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Allied Newspapers
Allied Newspapers Ltd. was a British media consortium with holdings including such national newspapers as The Daily Telegraph and The Sunday Times. Formed in 1924 by the Welsh brothers William Berry, Lord Camrose, and Gomer Berry (later 1st Viscount Kemsley), along with Sir Edward Iliffe (later 1st Baron Iliffe), Allied Newspapers later became Kemsley Newspapers, becoming the largest newspaper group in Britain. The consortium was acquired in 1959 by Roy Thomson (later 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet), becoming part of Thomson Regional Newspapers.
The Berry brothers entered the newspaper business in 1915, purchasing The Sunday Times; they also purchased the Financial Times in 1919. In 1922, Gomer Berry bought the Scottish Daily Record, its sister paper the Sunday Mail, and another newspaper, the Glasgow Evening News, for £1 million. He formed a controlling company known as Associated Scottish Newspapers Ltd.
For his part, Edward Iliffe was already president and principal proprietor of the Birmingham Post and the Birmingham Mail, and owner of the Coventry Evening Telegraph and the Cambridge Daily News.
The Berry brothers and Iliffe set up Allied Newspapers in 1924 for the purpose of purchasing the former properties of newspaper proprietor Edward Hulton. (Hulton's son Sir Edward Hulton had expanded his father's newspaper interests and sold his publishing business, based in London and Manchester to Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook, and Harold Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Rothermere, when he retired in 1923.) Allied Newspapers' initial acquisitions included the Daily Dispatch, the Manchester Evening Chronicle, the Sunday Chronicle, and the Sunday Graphic, as well as a string of other newspapers across the country. In Cardiff, Wales, the consortium quickly merged four other papers into the Western Mail.
Allied Newspapers' headquarters was located at Withy Grove, The Printworks (Manchester). The Berry Brothers were co-chairmen and Iliff was deputy chairman of the group. The company's northern newspapers were part of the subsidiary Allied Northern Newspapers.
Allied Newspapers acquired the Daily Sketch from Lords Beaverbrook and Rothmere in 1925; in 1926, the Daily Sketch absorbed the Daily Graphic. The Daily Sketch became part of an Allied Newspapers subsidiary in 1928.
In 1926, Allied Newspapers purchased Amalgamated Press (AP), adding a thriving story paper, comic book, and book publishing company to their empire.
In 1927, Allied Newspapers bought the paper-making operations of Frank Lloyd, the son of publisher Edward Lloyd; Allied sold the business to Bowater in 1936.
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Allied Newspapers
Allied Newspapers Ltd. was a British media consortium with holdings including such national newspapers as The Daily Telegraph and The Sunday Times. Formed in 1924 by the Welsh brothers William Berry, Lord Camrose, and Gomer Berry (later 1st Viscount Kemsley), along with Sir Edward Iliffe (later 1st Baron Iliffe), Allied Newspapers later became Kemsley Newspapers, becoming the largest newspaper group in Britain. The consortium was acquired in 1959 by Roy Thomson (later 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet), becoming part of Thomson Regional Newspapers.
The Berry brothers entered the newspaper business in 1915, purchasing The Sunday Times; they also purchased the Financial Times in 1919. In 1922, Gomer Berry bought the Scottish Daily Record, its sister paper the Sunday Mail, and another newspaper, the Glasgow Evening News, for £1 million. He formed a controlling company known as Associated Scottish Newspapers Ltd.
For his part, Edward Iliffe was already president and principal proprietor of the Birmingham Post and the Birmingham Mail, and owner of the Coventry Evening Telegraph and the Cambridge Daily News.
The Berry brothers and Iliffe set up Allied Newspapers in 1924 for the purpose of purchasing the former properties of newspaper proprietor Edward Hulton. (Hulton's son Sir Edward Hulton had expanded his father's newspaper interests and sold his publishing business, based in London and Manchester to Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook, and Harold Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Rothermere, when he retired in 1923.) Allied Newspapers' initial acquisitions included the Daily Dispatch, the Manchester Evening Chronicle, the Sunday Chronicle, and the Sunday Graphic, as well as a string of other newspapers across the country. In Cardiff, Wales, the consortium quickly merged four other papers into the Western Mail.
Allied Newspapers' headquarters was located at Withy Grove, The Printworks (Manchester). The Berry Brothers were co-chairmen and Iliff was deputy chairman of the group. The company's northern newspapers were part of the subsidiary Allied Northern Newspapers.
Allied Newspapers acquired the Daily Sketch from Lords Beaverbrook and Rothmere in 1925; in 1926, the Daily Sketch absorbed the Daily Graphic. The Daily Sketch became part of an Allied Newspapers subsidiary in 1928.
In 1926, Allied Newspapers purchased Amalgamated Press (AP), adding a thriving story paper, comic book, and book publishing company to their empire.
In 1927, Allied Newspapers bought the paper-making operations of Frank Lloyd, the son of publisher Edward Lloyd; Allied sold the business to Bowater in 1936.