The company said its strategy involved "consolidation and change". As well as the News Letter, JPI Media also owns a string of local papers here such as the Lurgan Mail, the Newtownabbey Times and the Portadown Times. Thursday, 29 October 2020 | 14.1°C Belfast, Menu Liz explained how a doctor had phoned her sister before he died and assured her staff would be with him. "The doctors and nurses handled the situation so professionally and were exceptional in their care and treatment of David," she said. David Montgomery, from Dromore, passed away last Saturday after two weeks on a ventilator. Liz added: "David was a Christian and his faith in Jesus was very important to him. © BelfastTelegraph.co.uk, Derry teen Aaron Doherty (17) dies after family thought he had beaten coronavirus, Outcry after DUP MP Sammy Wilson says fall in cases in Derry and Strabane not due to restrictions, Videos of Tyrone boy Darragh O'Neill's earnest farm talk become viral sensation, Coronavirus Northern Ireland: First person aged 19 or under dies after contracting Covid as nine further deaths reported, £12,500 award for Spanish man Enrique Venegas after racism and unfair dismissal by Belfast drinks firm, The Belfast Telegraph is a member of IPSO and subscribes to its Editors' Code of Practice. A further announcement will be made as appropriate in due course.". [2], Early in 1999 Montgomery stepped down from the Mirror Group CEO role after some well-publicised running disagreements with the boardroom and the non-executive chairman Sir Victor Blank, and after a period for the company described by some commentators as "crisis-hit". Also carried out consultance work for third parties and audited suppliers. [1], In 1973 he joined the staff on the Daily Mirror, one of the UK's large-circulation tabloids. Between 1987 and 1991, Montgomery was editor of the Today newspaper, by then owned by Murdoch. Thursday, 29 October 2020 | 14.1°C Belfast, Menu Speculation about an approach by National World began when rival groups Newsquest and Reach stepped back from a potential takeover of JPI Media. It said: "The company listed on the main market to create a modern platform for news publishing by implementing a new operating model using the latest technology. © BelfastTelegraph.co.uk, Derry teen Aaron Doherty (17) dies after family thought he had beaten coronavirus, Outcry after DUP MP Sammy Wilson says fall in cases in Derry and Strabane not due to restrictions, Videos of Tyrone boy Darragh O'Neill's earnest farm talk become viral sensation, Coronavirus Northern Ireland: First person aged 19 or under dies after contracting Covid as nine further deaths reported, £12,500 award for Spanish man Enrique Venegas after racism and unfair dismissal by Belfast drinks firm, The Belfast Telegraph is a member of IPSO and subscribes to its Editors' Code of Practice. He has also edited two tabloid newspapers during the course of his career. Between 1992 and 1999 he served as chief executive of Mirror Group plc—publishers of the Daily Mirror and other national titles and a range of regional titles—following the death of its previous owner Robert Maxwell in 1991. He has now set up National World, a listed company aimed at taking over ailing newspapers. His first job in a national newspaper was at the Daily Mirror. [citation needed] She is the daughter of The 3rd Baron Birdwood and ex-wife of The 3rd Earl of Woolton. The media company headed up by Co Down executive David Montgomery has confirmed it has approached News Letter publisher JPI Media with a view to a takeover. "Its strategy will involve consolidation and change by combining digital technology innovation and traditional print assets to grow revenues by aggregation of audiences and reduce costs via shared services.". He went on to work at The Sun before returning to the Mirror group - though he later returned to News International. The United Kingdom technically left the EU in January, but for now remains locked in a so-called “transition” period in which EU control over British fisheries, the EU’s Free Movement migration regime, and the supremacy of EU law and EU judges remain in place while negotiations for a new deal on trade, security, and so on are conducted. ", The Belfast Telegraph is a member of IPSO and subscribes to its Editors' Code of Practice [3], In 2000 Montgomery founded Mecom Group, a London-based investment company that would specialise in mergers and acquisitions of newspaper and media companies in continental Europe. Email. Ipso, An INM Website He has also edited two tabloid newspapers during the course of his career. [citation needed], "David Montgomery's Local World plan reveals his contempt for regional papers", "Montgomery concludes German publisher deal", "David Montgomery: They never saw him coming", "Montgomery marshals European titles for attack on British newspaper market", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=David_Montgomery_(newspaper_executive)&oldid=971371915, Articles with unsourced statements from June 2018, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 5 August 2020, at 18:41. His minister, Rev Eleanor Hayden, phoned the ward and asked one of the nurses to kindly read Psalm 23 and say the Lord's Prayer to him. On Monday local farmers parked their tractors along Galbally Road and stepped out to pay their respects as the hearse carrying the 55-year-old made its way to the graveyard at Togherdoo Methodist Church near Trillick.