
Ranking: 16
Worth: £256m
Industry: Newspapers
Regional newspapers are being battered by an advertising slump and Johnston Press reported a 2.9% decline in advertising revenues for the first nine weeks of 2007. The Edinburgh-based company publishes more than 300 titles. Johnston, 71, was chairman until 2001 and remains on the board as a non-executive director.
Ranking: 14
Worth: £275m
Industry: Newspapers