DC Thomson is a proud, family-owned business, headquartered in Scotland with a presence in London and around the globe.

Purpose led and future-focused, we are home to some of the UK’s best loved media brands, thriving family history and energy communities and a trusted technology business.

Our investments are guided by a commitment to the future. Through DC Thomson Capital we are backing teams that are making an impact in the future of food and nutrition and natural resources.

Our business and our brands drive positive change, inspire innovation and fuel growth and success. From local neighbourhoods to global networks, in person connections to digital platforms or people uniting around a common cause or interest, we champion, entertain and bring together our communities.

DC Thomson is creating an inclusive, agile and fast-moving business, investing in technology and talent and building brands for the data age. A business where people, partners and communities feel part of something extraordinary.

We’ve been around for a while, since 1905 in fact, and many of our brands have been around even longer. We’re home to the world’s oldest magazine, The Scots Magazine even had a first-hand account of the Battle of Culloden. The Press & Journal isn’t just the UK’s best-selling regional newspaper, it’s Scotland’s oldest, celebrating its 275th anniversary this year. And Beano remains one of the most relevant and influential kids brands almost nine decades after it first launched. 

We’re a family business that was established in Dundee by publisher D.C. Thomson in the early 20th century and remains privately owned. The roots of the family business go back even further to the shipping industry in the early 19th century. Our directors are all descendants of the founder and other members of the family continue to work in the business. 

D.C. Thomson made a name as a pioneer, travelling across the world and bringing best practice in publishing back to Dundee, making the city famous for journalism.  

From the homing pigeons that delivered scores from football matches, being one of the first to import typewriters, installing underground pneumatic tubes that transported print pages between offices, and pioneering in advances in print technology through the years, we have a heritage of embracing new ways of working. 

Today we are investing in data, technology and talent to unlock a new level of customer understanding about what really matters to them. It’s this understanding that’s helping us create a sustainable business for future generations.