Northern & Shell
British publishing and television group / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Northern & Shell (holding company name Northern and Shell Network Ltd) is a British publishing group, founded in December 1974 and owned since then by Richard Desmond. Formerly a publisher of pornographic magazines including Penthouse and Asian Babes,[1] it published the Daily Express, Sunday Express, Daily Star and Daily Star Sunday, and the magazines OK!, New! and Star until these were sold to Trinity Mirror in February 2018. Northern & Shell also owned three entertainment television channels: Channel 5, 5* and 5USA until 2015. It owned Portland TV,[2] which operates pornographic TV channels including Television X and Red Hot TV; the company sold Portland in April 2016.[3]
Company type | Limited company |
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Founded | December 1974; 49 years ago (1974-12) |
Founder | Richard Desmond |
Headquarters | Lower Thames Street London, EC3 United Kingdom |
Services | Publishing and television |
Owner | Richard Desmond |
Website | northernandshell.co.uk |
Northern & Shell has operated The Health Lottery in the UK since it launched in 2011.