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Top 25 Media businesses based in the United Kingdom

Name: Media businesses based in the United Kingdom
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 21, 2026 644 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 644 media businesses headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 42,352 professional contacts across them, including 9,750 with verified work emails. London is the largest hub.

This list covers media businesses headquartered in the United Kingdom, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 21, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 21, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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42,352Contacts tracked

9,750Verified emails

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The 25 largest media businesses based in the United Kingdom

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 644 media businesses based in the United Kingdom, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 21, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to media businesses: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	Mindshare	Strong evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	5,001-10,000	5,986 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Mindshare is a media services brand that accelerates Good Growth for its clients in the age of transformation.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
2	Global	Strong evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	1,001-5,000	4,448 contacts →
	Strong evidence “The UK and Europe’s largest Radio & Outdoor company, Global is home to respected, national market-leading media brands broadcasting across the UK on DAB & FM and around the world…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
3	News UK	Strong evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	1,001-5,000	2,191 contacts →
	Strong evidence “One of the leading media businesses in the UK and Ireland, our newsbrands include The Times, The Sunday Times, The Sun, The Sun on Sunday and The TLS.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
4	Newsquest Media Group	Strong evidence	Newport, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,597 contacts →
	Strong evidence “We are a media company with a difference.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
5	The Telegraph	Indirect evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,393 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “The Telegraph’s mission is to provide content that inspires people to have the perspective they want to progress in life.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
6	RED BEE Media	Strong evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,094 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Red Bee Media is the leading global media services partner for innovation and growth.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
7	Onclusive	Strong evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	1,001-5,000	871 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Onclusive is the global benchmark for integrated media content, turning enriched data into actionable insight across every channel - online, print, broadcast and social.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
8	DC Thomson	Indirect evidence	Dundee, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	1,001-5,000	732 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “DC Thomson is a family-owned business headquartered in Scotland, with a presence in London and across the globe.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
9	Immediate	Indirect evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	501-1,000	720 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “At Immediate, we’re home to some of the biggest and most loved consumer brands in the UK, including Radio Times, Good Food, Nutracheck, HistoryExtra and BBC Gardeners’ World…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
10	Hearst UK	Indirect evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	501-1,000	631 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Hearst UK is home to some of the world’s most iconic and best-loved brands, including Good Housekeeping, ELLE, Esquire, Harper’s Bazaar, Country Living, Cosmopolitan, Men’s Health…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
11	STV Group PLC	Indirect evidence	Glasgow, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	501-1,000	589 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “STV is home to broadcast channel STV, streaming service STV Player, production company STV Studios and brand new national radio station, STV Radio.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
12	Time Inc. UK	Indirect evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	1,001-5,000	553 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Time Inc.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
13	Ladbible Group	Indirect evidence	Manchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	201-500	448 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Founded in 2012, LADbible Group has redefined entertainment and news for a social generation.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
14	DMG Media	Strong evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	1,001-5,000	442 contacts →
	Strong evidence “dmg media’s brands deliver highly engaging, trusted content to millions of loyal customers around the globe, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
15	Little DOT Studios	Strong evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	201-500	435 contacts →
	Strong evidence “We are an award-winning social media agency, multi-platform production company, and digital media network, specialising in building and connecting with audiences, delivering…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
16	Merzigo	Strong evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	501-1,000	386 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Merzigo is the leading global media technology company powering the distribution and monetization of premium film, television, and digital content across the world’s largest open…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
17	INK	Strong evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	201-500	367 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Ink has been in business for 30 years and is the world’s leading travel media company.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
18	KM Media Group	Strong evidence	Rochester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	272 contacts →
	Strong evidence “KM Media Group is proudly a multimedia company with publishing, broadcasting and online channels for the people of Kent.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
19	The TAB	Strong evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	n/a	251 contacts →
	Strong evidence “The Tab is a media brand covering youth culture and entertainment, with a global audience of millions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
20	OUR Media	Strong evidence	Bristol, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	201-500	227 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Our Media is a leading special-interest content business, based in the buzzing, creative city of Bristol.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
21	All3media	Indirect evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	1,001-5,000	209 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “All3Media’s companies develop and produce award-winning, high quality and popular new and returning programming across all genres ranging from contemporary thrillers, detective…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
22	Cedar Communications	Strong evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	180 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Cedar is a specialist agency dedicated to helping brands unlock the full value of their audiences, platforms and partnerships through expertly crafted media networks and creative…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
23	Mail Metro Media	Indirect evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	201-500	171 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Daily Mail, Metro, The i Paper, New Scientist, and more; every day, millions come to our platforms to read, watch, listen, share and discover.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
24	Kelsey Media	Strong evidence	Yalding, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	148 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Kelsey Media was founded with enthusiasm at its core.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
25	Midland News Association	Indirect evidence	Wolverhampton, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	501-1,000	138 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Building upon a heritage which dates back to the 1870s, the Midland News Association is the publisher of some of the UK's most popular regional newspapers.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026

RevenueBase Smart Search

RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: media businesses. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.

Strong evidence: The company's own public description of its business names media businesses.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of media businesses, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name media businesses. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.

RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.

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Media businesses based in the United Kingdom at a glance

As of Sep 21, 2026

23.0%Verified-email coverage

65.8Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

48.0%Largest-city concentration · London

Sep 21, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

357

11-50

162

51-200

201-500

501-1,000

1,001-5,000

5,001-10,000

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United Kingdom, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United Kingdom, over 644 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among media businesses, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source: The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies: Companies headquartered in the United Kingdom whose own description of what they do matches “media businesses”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search: RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names media businesses), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude: Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among media businesses, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United Kingdom are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality: In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking: Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification: Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 9,750 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh: This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 21, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections: Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

Media businesses by metro

Media businesses in London309

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names media businesses, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many media businesses are there based in the United Kingdom?

RevenueBase identified 644 media businesses headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Mindshare, headquartered in London, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most media businesses?

London leads with 309 headquartered companies, followed by Manchester (19) and Glasgow (14).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 9,750 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 644 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 21, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.