Publishers of the East Anglian Daily Times up for sale 18 months after being purchased by investment firm

Publishing company Archant, which produces the East Anglian Daily Times and Ipswich Star from its offices in Ipswich, is up for sale just under 18 months after it was purchased by an investment firm.

Offers are now being invited for the business – with JPIMedia owner National World, Newsquest and Reach plc all being touted as interested parties.

Archant, which has its head office in Norwich, was taken over by Rcapital Partners in August 2020, with the London-based investment firm taking a 90pc stake in the business.

The company publishes four regional daily titles in Norfolk and Suffolk including the Eastern Daily Press, Norwich Evening News, and also owns a clutch of weeklies in East Anglia, the Home Counties, London and the South West and a suite of county-based magazines under the “Life” brand.

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