Daily Express Pirze Comps

[teacher1]

I am so disappointed ..... The Daily Express has stopped the £50 prize Mentathlon Puzzles !!! Why ?

[dannyk13]

Only they can tell you that.

[mallyh]

a shame, I liked doing the mentathlon but the prizes were getting really rubbish x

[mallyh]

and the sumthing ^^^^^

[Fibonacci]

Daily express circulation has fallen by over 10% in the past year so obviously cutting costs.
https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/national-newspaper-abcs-double-digit-drop-for-mail-titles-as-metro-only-uk-paper-to-see-circulation-growth-in-july/

[dannyk13]

They have also recently been taken over by Richard Desmond (soft porn baron) who knows what changes are to come.

[goodgoalie]

No, danny, The Express and Daily Star were sold by Richard Desmond last year to Trinity Mirror Group, now called Reach

[dannyk13]

GG
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1321581/Express-takeover-escapes-inquiry.html

[goodgoalie]

That's from 2001 !

[dannyk13]

The article is dated today GG.

[Mamyalynne]

//Northern & Shell (holding company name Northern and Shell Network Ltd) is a British publishing group, launched and founded in December 1974 and currently owned by Richard Desmond. It published the Daily Express, Sunday Express, Daily Star and Daily Star Sunday, and the magazines OK!, New! and Star until these were sold to Trinity Mirror in February 2018. //

[dannyk13]

GG, also, I rang the Sunday Express on Monday regarding non-receipt of a cheque.The excuse was that they had just been taken over and everything was in turmoil

[goodgoalie]

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/feb/09/trinity-mirror-buys-express-star-127m-deal-richard-desmond-ok

Last year!

[dannyk13]

Thanks Lynne.All very confusing.

[Mamyalynne]

Things are always shifting, yes - they are possibly using last years changes as an excuse on the phone still.

A bit naughty.

[dannyk13]

You are right GG, but why on earth is the Express publishing that article in today's paper?

[Mamyalynne]

The date at the top of the Telegraph link is today, the date of the archives article that you possibly searched for is at the top of the article itself.

[dannyk13]

I see that now Lynne, but why today's date?

[Fibonacci]

Presumably the way the Daily Telegraph has set up their website to display old articles.

[dannyk13]

But why FIbo, there is also an article on Prince Philip's crash which is not old news.I will just have to remain confused.

[Mamyalynne]

Agreed and of course having found what you searched for you can then proceed to view what they have there today too.