Independent News & Media
Independent News & Media plc (INM) (LSE: INM), is a media organisation based in Dublin, Ireland, with interests in 22 countries on 4 continents worldwide. The company owns over 200 print titles, more than 130 radio stations, over 100 commercial websites and many billboard locations, and is a leading press player in five countries. The INM group of companies has been dominated by Tony O'Reilly and his family since 1973 – O'Reilly was CEO until early 2009, one of his sons, formerly COO, Gavin O'Reilly, became CEO in early 2009, and two others were non-executive directors for many years.O'Reilly resigned as CEO on the 19th of April 2012 and was replaced by the current COO, Vincent Crowley. O'Reilly had come under pressure in recent months from two of INM's largest shareholders; businessman Denis O'Brien and financier Dermot Desmond.
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