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==History== The group traces its origins to the launch in 1896 of the mid-market national newspaper the ''[[Daily Mail]]'' by [[Harold Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Rothermere|Harold Harmsworth]] (later created, in July 1919, The 1st [[Viscount Rothermere]]) and his elder brother, [[Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe|Alfred]].<ref name=odnb>[http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/33718?docPos=2 Harold Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Rothermere], Oxford Dictionary of National Biography</ref> It was incorporated in 1922 and its shares were first listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1932. The 1st Viscount Rothermere's son, [[Esmond Cecil Harmsworth, 2nd Viscount Rothermere|Esmond]], took operational control of the organization in 1932 and complete control in November 1940, when his father died.<ref>{{cite news|title=Lord Rothermere, of Fleet Street, Dies|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=13 July 1978|page=C10}}</ref> Vere Harmsworth became the Chairman of [[Associated Newspapers]] in 1970.<ref name=IndepObit/><ref>{{cite news|last1=Lyall|first1=Sarah|title=Lord Rothermere, Press Giant, Is Dead at 73|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/09/03/business/lord-rothermere-press-giant-is-dead-at-73.html?pagewanted=2|work=The New York Times|date=3 September 1998}}</ref> Upon the death of his father in July 1978, he succeeded as [[Vere Harmsworth, 3rd Viscount Rothermere|The 3rd Viscount Rothermere]] and became chair of parent Daily Mail and General Trust plc.<ref name=IndepObit>{{cite news|last1=Leapman|first1=Michael|title=Obituary: Viscount Rothermere|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-viscount-rothermere-1195616.html|work=The Independent|date=3 September 1998}}</ref> After almost 100 years in [[Fleet Street]], the company left its original premises of New Carmelite House in Fleet Street in 1988 to move to Northcliffe House in [[Kensington]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/newsmen-say-farewell-to-fleet-street-7203440.html|title=Newsmen say farewell to Fleet Street|work=London Evening Standard|date=17 June 2005|access-date=16 April 2016}}</ref> In 2019, DMGT joined the [[Belt and Road News Network]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 25, 2019 |title=Belt and Road News Network First Council Meeting Joint Statement |url=http://en.brnn.com/n3/2019/0425/c415308-9571930.html |access-date=2022-09-12 |website=[[Belt and Road News Network]]}}</ref> In 2023, DMGT invested in Hexagon Cup, a Madrid-based [[padel]] competition.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Noble |first=Josh |date=2023-10-10 |title=Daily Mail publisher invests in fast-growing sport of padel |work=Financial Times |url=https://www.ft.com/content/d2908bc3-8ec0-42ab-95f5-230964ac46df |access-date=2023-10-24}}</ref>
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