{"id":9853,"date":"2026-01-06T14:04:29","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T14:04:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=9853"},"modified":"2026-01-06T14:04:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T14:04:29","slug":"dc-thomson-boosted-by-insurance-and-ad-sales-daily-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=9853","title":{"rendered":"DC Thomson boosted by insurance and ad sales \u2013 Daily Business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/The-Courier-newsagent.png\" alt=\"The Courier\" class=\"wp-image-145779 lazyload\" style=\"width:824px;height:auto\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"794\" height=\"558\" src=\"https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/The-Courier-newsagent.png\" alt=\"The Courier\" class=\"wp-image-145779 lazyload\" style=\"width:824px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/The-Courier-newsagent.png 794w, https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/The-Courier-newsagent-300x211.png 300w, https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/The-Courier-newsagent-768x540.png 768w, https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/The-Courier-newsagent-600x422.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 794px) 100vw, 794px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Media income is shifting from print sales<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">DC Thomson, publisher of the <em>P&amp;J, The Sunday Post<\/em> and <em>The Courier<\/em>, posted flat news stand and subscription sales as it was impacted by higher inflation and low consumer confidence in the year to March 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Subscriptions to its regional news titles surpassed 50,000, though it has been noted that it had set a target of 75,000 by 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">New insurance services and a 13.6% uptick in advertising helped total group revenue rise 19.8% to \u00a3184m, from \u00a3154m in the previous year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Pre-tax profit came in at \u00a331m against \u00a394m previously which included valuation gains on financial assets.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">DC Thomson\u2019s other titles include city evening papers, <em>People\u2019s Friend, Scots Magazine, The Beano, Puzzler <\/em>and<em> Stylist<\/em>. It operates the Original 106 radio stations, and cloud services company Brightsolid whose revenue rose 12%.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The total group assets from the investment portfolio were slightly down at \u00a31.14bn.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Print circulations continue to decline, with the <em>P&amp;J <\/em>and<em> The Courier<\/em> respectively selling 19,525 and 14,836 in the first half of 2025, both down by about 10% year on year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Chairman Christopher Thomson said: \u201cThese results demonstrate the resilience and adaptability of our business in a rapidly changing market.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cWe are investing in data, technology and talent to ensure our purpose driven brands remain trusted and relevant for generations to come.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cOur strategy is clear: build sustainable growth by diversifying revenues, protecting profitability and creating new opportunities in digital and B2B markets.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cAt the same time, we continue to deliver efficiency in print and maintain the quality our audiences expect.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cWith strong foundations and a commitment to transformation, DC Thomson is well-positioned to thrive despite the market conditions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">A final dividend of \u00a320.4m (2024: \u00a319.9m) made a total of \u00a326.4m (\u00a325.7m). Dividends paid to directors totalled \u00a3547,000, down slightly from \u00a3551,000.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The highest-paid member of \u201ckey management\u201d received \u00a3408,000, from \u00a3407,000 a year earlier. <\/p>\n<p><!-- Simple Share Buttons Adder (8.5.3) simplesharebuttons.com -->           \t            <\/div>\n<p><script>\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n{if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\nif(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\nn.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\ns.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,'script',\n'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n fbq('init', '1192059580980274'); \nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script>#Thomson #boosted #insurance #sales #Daily #Business<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Media income is shifting from &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9854,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[3839,266,265,7456,603,7457,402,7458,7459],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9853"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9853"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9853\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}