Dundee: D.C. Thomson, Meadowside
The Dundee headquarters of the family-held newspaper, magazines and digital media publisher D.C. Thomson at Courier Place, 22 Meadowside.
The American-style red sandstone building was designed by Scottish trained architects David Barclay Niven and Herbert Hardy Wigglesworth. Plans were first submitted in 1902 and the building was fully operational by 25 June 1906. The architects made the first Scottish use of Hennebique reinforced concrete piles, each supporting a load of 300 tons. This was necessitated by the marshy nature of the meadows it was built on.
The 10-storey and penthouse tower was added in 1960 and was designed by Dundee architect Thomas Lindsay Gray.
In 2017 approx. 600 staff members from across the group moved into renovated open plan office spaces following a major refurbishment. www.dcthomson.co.uk/2017/05/return-hq-dc-thomson/
Canmore - includes images: canmore.org.uk/site/185705
Listed building (LB25339) B category: portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB25339
www.scottisharchitects.org.uk/building_full.php?id=213459
There's a lot about the history of this publishing empire on their own website: www.dcthomson.co.uk/
There's some information about the now closed London Fleet Street office here: memoirsofametrogirl.com/2019/01/05/186-fleet-street-histo...
Three hundred jobs to go at publisher DC Thomson (BBC 9 Feb 2023): www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-64581579
DC Thomson posted an overall loss for the 2022 financial year of £25.8m. A rise in profits of £338.7m before tax came from outside investments. Print circulation is in decline. The company also own radio stations Kingdom, Original and Pure Radio Scotland, and genealogy company Find My Past. Only genealogy has seen significant year on year rises in revenue. pressgazette.co.uk/media_business/dc-thomson-2022-accounts/
DC Thomson journalists ‘furious’ over plan to cut 300 jobs: pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/regional-newspapers/dc-thom...
Half of the redundancies will be at Colchester-based publisher Aceville, which DC Thomson acquired in 2018. www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/23310100.dc-thomson-make-cutb...
Dundee: D.C. Thomson, Meadowside
The Dundee headquarters of the family-held newspaper, magazines and digital media publisher D.C. Thomson at Courier Place, 22 Meadowside.
The American-style red sandstone building was designed by Scottish trained architects David Barclay Niven and Herbert Hardy Wigglesworth. Plans were first submitted in 1902 and the building was fully operational by 25 June 1906. The architects made the first Scottish use of Hennebique reinforced concrete piles, each supporting a load of 300 tons. This was necessitated by the marshy nature of the meadows it was built on.
The 10-storey and penthouse tower was added in 1960 and was designed by Dundee architect Thomas Lindsay Gray.
In 2017 approx. 600 staff members from across the group moved into renovated open plan office spaces following a major refurbishment. www.dcthomson.co.uk/2017/05/return-hq-dc-thomson/
Canmore - includes images: canmore.org.uk/site/185705
Listed building (LB25339) B category: portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB25339
www.scottisharchitects.org.uk/building_full.php?id=213459
There's a lot about the history of this publishing empire on their own website: www.dcthomson.co.uk/
There's some information about the now closed London Fleet Street office here: memoirsofametrogirl.com/2019/01/05/186-fleet-street-histo...
Three hundred jobs to go at publisher DC Thomson (BBC 9 Feb 2023): www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-64581579
DC Thomson posted an overall loss for the 2022 financial year of £25.8m. A rise in profits of £338.7m before tax came from outside investments. Print circulation is in decline. The company also own radio stations Kingdom, Original and Pure Radio Scotland, and genealogy company Find My Past. Only genealogy has seen significant year on year rises in revenue. pressgazette.co.uk/media_business/dc-thomson-2022-accounts/
DC Thomson journalists ‘furious’ over plan to cut 300 jobs: pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/regional-newspapers/dc-thom...
Half of the redundancies will be at Colchester-based publisher Aceville, which DC Thomson acquired in 2018. www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/23310100.dc-thomson-make-cutb...