Newsquest Media Group, one of the leading regional media groups in the UK, announced today that it has acquired Romanes Media Group, for an undisclosed sum. Romanes is a local news publishing business operating in Scotland, Berkshire and Northern Ireland. The Romanes newspaper portfolio comprises one daily, 19 weekly paid-fors and nine weekly frees, and associated websites, and the company employs 270 staff.
Romanes Media Group originated with the Dunfermline Press which was founded by the Romanes family in 1859. Its local news brands include the Greenock Telegraph, the Dunfermline Press, the East Lothian Courier, the Reading Chronicle, and the Impartial Reporter.
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