Editing UBM plc (section)

===Newspaper interests===
The history of the companies that made up '''UBM''' stretches back almost two hundred years. Up until its acquisition UBM businesses published many titles that were launched in the 19th century, including ''Building'' magazine, launched in 1843 by Joseph Hansom, as well as ''Chemist & Druggist''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ubm.com/ubm/aboutus/ubmhistory/|title=UBM History|access-date=25 August 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100715235750/http://www.ubm.com/ubm/aboutus/ubmhistory/|archive-date=15 July 2010|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

The company was founded in 1918 as '''United Newspapers'''<ref name=history>{{cite web|url=http://www.unitedbusinessmedia.com/ubm/aboutus/ubmhistory/|title=UBM|website=www.unitedbusinessmedia.com|access-date=25 August 2017|archive-date=23 October 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081023205840/http://www.unitedbusinessmedia.com/ubm/aboutus/ubmhistory/|url-status=dead}}</ref> by [[David Lloyd George]] to acquire the ''[[Daily Chronicle (United Kingdom)|Daily Chronicle]]'' and ''[[Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper]]''. In 1929, the company merged with Provincial Newspapers, an owner of regional papers in the north; the next year, it sold its national papers.<ref name=funduni>{{cite web|url=http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/united-business-media-plc-history/|title=United Business Media plc History|access-date=24 October 2012|publisher=Funding Universe}}</ref> The company continued for decades as a regional newspaper publisher, making acquisitions such as ''[[Yorkshire Post Newspapers]]'' in 1969.<ref name=funduni/>

It acquired [[PR Newswire]] in 1982.<ref name=history/> In 1985, it bought Express Newspapers and continued to publish the ''[[Daily Express]]'' for some 15 years.<ref name=history/> Also in 1985, it bought US trade magazine and book publisher [[Miller Freeman, Inc.|Miller Freeman]].<ref>Staff (29 March 1985) "UK Company News: U.S. generates 68% of United News profit" ''Financial Times'', London, Section II  p. 24;</ref> It changed its name to '''United News & Media''' in 1995,<ref name=history/> sold its regional papers in 1998, and bought [[UBM Technology Group|CMP Media]], a technology-focused trade media company, in 1999 for $920 million.<ref name=history/> In 2000, it sold the ''Daily Express'' to [[Richard Desmond]], sold most of Miller Freeman to [[Verenigde Nederlandse Uitgeverijen|VNU]] and [[RELX Group|Reed Elsevier]] and adopted the name of '''United Business Media'''.<ref>{{Cite web| title = VNU Acquires Miller Freeman From United News & Media. |via=Free Online Library |date=31 July 2000 |work=Business Publisher | access-date =21 April 2018| url = https://www.thefreelibrary.com/VNU+ACQUIRES+MILLER+FREEMAN+FROM+UNITED+NEWS+%26+MEDIA.-a064990238}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| last = Teather| first = David| title = United News sells off Miller Freeman Europe| work = The Guardian| access-date =21 April 2018| date =26 July 2000| url = https://www.theguardian.com/business/2000/jul/26/7}}</ref> United Business Media acquired the trade publisher Aprovia UK (owner of ''[[Building (magazine)|The Builder]]'') in 2003 and the medical publishing company MediMedia in 2004.<ref>{{Cite news| issn = 0307-1235| last = Jay| first = Adam| title = UBM buys Aprovia for £79m cash| access-date =28 April 2018| date =21 July 2003| url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/2858393/UBM-buys-Aprovia-for-79m-cash.html}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| title = UBM buys medical publisher MediMedia in Â£188m deal| work = The Independent| access-date =28 April 2018| date =2 June 2004| url = https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/ubm-buys-medical-publisher-medimedia-in-acircpound188m-deal-730768.html}}</ref>