DMGT

News Summary:

On June 22, 2026, DMGT, as part of a coalition of five major publishers, adopted Gist's new ad format built for AI consumer discovery, which converts consumer questions into new ad inventory and collectively reaches up to 1 billion monthly pageviews. This initiative followed DMGT's partnership, announced on June 18, 2026, with Gist, ProRata's white-label AI platform, alongside The Arena Group, BuzzFeed, Frommer’s, and Sports Illustrated, to deploy ad-supported answer engines and participate in the format's rollout. Previously, on May 28, 2026, Rothermere Continuation Holdings Limited (RCHL) appointed Nick Ratcliffe as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of DMGT and to the RCHL Board; Ratcliffe brings 28 years of experience, including nine years as CFO at dmg events, and joined as Group Finance Director in June 2025. Earlier, on May 13, 2026, RCHL, DMGT's parent, confirmed it would not acquire Telegraph Media Group (TMG) after a successful competing bid from Axel Springer. Concurrently, RCHL announced on April 30, 2026, the disposal of Trepp, its U.S. property information business, to Fitch Group Inc. for gross proceeds of $1 billion (about £740 million). On May 6, 2026, Life Loop, a new functional chewing gum brand, launched in the UK as a joint venture between DMGT’s dmg ventures and Alfred Franks & Bartlett Plc, marking the first significant new entrant to the UK gum market in years.