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Company overview

One of the leading media businesses in the UK and Ireland, our newsbrands include The Times, The Sunday Times, The Sun, The Sun on Sunday and The TLS. Our national broadcast brands include talkSPORT, Times Radio, Talk and Virgin Radio UK, and we have market-leading local radio stations across Ireland. Our world-famous brands provide news, analysis, opinion and entertainment to almost 40 million people each month. Spanning digital and print, audio and video, events and experiences, our brands are home to a plurality of opinion, representing the diverse communities we serve. News UK is wholly owned by News Corp.

Founded in 1981

London, England, GBR

5.2K employees (2,666 in marketing)

newscareers.co.uk

People

Founders

Scott Taunton

Chief Executive Officer, Broadcasting

Richard Bogie

Managing Director News Scotland and News Ireland

Headcount trend

Company growth over the last 12 months

Audience

Monthly website visitors

31.3K

Month over month-32.8%

Quarter over quarter-47.4%

Top sourceSocial (42.6%)

Ad budget per month$0.0

Average search rank30.3

Traffic source mix

Social

42.6%

Direct

41.1%

Links

newscareers.co.uk

X (Twitter)

News UK insights

Company and marketing-team signals from saved company data and employee profiles. Use this before you apply, interview, or negotiate.

Founded

1981

Headquarters

London, England

Employees

1001-5000

Flat last 12mo

Marketing team

2,666

52% of company

31 saved employee profiles are linked to this company.

Overall company growth

Shows if the company is growing, flat, or shrinking.

Flat 2%

LinkedIn headcount is mostly flat at 2% change over the last 12 months.

Company stability and risk

Shows a quick risk view from growth, funding age, and news.

Main result

Low risk

Flat headcount last 12 months · More mature

Trend

2022-08-01 -> 2026-06-08

Headcount (12 months)

+2%

Last funding round

—

Negative news (120 days)

Risk score0/7

Website traffic

Shows traffic size, change, and traffic sources.

Monthly website visitors

31.3K

Month over month-32.8%

Quarter over quarter-47.4%

Top sourceSocial (42.6%)

Traffic source mix

Social

42.6%

Direct

41.1%

Competitors and search

Shows competitors and key search metrics in one view.

Main result

0 competitor sites

Search traffic: 21 organic clicks / 0 paid clicks

Organic competitors

Paid competitors

Keyword change

Ad budget per month

$0.0

Average search rank

30.3

Organic competitors5

LinkedIn followers

Shows follower count and growth.

LinkedIn followers

Follower count and growth

Total followers

62K

12-mo growth

+5.6%

Monthly growth

+1.2%

Marketing team growth

Shows if the marketing team is growing, flat, or shrinking.

Unknown

We need LinkedIn role growth data for marketing-related functions.

Marketing leader strength

Shows how strong marketing leadership looks at company level.

Medium

Marketing is represented at senior leadership level. Typical leader time at company: 5.4 years.

Founder or CEO

Saved founder and CEO profiles.

Scott Taunton

Chief Executive Officer, Broadcasting

Richard Bogie

Managing Director News Scotland and News Ireland

Darren Barker

Managing Director

Marketing team size

Shows saved marketing team size.

2,666

52% of the company • 31 saved marketing people

Hiring manager

Shows saved hiring contacts for this job area.

Sarah Gallo

EVP, Chief People Officer

Simeon Owen

Talent Acquisition Partner

Adam Morshead

Talent Acquisition Partner

First hire or larger team

Shows if this looks like one hire or a bigger team.

Looks like larger team

Based on saved marketing team size: 2,666.

Marketing leadership

Shows saved marketing leaders.

Will Martin

Head of Marketing, Broadcasting (talkSPORT, Virgin Radio and Talk)

Rachel Ovel

Head of Marketing - The Sun

Emma Pearce

Head of Marketing

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News UK insights

Company and marketing-team signals from saved company data and employee profiles. Use this before you apply, interview, or negotiate.

Founded

1981

Headquarters

London, England

Employees

1001-5000

Flat last 12mo

Marketing team

2,666

52% of company

31 saved employee profiles are linked to this company.