Guardian Media Group (GMG) is one of the UK’s leading multimedia businesses. Its portfolio includes national, regional and local newspapers, radio stations, magazines, a raft of websites and B2B media. The Group is wholly owned by the Scott Trust.
GMG has several divisions:
- Guardian News & Media is our national division. It publishes the Guardian and Observer, two of the UK’s most respected and successful newspapers, as well as Guardian.co.uk, the internationally renowned website.
- GMG Regional Media publishes the Manchester Evening News and its website, and a number of weekly newspapers in the north-west and south of England. It also includes Channel M, a TV station for Greater Manchester.
- GMG Radio operates regional stations across the UK under the Real Radio, Smooth Radio, Century Radio and Rock Radio brands.
- Trader Media Group publishes Auto Trader, the leading motors classified magazine and website, along with a number of other titles and websites. Trader Media Group is jointly owned by GMG and Apax Partners.
- GMG Property Services Group operates software providers to independent estate agents and thinkproperty.com, the consumer-facing portal.
- Emap Communications is a leading international business-to-business publishing, events and information company. It is jointly owned by GMG and Apax Partners.
For further details of GMG’s portfolio browse through our businesses or watch this short film about Guardian Media Group.
To sample some of our multimedia activities, use the Media Showcase.
To learn about our history use the timeline or read the history of the Scott Trust.
Download a printable pdf fact sheet about the Group.