DC Thomson Titles Offer Prize Pot Of More Than £100,000

DC Thomson’s evening titles are offering a prize pot of more than £100,000 in two Golden Giveaway competitions this week.
Aberdeen newspaper, the Evening Express, begins their Golden Giveaway on Thursday 20th August with Dundee title the Evening Telegraph following suit on Friday 21stAugust.
A special Golden Masthead on the front page of the Evening Express will launch the Golden Giveaway. Every copy of the Evening Express and Evening Telegraph will be inserted with a free Golden Wallet with instant wins of Wispa Gold bars, or cash prizes ranging from £50 up to £10,000.
The wallet also contains a ‘match your weight in gold’ game card. Each day, readers will have the opportunity to win £250 simply by matching the weight of Gold on their game card to the weight that’s printed in the papers.
Group Marketing Manager Kirsty Matthews said, “I’m thrilled our readers have the chance to take part in this amazing giveaway. The total prize pot is £110,000, and there are two top prizes of £10,000. That’s a colossal sum which could make real difference to someone’s life.”
The Evening Express Golden Giveaway starts on Thursday 20thAugust, and the Evening Telegraph Golden Giveaway starts on Friday 21stAugust.
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For further information contact Rebecca Moncrieff, 01382 575697 /rmoncrieff@dcthomson.co.uk.
Notes to Editors:
EVENING EXPRESS
The Evening Express is published six days a week and reaches more readers across its circulation area than any other newspaper. Two editions are printed daily allowing the Evening Express to get breaking news on to the streets of Aberdeen on the day the news happens.
The newspaper covers the north-east of Scotland and the Scottish Parliament at Holyrood in Edinburgh. The Evening Express also features a portfolio of supplements across the week focussing on motors, property, jobs, eating out and entertainment as well as producing the free weekly newspaper the Aberdeen Citizen, picture pull-out The Aberdonian, the Green Final sports section and publishing the title’s websitewww.eveningexpress.co.uk.
Columnists include TV presenter Cat Cubie, Aberdeen Football Club legends Willie Miller and Joe Harper and Aberdeen’s former Lord Provost John Reynolds.
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EVENING TELEGRAPH
The Evening Telegraph has been delivering the news and fighting for its readers since 1877. The title has seen many changes including a redesign, had its pagination increased and seen the launch of its new website www.thetele.co.uk.
The Evening Telegraph provides unrivalled football coverage, from the latest news at Tannadice and Dens to kids’ Sunday kick-abouts.
Each Thursday TV presenter and author Martel Maxwell gives her opinions on a range of subjects from the latest celebrity gossip to the everyday issues affecting Dundee families.
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DC THOMSON
DC Thomson & Co Ltd is a private company and one of the leading publishing houses in the UK. The company’s headquarters is in Dundee, Scotland, with a London base in Fleet Street. DC Thomson publishes newspapers, magazines, comics and books. The company also has interests in radio, printing, retailing and online services.
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