A&N International Media, formerly Northcliffe International, was the Central and Eastern European multimedia enterprise arm of Northcliffe Media. It had newspapers throughout Slovakia, Romania and Bulgaria, with their biggest market in Hungary. They also had website interests in Croatia, owning four shopping, home and car websites as well as in Slovakia and Hungary. The international arm began in 1989, when the Northcliffe Newspaper Group acquired
Kisalföld, the largest regional newspaper in Hungary, serving the north-western county of
Győr-
Sopron. The group later acquired
Délmagyarország, the largest daily title in the south-east of the country, and the English-language weekly newspaper,
The Budapest Sun. Northcliffe also invested significantly in new headquarters and printing plants in both
Győr and
Szeged. The total Eastern European business had revenues of £35 million per year and annualised profits of around £6 million. The arm had 801 overseas workers in 2006, but after the arrival in the Croatian market in March 2007, this exceeded 1,000. The chairman of the European arm was Vivian Baring and the director was István Szammer.
Hungary In Hungary
Kisalföld, a morning newspaper based in Győr, had the highest
circulation of any regional title in the country, selling an average 78,000 copies Monday to Saturday. It also published a daily edition for the town of
Sopron. Northcliffe International also published
Délmagyarország, Hungary's oldest regional daily newspaper and the largest selling title in the south-eastern region. In addition it published
Délvilág for
Csongrád county. Other publications included classified titles
Magyar Bazár and
Irányár. Websites included
Használtautó, a car finder website (similar to that of DMGT's
Loot Newspaper and website in Britain),
Ingatlanbazár, a house finder website (similar to that of DMGT's
Primelocation website in the UK) and Workania, a work finder website (yet again similar to
Jobsite in the UK owned by DMGT). Other newspapers owned by the group included the paid-for: •
Déli Apró •
Délmagyarország •
Hírpressz •
Irányár Bács •
Irányár Békés •
Irányár Szolnok •
Magyar Bazár Álmos •
Magyar Bazár Huba •
Magyar Bazár Koppány •
Magyar Bazár Tas •
Vasárnapi Kisalföld And the free: •
Budapesti Cégregiszter •
Csongrád Megyei Cégregiszter •
Csongrádi-Szentesi Hirdeto" •
Gyo"ri Cégregiszter •
Gyo"rpress •
Lajtapress •
Makói Hirdeto" •
Presztizs Magazin •
Rábaközpress •
Soproni Szuperinfo •
Sopronpress •
Szolnoki Hirdeto" •
Vas Megyei Cégregiszter •
Vásárhelyi Hirdeto" Slovakia and Bulgaria In 2004 Northcliffe International acquired
Avizo, Slovakia's biggest daily advertising magazine which included nearly 8,000 advertisements daily. Other acquisitions included
City Express, a free weekly paper distributing 160,000 copies in and around
Bratislava, the country's leading recruitment website
Profesia.sk, the leading motors website
Autovia.sk, and the quality daily newspaper
Pravda, the oldest national title in Slovakia with a circulation of 78,000. Northcliffe's Slovakian business, in which it invested a total of £23 million, employed over 300 people and generates revenues of £12 million. Other newspapers owned by the Slovakian arm of the group included: • ''
Burza Nehnutel'nosti'' •
Profesia In Bulgaria, Northcliffe International owned the daily Bulgarian newspaper
Pozvanete, established in 1992. Pozvanete is the leading paid-for classified advertising newspaper in the region with copies sold in
Sofia,
Varna and
Plovdiv. The title employed more than 200 people.
Croatia and Romania Northcliffe International entered the Croatian market in March 2007 with the purchase of 60 per cent of the country's leading recruitment website Mojposao.hr. The site controls 85 per cent of the country's online jobs market. Northcliffe invested almost £12 million on digital assets in Hungary, Slovakia and Croatia. Other websites included 4kotaca.net, centarnekretnina.net and kupiprodaj.net. In Romania, Northcliffe International's activities extended further with the acquisition of the classified title
Anunţ A-Z in
Bucharest.
Anunţ A-Z was established in 1990 as a bi-weekly classified advertising periodical and sold 12,000 copies per issue mainly in Bucharest. The title also has a dedicated website. ==Titles==