairfield Inn, newspapers are available in lobbies.

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Today Hearst Corp. owns 15 daily newspapers (Houston Chronicle, San Antonio Express-News), 15 U.S. magazines (Esquire, Harper's Bazaar), TV and radio stations.

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In the 1930s he was a star correspondent on the Daily Express and later the Daily Mail, then the most successful newspapers in Britain.

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