Wilson & Horton: Overview
Overview
This page considers the Wilson & Horton group, now part of the O'Reilly-controlled APN/INM conglomerate.
It covers -
- introduction
- the group
- history
- holdings
- studies
A profile of APN and INM is here.
Introduction
Wilson & Horton (W&H) is one of two dominant newspaper groups in New Zealand. It competes with Independent News Ltd (INL) - the newspaper, magazine and pay-tv group successively controlled by Murdoch's News group and by Fairfax.
The W&H flagship is the New Zealand Herald, a daily. The group encompasses eight provincial newspapers, 32 community newspapers and two tourist giveaways. It owns the New Zealand Listener and the New Zealand Woman's Weekly magazines and publishes others, such as Skywatch and AA Directions, under contract. Its Universal Business Directories NZ and Wises Publications publish street directories and maps. It has a small book publishing arm, W&H Publications.
It has a substantial stake in the APN-controlled The Radio Network, with around 53 stations.
The group also includes commercial printing operations (its Security Print is claimed to be the largest plastic card manufacturer
in the Asia Pacific region) and Stanley Newcomb & Co Ltd, a competitor of Gordon & Gotch.
W&H's Look Outdoor sells outdoor advertising.
The group
History
A chronology of W&H is here.
Holdings
Newspapers include
The New Zealand Herald
Weekend Herald
Bay of Plenty Times
Christchurch Star
Hawke's Bay Today
Northern Advocate
Daily Post
Wanganui Chronicle
Evening News
The Chronicle
Oamaru Mail
Whangarei Report
Manurewa Week
Papatoetoe Otahuhu Week
Shore News
West Weekly
Our Town
Papakura Coastal News
Waikato This Week
The Riversider
Katikati Advertiser
Bay News Weekender
Te Awamutu Courier
Taupo Weekender
Turangi Chronicle
Wanganui Mid-Week
Weekly News
Eastern Bay News
Napier Courier
Hastings Leader
CHB Mail
Independent Herald
Porirua News
Wainuiomata News
Western News
Cook Strait News
Christchurch Star Observer
Pegasus Post
News Advertiser
North Canterbury News
Canterbury Times
New Zealand Woman's Weekly
New Zealand Listener
Tourist Times
Thermal Air
Directories
Universal Business Directories NZ
Wises Maps
Printing
W&H Print
ComPrint
Colorgraphic Print
Security Print Hutcheson
Bowman & Stewart
Christchurch Star Print
Webprint Colour W&H Graphics
Ellerslie Printers
BankPrint
CHB Print
Rotorua Printers
PrintCorp
The Print Place
Radio
33% of The Radio Network (TRN) - 53 stations