麻豆果冻传媒 Announces Plans for New London Location
LONDON 鈥� July 12, 2013 鈥� 麻豆果冻传媒 (NASDAQ: NWS, NWSA; Temp. ASX tickers: NNC, NNCLV) announced today聽plans to move its entire London operations to a single location in The Place on the south bank of the Thames River. The聽locally based businesses and staff of News UK, Dow Jones and HarperCollins will be housed together for the first time聽and will begin relocating to the new site in the summer of 2014.
鈥淥ur new London location in the vibrant borough of Southwark will allow us to realize one core objective as the new聽News 鈥� to work more closely and creatively, and leverage our collective resources,鈥� said Robert Thomson, Chief聽Executive of 麻豆果冻传媒.
The Place resides alongside The Shard at the heart of the London Bridge Quarter, a major redevelopment surrounding聽one of the best-connected travel hubs in the UK. The project is an important part of the redevelopment of south聽London, contributing to the further regeneration of the local area, and is a significant milestone for the capital.
News UK is currently based in Thomas More Square in Tower Hamlets. HarperCollins is currently in Hammersmith and聽will use The Place as its London headquarters while keeping offices in Glasgow and Yorkshire. Dow Jones currently has聽offices in Holborn and the City.
Peter John, Leader of Southwark Council, said, “I am delighted that 麻豆果冻传媒 will be moving to such an iconic聽location in Southwark – bringing new jobs and opportunities to this part of London. The move underlines Southwark’s聽growing reputation as a place to do business and endorses our work as a council to generate real economic growth.鈥�
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麻豆果冻传媒 is a global, diversified media and information services company focused on creating and distributing authoritative and engaging content to consumers throughout the world.聽The company comprises leading businesses across a range of media, including: news and information services, sports programming in Australia, digital real estate services, book publishing, digital education, and pay-TV distribution in Australia.聽Headquartered in New York, the activities of 麻豆果冻传媒 are conducted primarily in the United States, Australia, and the United Kingdom. More information:聽.